I have a similar problem on one of mey machine. I have two Linux machines networked. The strange thing is that my gateway machine works fine but not for the other one. When I try to ftp from that machine, I can log to the ftp site but when I do ls, it just waits forever. ^^
On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, Britton wrote: > > I have a problem using the ftp upgrade method for 1.2 to 1.3. I have > manually retrieved the new software refered to in the ftp information. I > use the default options. I can connect manually to ftp.debian.org, but > when dselect tried to do it I get: > > Using FTP to check directories...(stop with ^C) > > Connecting to ftp.debian.org... > Login as anonymous... > > Where things hang indefinately. > > A possibly related problem I have is with ftp in general: it doesn't work > with some sites. With sunsite.unc.edu, for example, I get > > $ ftp sunsite.unc.edu > Connected to sunsite.unc.edu. > 220- Welcome to the SunSITE USA ftp archives! > > where it then hangs indefinately every time. I have tried -p but it > doesn't help. It doesn't do this with all sites. I suspect the '-' > character may be involved one way or another, but that is a complete guess > really and I still don't know how to fix the problem. I have to kill ftp > with ^\. Lynx also hangs on startup (^C will kill this one), so mayby > this is a more general type of problem. > > If anyone has a guess as to what is going on, what to look for, or what > packages I should try re-installing to make things work I would greatly > appreciate it. > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? > e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
