* Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071030 20:00]: > On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 10:25:15PM -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > A day or two ago I began getting a "111 connection refused" error when > > attempting to access the debian repositories with Synaptic. > > > > The command "aptitude update" also hangs. > > > > However, Internet access with browser and mail appears to be normal. > > Can you post the *exact* error message when trying aptitude from the > command line. > > Trying a different mirror in your "/etc/apt/sources.lst" file may > indicate if the problem is outside or inside your machine.
Thanks, Chris. But a couple of days ago I posted a message (perhaps it got lost) stating that the problem vanished when I uninstalled "anon-proxy" (which I had installed a week or so ago, out of curiosity.) RLH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]