> 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 -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Personal Homepage: http://www.skyjammer.com/~pronovic/ "I have zero tolerance for zero-tolerance policies."
