greenstar
August 3rd, 2006, 07:03 PM
**This is not a thread to troubleshoot or fix anything, so don't ask.**
Recent weeks have shown the Ubuntu repositories to be less than reliable. What gives? I've worked around or through other obstacles I've encountered as an Ubuntu user. This is *the* deal-breaker of deal-breakers. Without the repositories, Ubuntu is like a fish out of water.
So I'd like to know what's really going on. And why it hasn't been corrected yet.
If anyone has any _real_ knowledge of what's going on, please post here.
Please keep opinions, guesses & speculation to yourself. This thread is here to help us find the root of the problem. Responses should be relevant to the problem.
I didn't post this or word it to exclude anyone, but rather to keep the drone of irrelevant & unhelpful posts at bay so that the actual situation may be examined as best as possible and without distraction. No offense is meant to anyone, and none should be taken.
Let's get this out in the open,
Greenstar
Edit:
If you are having repository problems, please post _only_ the following:
(To find this info, in a terminal do: sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list and look for a line that looks like: deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted)
1. Which country's repos you're using. (This is the two letter country code in the above line, immediately before .archive.ubuntu.com)
2. Whether you're using http or ftp for the official repos. (This is just after "deb" in the example line.)
3. Official Ubuntu repositories only, others are not part of this discussion.
So a helpful response would look something like this:
I use the US repos: us
I use http
or
I use the austrian repos: at
I use ftp
Recent weeks have shown the Ubuntu repositories to be less than reliable. What gives? I've worked around or through other obstacles I've encountered as an Ubuntu user. This is *the* deal-breaker of deal-breakers. Without the repositories, Ubuntu is like a fish out of water.
So I'd like to know what's really going on. And why it hasn't been corrected yet.
If anyone has any _real_ knowledge of what's going on, please post here.
Please keep opinions, guesses & speculation to yourself. This thread is here to help us find the root of the problem. Responses should be relevant to the problem.
I didn't post this or word it to exclude anyone, but rather to keep the drone of irrelevant & unhelpful posts at bay so that the actual situation may be examined as best as possible and without distraction. No offense is meant to anyone, and none should be taken.
Let's get this out in the open,
Greenstar
Edit:
If you are having repository problems, please post _only_ the following:
(To find this info, in a terminal do: sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list and look for a line that looks like: deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted)
1. Which country's repos you're using. (This is the two letter country code in the above line, immediately before .archive.ubuntu.com)
2. Whether you're using http or ftp for the official repos. (This is just after "deb" in the example line.)
3. Official Ubuntu repositories only, others are not part of this discussion.
So a helpful response would look something like this:
I use the US repos: us
I use http
or
I use the austrian repos: at
I use ftp