I changed /etc/apt/sources.list and got the followihg:
# apt-get update
Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org etch Release.gpg [386B]
Hit http://http.us.debian.org etch Release
Ign http://http.us.debian.org etch/main Packages/DiffIndex
Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release.gpg
Ign http://http.us.debian.org etch/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://http.us.debian.org etch/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://http.us.debian.org etch/main Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org etch/contrib Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org etch/non-free Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Packages/DiffIndex
Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
Fetched 1B in 4s (0B/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occurred while processing tkusr (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
I tried
rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/*
(dont know what they do). Then
# apt-get update
Err http://http.us.debian.org etch Release.gpg
Could not connect to http.us.debian.org:80 (1.0.0.0),
connection timed out
Err ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release.gpg
Could not connect to ftp.us.debian.org:21 (1.0.0.0),
connection timed out
Failed to fetch
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/Release.gpg Could not
connect to ftp.us.debian.org:21 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/Release.gpg Could not
connect to http.us.debian.org:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occurred while processing tkusr (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
It s a mess. bUt i believe there is a specific problem
to be addressed.
just dont know which! Maybe this email is more confusing
then helping.
If u aggree, just ignore it :-)
On 1/3/09, oxy <oxyo...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> * Do you have anything in the directory /etc/apt/apt.conf.d?
>
> more /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/*
> ::::::::::::::
> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00trustcdrom
> ::::::::::::::
> APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
> ::::::::::::::
> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic
> ::::::::::::::
> APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
> APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
> ::::::::::::::
> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf
> ::::::::::::::
> // Pre-configure all packages with debconf before they are installed.
> // If you don't like it, comment it out.
> DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";};
>
>
>
> * Is there any reference to security.debian.org in /etc/hosts? no
>
> * What is the value of the environment variable $http_proxy? nothing
>
> * Do you have any iptables rerouting rules ("iptables -t nat -nvL")?
>
> # iptables -t nat -nvL
> Chain PREROUTING (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
> pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
> destination
>
> Chain POSTROUTING (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
> pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
> destination
>
> Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
> pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
> destination
>
>
> On 1/3/09, Chris Davies <chris-use...@roaima.co.uk> wrote:
>> oxy <oxyo...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> similar posts around refer to wrong proxy configuration, wrong
>>> /etc/apt/sources.list files etc. None seems to be my case. Look:
>>
>>> # apt-get update
>>> Err http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg
>>> Could not connect to security.debian.org:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed
>>> out
>>
>>> I have no /etc/apt/apt.conf or /etc/apt/preferences file in my system.
>>
>> Some (more) questions, for you:
>>
>> * Do you have anything in the directory /etc/apt/apt.conf.d?
>> * Is there any reference to security.debian.org in /etc/hosts?
>> * What is the value of the environment variable $http_proxy?
>> * Do you have any iptables rerouting rules ("iptables -t nat
>> -nvL")?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Chris
>>
>>
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