On Sat, 2018-02-10 at 13:34 +0100, john doe wrote: > On 2/10/2018 12:26 PM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > Debian Stretch > > > > I am experiencing a very strange problem. > > > > Yesterday I had my Internet connection switched to a fiber optic > > network As a result I know have 120 MB/s both down and up. > > > > That was the good news. Now for the other side. Synaptic hangs on > > Downloading Package Information on Reload. The errors are: > > > > Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/InRel > > ease > > Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/debian-security/dists > > /stre > > tch/updates/InRelease Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/deb > > ian/ > > dists/stretch-updates/InRelease Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debi > > an.o > > rg/debian/dists/stretch-backports/InRelease Some index files > > failed to > > download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. > > > > Apt update (as root) gives me: > > > > 0% [Connecting to ftp-chi.osuosl.org (2600:3402:200:227::2)] > > [Connecting to security.debian.org (2607:ea00:101:3c0b::1deb:215)] > > > > Yet if I download a package with firefox gdebi is perfectly happy > > installing it. > > > > Everything else is working without any problems. > > > > Incidentally, this is a fresh OS installation (due to a mis- > > function > > with sda and subsequent replacement. > > > > Guidance will be much appreciated. > > > > Could you try the following as root: > > $ apt-get clean >
Thanks for the reply. root@AbNormal:/home/comp# apt-get clean root@AbNormal:/home/comp# Just before I read your reply I edited sources-list for a different source, debian.uchicago.edu father than debian.org, and the synaptic function was partially restored. # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 9.3.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20171209-12:11]/ stretch contrib main # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 9.3.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20171209-12:11]/ stretch main contrib deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stretch contrib non-free main deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stretch contrib non-free main # deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free # deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free # stretch-updates, previously known as 'volatile' deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stretch-updates non-free contrib main deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stretch-updates non-free contrib main # stretch-backports, previously on backports.debian.org deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stretch-backports non-free contrib main deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stretch-backports non-free contrib main For some reason synaptic didn't like Debian security entries, but worked when they were commented out. However, I am not happy about not being able to receive security updates. Are those entries correct?
