On Thursday 25 November 2004 11:19, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 10:51:57AM +0000, David Goodenough wrote: > > I have a server which runs apt-cacher. I use it for all apt-get updates > > and upgrades on my system, but I have had no luck trying to install using > > it. > > > > I tried setting it as the proxy (i.e. using the insertion of the proxy > > bit at the start of the URL to gain access to the server), but that did > > not seem to work. > > No, of course not. If you enter a web proxy, it'll be set as the > environment variable 'http_proxy', which makes most applications use an > HTTP proxy. They work differently from apt-cacher. > > If you want to use apt-cacher, you just want to manually configure a > mirror. You can then ignore the list of mirrors. > > -- > EARTH > smog | bricks > AIR -- mud -- FIRE > soda water | tequila > WATER > -- with thanks to fortune As I said in another reply to myself, I tried configuring it manually. But that was with pre-RC2, I have just tried RC2. That also fails, and in looking around the consoles on console 4 I found the following error messages:-
DEBUG: virtual package configured-network DEBUG: (process 7143) segementation fault WARNING *** Configuring choose-mirror failed with error code 139 WARNING *** Menu item choose-mirror failed So it would appear that there is a problem with the manually choosing the mirror function. David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
