Re: apt-get issue(s)

2001-08-14 Thread Florian Kessler
Am 13.08.2001 20:01 Uhr schrieb Kenneth Pronovici unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ok... nothing at all in /var/log about this (as far as I can tell). I cannot apt to a different server. I tried ftp2.sourceforge.net - which I can use lynx to connect to - but I get similar apt errors.

Re: apt-get issue(s)

2001-08-14 Thread Florian Kessler
Am 13.08.2001 20:01 Uhr schrieb Kenneth Pronovici unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ok... nothing at all in /var/log about this (as far as I can tell). I cannot apt to a different server. I tried ftp2.sourceforge.net - which I can use lynx to connect to - but I get similar apt errors.

Re: apt-get issue(s)

2001-08-14 Thread Kenneth Pronovici
is ftp2.sourceforge.net a debian mirror? I got it off the mirrors list, and it looked like everything was sensible from checking with lynx. deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib and an apt-get update what´s the exact output? First, note that 'lynx

Re: apt-get issue(s)

2001-08-14 Thread Jason Thomas
do you use a proxy with lynx, if so you may need to use one with apt! On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 09:09:52AM -0500, Kenneth Pronovici wrote: is ftp2.sourceforge.net a debian mirror? I got it off the mirrors list, and it looked like everything was sensible from checking with lynx. deb

Re: apt-get issue(s)

2001-08-14 Thread Kenneth Pronovici
do you use a proxy with lynx, if so you may need to use one with apt! Ah.. that got asked before privately; I should have posted a reply to the list. No, there's no proxy needed. KEN

Re: apt-get issue(s)

2001-08-13 Thread Florian Kessler
Am 13.08.2001 17:25 Uhr schrieb Kenneth Pronovici unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Err http://security.debian.org potato/updates/main Packages Could not connect to security.debian.org (132.229.131.40). My guess is that this was a temporary server or network outage. I just did an apt-get update

Re: apt-get issue(s)

2001-08-13 Thread Florian Kessler
Am 13.08.2001 18:02 Uhr schrieb Kenneth Pronovici unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: do you use any kind of firewall? In the network or local? Eventually a configuration mistake in netfilterIs your specific machine allowed to connect to debian.org? can you ping 132.229.131.40? ping

Re: apt-get issue(s)

2001-08-13 Thread Malcolm Herbert
I had a similar question in regard to where partidcular packages which have security patches should be downloaded from - the obvious question is the security server, however it doesn't seem to work that way all the time ... I don't have my sources.list at hand, unfortunately, but I have noticed

Re: apt-get issue(s)

2001-08-13 Thread Jeff Coppock
Kenneth Pronovici, 2001-Aug-12 21:49 -0500: Err http://security.debian.org potato/updates/main Packages Could not connect to security.debian.org (132.229.131.40). My guess is that this was a temporary server or network outage. I just did an apt-get update with this same source.

Re: apt-get issue(s)

2001-08-13 Thread Kenneth Pronovici
Err http://security.debian.org potato/updates/main Packages Could not connect to security.debian.org (132.229.131.40). My guess is that this was a temporary server or network outage. I just did an apt-get update with this same source. It hung and 99% the first try and I

Re: apt-get issue(s)

2001-08-13 Thread Florian Kessler
Am 13.08.2001 17:25 Uhr schrieb Kenneth Pronovici unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Err http://security.debian.org potato/updates/main Packages Could not connect to security.debian.org (132.229.131.40). My guess is that this was a temporary server or network outage. I just did an apt-get update

Re: apt-get issue(s)

2001-08-13 Thread Kenneth Pronovici
do you use any kind of firewall? In the network or local? Eventually a configuration mistake in netfilterIs your specific machine allowed to connect to debian.org? can you ping 132.229.131.40? ping security.debian.org? What does telnet security.debian.org 80 say? Yes, I'm using a firewall

Re: apt-get issue(s)

2001-08-13 Thread Florian Kessler
Am 13.08.2001 18:02 Uhr schrieb Kenneth Pronovici unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: do you use any kind of firewall? In the network or local? Eventually a configuration mistake in netfilterIs your specific machine allowed to connect to debian.org? can you ping 132.229.131.40? ping security.debian.org?

Re: apt-get issue(s)

2001-08-13 Thread Kenneth Pronovici
Hmm... Any logs about? /var/log/syslog? /var/log/messages? are you able to apt another server? Is your apt installation fine or is any file missing? Try to fetch the aptdeb, purge your existing apt (dpkg --force-depends --purge apt), and reinstall it, to assure no file´s missing and

apt-get issue(s)

2001-08-12 Thread Kenneth Pronovici
I'm cross-posting this to user and security, because there are really two (possibly-related) issues here. Feel free to take replies to just one list or the other. On my firewall (running potato), I have been using these apt sources.list entries: deb http://security.debian.org

Re: apt-get issue(s)

2001-08-12 Thread Jeff Coppock
Kenneth Pronovici, 2001-Aug-12 21:49 -0500: Err http://security.debian.org potato/updates/main Packages Could not connect to security.debian.org (132.229.131.40). My guess is that this was a temporary server or network outage. I just did an apt-get update with this same

apt-get issue(s)

2001-08-12 Thread Kenneth Pronovici
I'm cross-posting this to user and security, because there are really two (possibly-related) issues here. Feel free to take replies to just one list or the other. On my firewall (running potato), I have been using these apt sources.list entries: deb http://security.debian.org potato/updates