On Wednesday 07 January 2004 23:38, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Mike Mueller: > > I installed Knoppix 3.3 to disk on my laptop. When I try "apt-cache > > search blah" I get lots of messages like "W: Couldn't stat source package > > list <ftp or http URL here>". > > > > I examined /etc/apt/sources.list and found lots of .de sites. I am > > located in .us. Is this the source of the problem? Are there lots of > > mirrors still > > Try apt-setup. It'll ask you where you are and try to figure out best > mirrors for you. I believe it will know you're using sid by looking > at your /etc/debian-version
/etc/debian_version contains "testing/unstable" I moved the existing sources.list to soures.list.old. apt-setup created a new sources.list with entries for stable. This is my first exposure to unstable so maybe I should go do some research on how to manage the unstable release. Any suggestions? -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
