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On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 09:56:09PM -0500, John Aten wrote: > > > Wow!! How long ago did you last update this laptop? IIRC, that > > url/mirror is no longer in use. > > I installed Wheezy on the Dell less than a week ago. I selected > debian.uchicago.edu, but there was an error. I'm not sure how I ended > up with the sources.list that I ended up with. > > > > > You haven't messed with anything else trying to get it to work have > > you? If, after changing the mirror, you still have problems then > > report back here. There is no need to post a thanks etc. message if > > it all works. > > I have done a few things, but I didn't realize that I wasn't replying > properly. I replied to the indiviual users, instead of to the whole > list. Daxco's suggestion did the trick; I installed netselect-apt, and > generated a new new sources.list. I have undone everything that I > tried that didn't work. > > One thing I'm not sure about is the removal of > /var/lib/apt/lists/lock. This was an empty file. Should I make another > one? No. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140930044124.GA23738@tal
