> * From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On 5/5/08, NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> then check apt configuration files in /etc/apt/ and subdirectories >> (proxy or other unusual configuration settings? corrupted files?) > >I don't see any problems there.
But it semms like you are using a non-working proxy (by a configuration file or a environement variable or some transparent preloading of socks libraries or something like that) >Luke:~# apt-get update >http://security.debian.org/dists/etch/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz > Could not resolve 'security.debian.org' one thing that you could try is: replace in sources.list security.debian.org with (one of) its ip. I have just checked the existence of http://130.89.175.54/dists/etch/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz One can try a more verbose apt-get command hoping for more details in the error message The last idea could be strace -f -o /tmp/apt-get.log apt-get update -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]