do you use a proxy with lynx, if so you may need to use one with apt!
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 09:09:52AM -0500, Kenneth Pronovici wrote:
> > is ftp2.sourceforge.net a debian mirror?
>
> I got it off the mirrors list, and it looked like everything was sensible
> from checking with lynx.
>
> > deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
> > and an "apt-get update"
> > what?s the exact output?
>
> First, note that 'lynx http://ftp.de.debian.org' works fine. Here's
> the output:
>
> Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages
> Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
> Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Release
> Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
> Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
> Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
> Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Release
> Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
> Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Packages
> Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
> Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Release
> Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
> Failed to fetch
>http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-i386/Packages
> Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
> Failed to fetch
>http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-i386/Release
> Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
> Failed to fetch
>http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/non-free/binary-i386/Packages
> Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
> Failed to fetch
>http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/non-free/binary-i386/Release
> Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
> Failed to fetch
>http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/contrib/binary-i386/Packages
> Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
> Failed to fetch
>http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/contrib/binary-i386/Release
> Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main
>Packages'
>(/var/state/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages)
> - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free
>Packages'
>(/var/state/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_non-free_binary-i386_Packages)
> - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib
>Packages'
>(/var/state/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_contrib_binary-i386_Packages)
> - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these missing files
> E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used
>instead.
>
> > Do you use an "apt.conf"? is the syntax correct (man apt.conf)
>
> I don't believe I've ever modified this file. Here it is:
>
> // Pre-configure all packages before they are installed.
> // (Automatically added by debconf.)
> DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
>
> > p.p.s: try debian-user mailing list. the better place for your problem. and
> > definitely better guys to help you!
>
> I did cross-post to debian-user... but you were the only one who answered. ;-)
> The main reason I posted on security was my question about the ftp URL for
> security.debian.org... I was expecting help on most of the rest from the
> user list. If you don't have any other ideas after this round, that's fine...
> since I have a workaround, there's no need for you to continue spending time
> on this. Thanks for all of the help, though!
>
> KEN
>
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