synaptic on network

[tiiim]

i try this again

i have to run synaptic over a network so i type the ip in manually it loads from all the servers but does not display the packages. if i do it from apt-get it starts to download but hangs on the 0% if the progress any suggestions please....

[lockenkeyster]

can you post what you have in /etc/apt/sources.list ?

[tiiim]

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 4.10 _Warty Warthog_ - Preview powerpc Binary-1 (20041020)]/ unstable main restricted


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty universe

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-security main restricted

[lockenkeyster]

sources look okay...

have you tried sudo apt-get update ?

[tiiim]

sources look okay...

have you tried sudo apt-get update ?
hangs on 16% on first list

[lockenkeyster]

weird...

the only time that has happened to me (or anything like it) is when I had a bad network connection...

1) are you running a firewall on your machine? (firestarter, etc.)

2) what connects to the outside on your network? (router, ...)

[tiiim]

weird...

the only time that has happened to me (or anything like it) is when I had a bad network connection...

1) are you running a firewall on your machine? (firestarter, etc.)

2) what connects to the outside on your network? (router, ...)
no firewall

it could be the firewall on the outside network cos im at uni so it might be that end... if is then either i email if not i just wait to im at home to download ne software....

[lockenkeyster]

the network's connection to the internet is my best guess, although it sounds kind of strange... have you ever had problems downloading things through this setup before? Like, maybe a really big file?

[tiiim]

the network's connection to the internet is my best guess, although it sounds kind of strange... have you ever had problems downloading things through this setup before? Like, maybe a really big file?
nope not at all

[fng]

Do you need a HTTP Proxy to surf the web?

[tiiim]

Do you need a HTTP Proxy to surf the web?
i do!

under networking i use dchp but on firefox i have to have a proxy for the web.

[fng]

Go to a terminal and type :
$ sudo export http_proxy="http://proxy.ubuntu.org:8080"
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install program
That should do the trick.

The only problem is, that the http_proxy var will be gonna, everytime you reboor, logout, or, ... It is best to put it into bash.bashrc so it would get loaded everytime you login.

[tiiim]

Go to a terminal and type :
$ sudo export http_proxy="http://proxy.ubuntu.org:8080"
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install program
That should do the trick.

The only problem is, that the http_proxy var will be gonna, everytime you reboor, logout, or, ... It is best to put it into bash.bashrc so it would get loaded everytime you login.
i dont have an export command...

[tiiim]

root@timscomp:/home/tim # apt-get update
Err http://security.ubuntu.com warty-security/main Packages
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/main Packages
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com warty-security/main Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/main Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com warty-security/restricted Packages
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/restricted Packages
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com warty-security/restricted Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/restricted Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com warty-security/main Sources
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/main Sources
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com warty-security/main Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com warty-security/restricted Sources
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com warty-security/restricted Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/main Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/restricted Sources
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/restricted Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/universe Packages
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/universe Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/universe Sources
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/universe Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/main/binary-powerpc/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/main/binary-powerpc/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/restricted/binary-powerpc/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/restricted/binary-powerpc/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/main/source/Sources.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/main/source/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/restricted/source/Sources.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/restricted/source/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/universe/binary-powerpc/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/universe/binary-powerpc/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/universe/source/Sources.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/universe/source/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty-security/main/binary-powerpc/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty-security/main/binary-powerpc/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty-security/restricted/binary-powerpc/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty-security/restricted/binary-powerpc/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty-security/main/source/Sources.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty-security/main/source/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty-security/restricted/source/Sources.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty-security/restricted/source/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Reading Package Lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[fng]

try it without sudo.

[tiiim]

root@timscomp:/home/tim # apt-get update
Err http://security.ubuntu.com warty-security/main Packages
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/main Packages
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com warty-security/main Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/main Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com warty-security/restricted Packages
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/restricted Packages
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com warty-security/restricted Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/restricted Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com warty-security/main Sources
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/main Sources
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com warty-security/main Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com warty-security/restricted Sources
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com warty-security/restricted Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/main Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/restricted Sources
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/restricted Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/universe Packages
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/universe Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/universe Sources
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/universe Release
Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/main/binary-powerpc/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/main/binary-powerpc/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/restricted/binary-powerpc/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/restricted/binary-powerpc/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/main/source/Sources.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/main/source/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/restricted/source/Sources.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/restricted/source/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/universe/binary-powerpc/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/universe/binary-powerpc/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/universe/source/Sources.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/universe/source/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty-security/main/binary-powerpc/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty-security/main/binary-powerpc/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty-security/restricted/binary-powerpc/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty-security/restricted/binary-powerpc/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty-security/main/source/Sources.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty-security/main/source/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty-security/restricted/source/Sources.gz Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty-security/restricted/source/Release Could not resolve 'proxy.ubuntu.org'
Reading Package Lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
works without sudo in normal console but still get message concerning the servers

[fng]

you need to replace proxy.ubuntu.org with your own proxy :)
and 8080 with your own proxy's port

[tiiim]

you need to replace proxy.ubuntu.org with your own proxy :)
and 8080 with your own proxy's port
bingo!