@Evan: I believe the important part of the scenario is that the IP is resolving though. You can see more specifically from the log the time inbetween each attempted file it's trying to fetch:
Apr 7 05:38:33 ubuntu in-target: Err http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release.gpg Apr 7 05:38:33 ubuntu in-target: Could not connect to archive.canonical.com:80 (91.189.88.33). - connect (110: Connection timed out) Apr 7 05:38:54 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release Apr 7 05:39:15 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Packages Apr 7 05:39:36 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Sources Apr 7 05:39:36 ubuntu in-target: Err http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg Apr 7 05:39:36 ubuntu in-target: Could not connect to dz.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (91.189.88.46). - connect (110: Connection timed out) [IP: 91.189.88.46 80] Apr 7 05:39:57 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Packages Apr 7 05:40:18 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Sources Apr 7 05:40:39 ubuntu in-target: Err http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Packages Apr 7 05:40:39 ubuntu in-target: Could not connect to archive.canonical.com:80 (91.189.88.33). - connect (110: Connection timed out) Apr 7 05:41:00 ubuntu in-target: Err http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Sources Apr 7 05:41:00 ubuntu in-target: Could not connect to archive.canonical.com:80 (91.189.88.33). - connect (110: Connection timed out) Apr 7 05:41:00 ubuntu in-target: Err http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg Apr 7 05:41:00 ubuntu in-target: Could not connect to dz.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (91.189.88.46). - connect (110: Connection timed out) [IP: 91.189.88.46 80] Apr 7 05:42:24 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release Apr 7 05:43:48 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release Apr 7 05:45:12 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages Apr 7 05:46:36 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages Apr 7 05:48:00 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources Apr 7 05:49:24 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources Apr 7 05:50:48 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages Apr 7 05:52:12 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources Apr 7 05:53:36 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages Apr 7 05:55:00 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources Apr 7 05:56:24 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages Apr 7 05:57:48 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages Apr 7 05:59:12 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources Apr 7 06:00:36 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources Apr 7 06:02:00 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages Apr 7 06:03:24 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources Apr 7 06:04:48 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages Apr 7 06:06:12 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources Apr 7 06:07:36 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages Apr 7 06:09:00 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages Apr 7 06:10:24 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources Apr 7 06:11:48 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources Apr 7 06:13:12 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages Apr 7 06:14:36 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources Apr 7 06:16:00 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages Apr 7 06:17:02 ubuntu CRON[9812]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Apr 7 06:17:24 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources Apr 7 06:18:48 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages Apr 7 06:20:12 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages Apr 7 06:21:36 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources Apr 7 06:23:00 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources Apr 7 06:24:24 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages Apr 7 06:25:01 ubuntu CRON[9852]: (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )) Apr 7 06:25:48 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources Apr 7 06:27:12 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages Apr 7 06:28:36 ubuntu in-target: Ign http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources Apr 7 06:30:00 ubuntu in-target: Err http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages Apr 7 06:30:00 ubuntu in-target: Could not connect to dz.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (91.189.88.46). - connect (110: Connection timed out) [IP: 91.189.88.46 80] Apr 7 06:31:24 ubuntu in-target: Err http://dz.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages Apr 7 06:31:24 ubuntu in-target: Could not connect to dz.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (91.189.88.46). - connect (110: Connection timed out) [IP: 91.189.88.46 80] Apr 7 06:32:16 ubuntu apt-setup: warning: /usr/lib/ubiquity/apt-setup/generators/91security returned error code 1; discarding output I can reproduce this consistently, so if you'd like me to throw a set -x somewhere or anything like that followed by fetching debug output, I'd be glad to. -- System takes forever trying to contact uncontactable sources during install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556831 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
