In gmane.linux.debian.user, you wrote: >> > >> >> You can try using "curl http://.../Packages..." from the machine >> hosting approx, even if it sounds weird it can give you hints on what is >> happening (I say curl because approx use curl). If the problem is at the >> download level, there is probably a problem with curl from this specific >> computer. The same problem can disappear using apt/wget/iceweasel/... >> from the same machine. > > Sorry, this got put on the back burner for a couple > of days. Things seem to have worked themselves out > on the server itself (lenny). I tried running curl > on the cl. That worked, so I tried aptitude update > with sources.list pointing to the localhost approx > proxy. Don't understand why, but it is working. > > The problem persists from a remote client (a squeeze box), > though. Packages file downloads variously to between 4 & > 6 per cent, then the download stalls for a minute or two. > The partially downloaded file then disappears and returns > as a zero length file which then downloads to between 4 & 6 per cent ... > >> >> Another point is to look at the log in /var/log/* to see what happens >> when the problem appears. You will probably find there some valuable >> information (error messages...). > > And you were right: > > approx: Nethttpd: Uncaught exception: > Nethttpd_types.Standard_response(-358247754, 0, 0) > > appears over and over again in /var/log/syslog when the remote > clients chokes and starts the download over. Googling that only > turned up one bug report that seems to my naive eye to not > be a related problem, and anyway, was fixed in approx 3.3.0 > which is what I am running. > > Does the nethttpd error mean anything to anyone?
Nethttpd server is probably not complete enough to answer specific option used by aptitude... Can you try a simple "apt-get update" or "curl http://host:port/.../Packages" from the squeeze box (where host/port match approx host/port). Regards, Sylvain Le Gall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org