archive's connection fails

Wed Sep 13 13:56:24 UTC 2006

On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 08:02:45PM -0500, Frank Lohmeyer wrote:

Thanks Frank, I can do that.

Tom

> Tom:
> 
> LiveCD --> fix broken system --> use terminal to reset host. ( nano
> /etc/hostname all that needs to be in the file is "ly-desktop" , w/o
> quotes) not sure how it will effect user/password relative to
> administrator and sudo ...   may work fine, may need to boot CD a 2nd
> time to fix that part, if still  broken.
> 
> Frank
> 
> 
> 
> Tom Coffin wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 02:41:32PM -0500, Roshan Mansinghani wrote:
> > 
> > Output of  ping us.archive.ubuntu.com
> > PING mirror.mcs.anl.gov (146.137.96.15) 56(84) bytes of data.
> > 64 bytes from alpaca-ii.it.anl.gov (146.137.96.15): icmp_seq=1 ttl=43
> > time=80.4 ms
> > (above line repeats seq= increments +1 and times= are slightly
> > different)
> > 
> > I have found a difference in sources.list in the working install and the
> > non working one.  In the working one the first line in sources.list is
> > deb http://Kubuntu.org/packages/Kde-354 dapper main
> > That line does not exist in the non working one.  Could that be the
> > problem ?
> > 
> > I can't test it because I created another problem.  In messing with the
> > network configuration in system settings I deleted my host name !*##@@.
> > My bash prompt now is ly at none and should be ly at ly-desktop.  I cant use
> > sudo to fix it or do anything as administrator.  Now I have to ask how
> > to fix that or reinstall.  Guess I better start another thread.
> > 
> > Thanks for taking the time to help.
> > 
> > Tom
> > 
> >> What is the output of
> >>
> >> ping us.archive.ubuntu.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 9/11/06, Tom Coffin <coffindvm at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 08:57:51AM -0500, Roshan Mansinghani wrote:
> >>> Here is output from ifconfig:
> >>>
> >>> etho   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:15:F2:3F:2D:32
> >>>        inet addr:10.3.85.111 Bcast:10.3.85.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
> >>>        inet6 addr: fe80::215:f2ff:fe3f:2d32/64 Scope:Link
> >>>        UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> >>>        RX packets:353 errprs:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >>>        TX packets:349 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >>>        RX bytes:79968 (78.0 KiB) /tx bytes:44751 (43.7 KiB)
> >>>
> >>> lo     Link encap:Local Loopback
> >>>        inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> >>>        inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> >>>        UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> >>>        RX packets:3 errors:0 droppped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >>>        Tx packkets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >>>        collisioons:0 txqueuelen:0
> >>>        Rx bytes:172 (172.0 b) TX bytes:172 (172.0 b)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Tom,
> >>>>
> >>>> Are you sure your wireless connection actually works?  A great way to check
> >>>> is to type:
> >>>>
> >>>> ping www.google.com
> >>>>
> >>>> in the command line.  If you are not connected, it will just sit there and
> >>>> do nothing.  If you are, you should start seeing some output pretty
> >>>> quickly.  Let it sit there for about a minute or so if you don't see
> >>>> anything.  Please post the output of that command as well as:
> >>>>
> >>>> ifconfig
> >>>>
> >>>> On 9/11/06, Tom Coffin <coffindvm at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >>>>> I have two kubuntu installs one on a dsl connection works fine. The other
> >>>>> is via wireless ISP.  On the wireless one when try to update the sources
> >>>>> list I get this error:
> >>>>> Err http:us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg
> >>>>>  Connection failed [IP: 146.137.96.7 80]
> >>>>> The error repeats for all the source sites.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> My sources.list is correct apt-get,aptitude, and adept all give same
> >>>>> error.  I can surf the internet.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Need help with solution to connection problem. If more information is
> >>>>> needed will gladly supply it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Tom
> >>>>>
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