Either your internet connection is flakey, or the mirror was down. Try again at a different time and get onto your isp if this continues.
Regards, Colin Ellis Solution City Ltd http://www.solution-city.com -----Original Message----- From: Joseph A Nagy Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 March 2003 15:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problems with Apt-Get I'm having problems with updating the package list from mirrors.kernel.org (apt-get says connection times out). Is this a known problem or am I just one of the (un)lucky few who this happens to? Here's a partial output from apt-get (the other sites I was able to update the lists just fine) Err ftp://mirrors.kernel.org stable/non-free Packages Could not connect to mirrors.kernel.org:21 (204.152.189.120), connection timed out Err ftp://mirrors.kernel.org stable/non-free Release Could not connect to mirrors.kernel.org:21 (204.152.189.120), connection timed out Failed to fetch ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages Could not connect to mirrors.kernel.org:21 (204.152.189.120), connection timed out Failed to fetch ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Release Could not connect to mirrors.kernel.org:21 (204.152.189.120), connection timed out Failed to fetch ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages Could not connect to mirrors.kernel.org:21 (204.152.189.120), connection timed out Failed to fetch ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Release Could not connect to mirrors.kernel.org:21 (204.152.189.120), connection timed out Failed to fetch ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/Packages Could not connect to mirrors.kernel.org:21 (204.152.189.120), connection timed out Failed to fetch ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/Release Could not connect to mirrors.kernel.org:21 (204.152.189.120), connection timed out Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]