So I looked at the master lists suggested earlier in this thread and tried to restore the non-US settings that got fubared earlier in my setup. I couldn't get it to work. Here's what I've tried:
1) using dselect, I choose apt as my access method. 2) After retyping the sites that work (note to anyone listening: there really should be an "add source" option in apt- having to re-enter functional sites is dumb, especially since one error means you have to retype everything) I enter http://http.non-us.debian.org/debian as the URL for the new site, stable as the distribution, and non-US as the component. This is the entry that makes sense (since non-US is a directory in stable, and not the other way around) but is not the entry recommended by apt, which says "non-US" should be the distribution and main, non-free, etc. should be the components (which makes no sense.) 3) I select update and get the following errors: Err http://http.non-us.debian.org stable/non-US Packages Could not resolve 'http.non-us.debian.org' Err http://http.non-us.debian.org stable/non-US Release Could not resolve 'http.non-us.debian.org' I can resolve http://http.non-us.debian.org no problem. 4) Repeat process using order suggested by apt(calling non-US the distribution instead of the component.) Doesn't seem to make a difference- same error message. I'm guessing this occurs because non-us.debian is pretty slow for me, and maybe apt thinks this is an error. Is that actually the case? If so, can anyone recommend a non-us mirror that would be faster from North Carolina? If not, can anyone tell me what other solutions I can try? Also, what parameters should I be giving apt, besides the URL? Is non-us a dsitribution or a component? What should the other option be in that case? Finally, who should I write to explaining my problems with apt? Or have these already been hashed out and resolved? Where can I look to for archives of those discussions, if that is the case? Thanks for putting up with all of my questions- this is easily the longest (and possibly the dumbest) help request email I've ever sent. :) My sincerest thanks in advance- Luis P.S. In case it matters, I generally run potato, and my dselect version is 1.4.1.1. P.P.S. In case you care, I want ssh from non-us, and thus the questions. Thanks again... ####################################################################### "They call the faithful to their knees to hear the softly spoken magic spell:" "There's no place like home... There's no place like home... There's no place like home." -Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon -Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz #######################################################################
