jack_mottram
June 19th, 2005, 06:55 AM
I've just installed Ubuntu 5.04 from a CD on a clamshell iBook, and am getting lots of timeout errors.
For example, when I run apt-get update, I get the following:
Could not connect to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
and so on for the various servers in the sources.list file. Doing the same using the Synaptic Package Manager also times out.
The same goes for Firefox and Bittorrent - attempting to load a web page or connect to a tracker throws a timeout error.
I can however ping websites succesfully, and was able to install samba with apt-get, so I must have a (almost) working connection.
So, I'm a bit stuck - is there perhaps a file I can edit to set a longer period before apt-get , Firefox, etc. time out? Or have I missed some step in the install process to properly set up my internet connection?
The only hint I'm getting is that I "may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems", which of course I can't do because apt-get update always times out. I've also tried changing my sources.list file as per the instructions at ubuntuguide.org/#extrarepositories, but to no avail.
(Sorry for the vague wording/incorrect terminology - I'm completely new to Linux, bar a bit of tinkering on the command line in OS X)
For example, when I run apt-get update, I get the following:
Could not connect to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
and so on for the various servers in the sources.list file. Doing the same using the Synaptic Package Manager also times out.
The same goes for Firefox and Bittorrent - attempting to load a web page or connect to a tracker throws a timeout error.
I can however ping websites succesfully, and was able to install samba with apt-get, so I must have a (almost) working connection.
So, I'm a bit stuck - is there perhaps a file I can edit to set a longer period before apt-get , Firefox, etc. time out? Or have I missed some step in the install process to properly set up my internet connection?
The only hint I'm getting is that I "may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems", which of course I can't do because apt-get update always times out. I've also tried changing my sources.list file as per the instructions at ubuntuguide.org/#extrarepositories, but to no avail.
(Sorry for the vague wording/incorrect terminology - I'm completely new to Linux, bar a bit of tinkering on the command line in OS X)