On 5/5/08, NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * 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
Luke:~# strace -f -o /tmp/apt-get.log apt-get update Err http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg Could not resolve 'security.debian.org' Err http://volatile.debian.org etch/volatile Release.gpg Could not resolve 'volatile.debian.org' Err http://www.backport.org etch-backports Release.gpg Could not resolve 'www.backport.org' Err http://ftp.us.debian.org etch Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org' Ign http://www.backport.org etch-backports Release Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release Ign http://volatile.debian.org etch/volatile Release Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org etch Release Ign http://www.backport.org etch-backports/main Packages Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://volatile.debian.org etch/volatile/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/main Packages/DiffIndex Err http://www.backport.org etch-backports/main Packages Could not resolve 'www.backport.org' Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages Ign http://volatile.debian.org etch/volatile/main Packages Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/main Packages Err http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages Could not resolve 'security.debian.org' Err http://volatile.debian.org etch/volatile/main Packages Could not resolve 'volatile.debian.org' Err http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/main Packages Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org' Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org' Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/etch/updates/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'security.debian.org' Failed to fetch http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile/dists/etch/volatile/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'volatile.debian.org' Failed to fetch http://www.backport.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'www.backport.org' Failed to fetch http://www.backport.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'www.backport.org' Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/etch/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'security.debian.org' Failed to fetch http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile/dists/etch/volatile/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'volatile.debian.org' Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org' Reading package lists... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http://www.backport.org etch-backports/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/www.backport.org_debian_dists_etch-backports_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. Luke:~# Any other ideas? - John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]