On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 04:08:41 -0600 "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Liam O'Toole wrote: > > On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:33:46 -0600 > > "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Is there a problem with the Debian etch repository? With the > >> following "/etc/apt/sources.list", synaptic stops with the error > >> message: "Could not download all repository indexes" > >> > >> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib > >> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free > >> contrib > >> > >> deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib > >> deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ etch main non-free > >> contrib > >> > >> deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib > >> non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main > >> contrib non-free > >> > >> > > > > The mirrors.kernel.org sources appear to be a Debian mirror, and so > > are not needed in addition to the ftp.us.debian.org sources. Other > > than that, I can't see a problem. > > "aptitude update" hangs with the message "[waiting for headers]". Try a different Debian mirror. Choose one from the list at http://www.debian.org/mirror/list > > And with synaptic, I get a very strange message: > > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/Release.gpg: Could not > connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection > refused) > > http://security.debian.org/dists/etch/updates/Release.gpg: Could not > connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection > refused) Is Synaptic configured to use a proxy server? Look under Preferences, Network. > > But I am able to send email with Thunderbird (this message) and to > browse normally. Is something on my Debian etch i386 machine broken? > > RLH > > -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
