On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:24:09 -0400 (EDT) [email protected] wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2014, Steve Litt wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm trying to install install flashplugin-nonfree on Wheezy 64 bit > > on a dual core AMD, and it's been failing continuously. The error > > message is something to the effect that it can't reach > > mirrors.rit.edu, and in fact I cannot ping rit.edu, and when I > > traceroute to rit.edu it gets as far as: > > > > vl-5.car2.Buffalo1.Level3.net (4.69.141.146) 262.192 ms 261.916 ms > > 262.110 ms > > > > and then gives me all stars out to the max 30 hops. > > > > So I'm temporarily assuming the root cause is outside anything on my > > LAN or cable modem. The following is my > > current /etc/apt/sources.list. > > > > ========================================================== > > # > > > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.5.0 _Wheezy_ - Official amd64 > > NETINST Binary-1 20140426-13:35]/ wheezy main > > > > deb http://mirror.rit.edu/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib > > deb-src http://mirror.rit.edu/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib > > > > deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free > > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib > > non-free > > > > # wheezy-updates, previously known as 'volatile' > > deb http://mirror.rit.edu/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib > > non-free deb-src http://mirror.rit.edu/debian/ wheezy-updates main > > contrib non-free > > > > # ADDED BY SLITT FOR DOVECOT > > deb http://www.backports.org/debian stable dovecot > > deb-src http://www.backports.org/debian stable dovecot > > ========================================================== > > > > > > Therefore I would assume I need to add another mirror to > > my /etc/apt/sources.list. How would I find such mirrors? > > there's a list of mirrors here: > > http://www.debian.org/mirror/list > > and some reports about them, in directories under here: > > http://mirror.debian.org/ > > > Do I just put them below my corresponding rit.edu entries? > > sure, if you want the rit.edu ones to take precedence. > > man sources.list > > > Can I leave the rit.edu entries intact? > > sure, if you like. > > > Until today, rit.edu has served me admirably. Is there some sort of > > command I should run to add a mirror set, or do I just edit > > sources.list? > > that's what sed has the -i option for. > > -wes > > ps. sorry about the no-caps. shift key too tricky. gotta run. Thanks Wes! I did what you said and visited http://www.debian.org/mirror/list , edited sources.list so that for each rit.edu URL, I copied it and replaced the URL with ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ . That cured the problem. By the way, I have it constructed so the ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lines come first, and only if they fail does rit.edu get consulted. I'm fairly new to daily desktop use of Debian, so I really appreciate your guidance. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
