On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 04:33:04PM -0700, RevSlowmo wrote: > Miles Bader wrote: > > When I do "sudo apt-get update", I get the following errors: > > > > $ LANG=C sudo apt-get update > > Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable Release.gpg [189B] > > Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable Release > > Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages [3166kB] > > Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages/DiffIndex > > Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages [65.7kB] > > Fetched 3B in 5s (1B/s) > > Failed to fetch > > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Packages.bz2 > > MD5Sum mismatch > > Failed to fetch > > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.bz2 > > MD5Sum mismatch > > Reading package lists... Done > > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.us.debian.org > > unstable/main Packages > > (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages) > > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.us.debian.org > > unstable/non-free Packages > > (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) > > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > > E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old > > ones used instead. > > > > My /etc/apt/sources.list file is: > > > > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
How long did the problem start? I just did an update using the same mirror with no problems. > I might be wrong but I think non-free is not needed anymore, also try a > different mirror. Or just wait I bet the error will go away. I believe you're confusing non-free with non-us -- there are definately packages in non-free in unstable. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian is like Suse with yast turned off, just better. :) -- Goswin Brederlow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]