I'm hoping someone out there will have a better idea than me where to look for a solution to this, but in a nutshell:
The short version: Since I reinstalled/repartitioned/moved the kernel to 2.2.9, apt-get has been stalling indefinitely as it downloads anything from a resource listed in my sources.list file. The long version: when I run apt-get upgrade (or any apt-get call that goes out to the network to load stuff down), it starts downloading, the ticker is going fine, and then it will stall down, and then after a while just hang there indefinitely. If I Ctrl-C the operation and then start it again, it will resume, then slow down, then stall again. This happens when I do an 'apt-get install blah' or when I use dselect. The facts: I'm on a small masqueraded network that is sharing a modem out to my ISP. I have no problems doing ftp transfers either directly from my debian machine, or any other computer on my network. (which is why I'm hesitant to suspect the modem). I have no problems doing ftp transfers within my local net. (which is why I am loath to suspect my ethernet card. This has only started happening since I reinstalled debian, and repartitioned everything (after reading that wonderfull thread on partions). I have Installed from slink CDs, then upgraded via apt all the proposed upgrades. I have compiled up my own kernel (2.2.9) using the one true debian method (make-kpkg). The logfiles (/var/log/messages && /var/log/syslog) show nothing unusual. I am lost as to where to start looking for the problem. attached below are some files that may (or may not) help. Thanks for any help, this is the first major problem I have had with debian! Jonathan Lupa [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/apt/sources.list: deb ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/debian stable main contrib non-free deb ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US deb ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/debian dists/proposed-updates/ /proc/devices: Character devices: 1 mem 2 pty 3 ttyp 4 ttyS 5 cua 7 vcs 10 misc 14 sound 128 ptm 136 pts Block devices: 2 fd 3 ide0 8 sd 11 sr 22 ide1 /proc/interrupts: CPU0 0: 482686 XT-PIC timer 1: 9021 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 3: 2030 XT-PIC eth0 5: 1 XT-PIC soundblaster 11: 40 XT-PIC advansys 12: 3 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu 14: 637 XT-PIC ide0 15: 4784 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 /proc/ioports: 0000-001f : dma1 0020-003f : pic1 0040-005f : timer 0060-006f : keyboard 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00bf : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 0170-0177 : ide1 01f0-01f7 : ide0 0220-022f : soundblaster 0376-0376 : ide1 03c0-03df : vga+ 03f6-03f6 : ide0 03f8-03ff : serial(set) 0620-0623 : sound driver (AWE32) 0a20-0a23 : sound driver (AWE32) 0e20-0e23 : sound driver (AWE32) e400-e41f : eth0 e800-e80f : advansys f000-f007 : ide0 f008-f00f : ide1 /etc/fstab: (probably has NOTHING to do with it but it did change) /dev/hdc1 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hdc2 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hdc3 /var ext2 defaults 0 2 /dev/hdc4 /usr ext2 defaults 0 2 /dev/hdb1 /home ext2 defaults 0 2