Re: still no luck with apt-get

1999-03-12 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, John Galt wrote: : try tsx-11.mit.edu or sunsite.unc.edu--they'll most probably be up and : running 100% of the time--mit.edu and unc.edu going down probably means : that the entire backbone is down, since they're two of the original : backbone nodes. Sorry; there's no su

Re: still no luck with apt-get

1999-03-12 Thread John Galt
Cute--Debian from Slackware ftp.cdrom.com is the official distributions site for Slackware. If you wanna go to external mirrors, try tsx-11.mit.edu or sunsite.unc.edu--they'll most probably be up and running 100% of the time--mit.edu and unc.edu going down probably means that the entire back

Re: still no luck with apt-get

1999-03-12 Thread Mitch Blevins
Nathan E Norman wrote: > I maintain that particular mirror. > [snip successful apt output] > > Could you have a library problem? The problem appears to be with 206.187.92.15 [prompt]$ nslookup http.us.debian.org Server: ns2.mindspring.com Address: 207.69.188.186 Name:http.us.debian.org Add

Re: still no luck with apt-get

1999-03-11 Thread Jeff Katcher
Mitch Blevins wrote: > No, it's not your system. I just checked and ftp1.us.debian.org > is just an alias for http.us.debian.org. > Also, when I try to update from http.us.debian.org I get errors > almost identical to yours... and I am running apt_0.3.0 > > My best guess would be a mirror prob

Re: still no luck with apt-get

1999-03-11 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Matt Garman wrote: : It appears to be my system :( Same errors: : : Get http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Packages : 0% [Packages `Waiting for file' 0]http: Bad header line : Get http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Packages : 0% [Packages `Connecting to http

Re: still no luck with apt-get

1999-03-11 Thread Richard Hall
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Mitch Blevins wrote: > > Any body know some *working* mirrors to test? You can try sunsite.utk.edu/pub/debian. I believe that it is working; however, there were some problems on the fiber between here and Atlanta today that may not be fixed yet, so it might be slower than no

Re: still no luck with apt-get

1999-03-11 Thread Mitch Blevins
Matt Garman wrote: > > I am trying to update from that mirror without much luck. > > Try changing the line to be > > > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > > It appears to be my system :( Same errors: No, it's not your system. I just checked and ftp1.us.debian.

Re: still no luck with apt-get

1999-03-11 Thread Matt Garman
On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 05:17:39PM -0500, Mitch Blevins wrote: > Matt Garman wrote: > > > Which apt version are you using? Which distro? (hamm, slink, potato) > > > > I'm using apt version 0.1.9 in the slink distribution. > > I am trying to update from that mirror without much luck. > Try changi

Re: still no luck with apt-get

1999-03-11 Thread Mitch Blevins
Matt Garman wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 04:56:23PM -0500, Mitch Blevins wrote: > > In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > > > > > > I still can't get "apt-get update" do do anything useful. Anyone have > > > a clue? > > > > > > Here's my /etc/apt/sources.list > > > > > > # Use for a local mirror

Re: still no luck with apt-get

1999-03-11 Thread Matt Garman
On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 04:56:23PM -0500, Mitch Blevins wrote: > In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > > > > I still can't get "apt-get update" do do anything useful. Anyone have > > a clue? > > > > Here's my /etc/apt/sources.list > > > > # Use for a local mirror - remove the ftp1 http lines for the

Re: still no luck with apt-get

1999-03-11 Thread Mitch Blevins
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > > I still can't get "apt-get update" do do anything useful. Anyone have > a clue? > > Here's my /etc/apt/sources.list > > # Use for a local mirror - remove the ftp1 http lines for the bits > # your mirror contains. > # deb file:/your/mirror/here/debian stable ma