On Mon, 20 May 2013, Wayne Topa wrote: > Using the instructions at <http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/> > for a few days now, without success, I am getting the following > > " Could not connect to ftp.us.debian.org:80 (204.152.191.39). - > connect (110: Connection timed out)" > > The same results with ftp.ca.debian.org, ftp.uk.debian.org. This > started the day after Wheezy was released. > > I have not seen any posts about this so I assume I have missed. > something. > > Sources list looks like this: > > deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main > deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main > > Any idea what is screwed up?
After entering any of those lines, did you do, as root, apt-get update? This is my repository line for wheezy-backports. And it works. deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main contrib non-free B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130520233729.01b1c...@debian7.boseck208.net