connection failing
Karl
karlok at fastmail.fm
Sun Dec 2 18:41:54 UTC 2007
nepal wrote:
> I have a new installation of 7.10.
>
> I can run a browser and browse the internet.
>
> If I run the install programs manager and it tries to make a
> connection to a mirror, the connection just fails every
> time I try. I have had problems with other linux distros
> and avahi (someone on another list told me of a problem
> with this and some modem/routers which includes the netgear
> dg632. The problem lay in names not being translated into
> correct IP addresses ).
>
> Does anyone understand what I'm talking about and can help
> me fix this please?
>
> TIA
>
> nepal.
>
Since you can browse the web I doubt that the problem is name
resolution. Try installing a package with the command "sudo apt-get
install ??" where ?? is the name of the package, and post the output to
the list.
Karl
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