On Sunday 11 May 2008 06:48:30 Daniel Mons wrote: > ==============Sebastian Spiess wrote: > > I did a clean install and everything went smooth but when I started > > installing all the stuff missing I had problems with the AU mirror as > > well. I ended up switching quite often, but this could have something to > > do with the "others" upgrading... good to hear that it worked for you. > > > > I am now back to the AU mirror, all is fine so far. keep the traffic on > > the continent :-) > > Some general comments on APT mirrors, ISPs, and sources.list config from > a Debian veteran of 7 years, and an Ubuntu user for 2 years now: > > au.archive.ubunut.com is hosted by Optus: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dig au.archive.ubuntu.com > *snip* > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > au.archive.ubuntu.com. 600 IN CNAME mirror.optus.net. > mirror.optus.net. 86400 IN A 211.29.132.173 > > Now I don't intend this to be a "crap on Optus" session. Optus > generously host Ubuntu's au mirror as well as the primary au mirror for > sourceforge. But the fact of the matter is the mirrors are slow to > respond, and seem to be heavily QoS'ed. I completely understand why > they do this, but sadly it makes for random brokenness when doing upgrades. > > In particular, the two weeks before, and up to a month after any Ubuntu > release see these mirrors get hammered. I honestly don't think the > world understands just how popular Ubuntu is right now. :) > > My advice is to keep your mirrors pointed to your local ISP if possible. > > For example, I'm with iiNet, and my /etc/apt/sources.list looks like (4 > lines, each one long line - ignore the line break enforced by email): > > deb http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu hardy main multiverse restricted > universe > deb http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu hardy-updates main multiverse > restricted universe > deb http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu hardy-backports main multiverse > restricted universe > deb http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu hardy-security main multiverse > restricted universe > > So there's deb repos for hardy, hardy-updates, hardy-backports > (optional), and hardy-security for the main, multiverse, universe and > restricted sections. > > Many ISPs provide mirrors. Internode are another I have regular > dealings with that provide full Ubuntu mirrors. If you are on any one > of the PIPE Networks ISPs, PIPE host their Pacific Mirror site, which > can be accessed free of charge (ie: not counting towards quota) for PIPE > users (iiNet, Internode, Westnet, AAPT, Swiftel, and many others): > > deb http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/ubuntu hardy main universe > multiverse restricted > > ... and so on for the other repos. > > If in doubt, ring your ISP and ask. It's within the best interests of > an ISP to host local mirrors of heavily used traffic. It saves them > money, and means they can deliver a high quality of service to their > customers. For you as a user, it means being able to perform mass > upgrades for convenience and/or security without eating into your > monthly download quota or getting dreaded "404 not found" errors. > > Remember too that you can have multiple mirrors in your sources.list, > which will be tried in order. Put your own ISP at the top of the list, > and au.archive at the bottom of the list. If your ISP is slow to update > and is missing a package, APT will fall back to au.archive. There's no > rule saying you must only have one mirror in your list. The only > downside is that running an "apt-get update" (package refresh) can take > a while if you have a long sources.list, but it's a small price to pay > to ensure you get the packages you need during an normal package > upgrade, or during an entire distro upgrade. > > -Dan
Hi Dan Interestingly enuf the whole thing resolved by removing the last part of the second line in my etc/hoats file, e.g. it read 127.0.1.1 localhost.p3nn-desktop.network_name I dropped the network_name at the end at all worked fine again James -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au