On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Ritesh Sinha <<a href="mailto:sinha.k.ritesh@gmail.com">sinha.k.ritesh@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Sanjay Bhangar <<a href="mailto:sanjaybhangar@gmail.com">sanjaybhangar@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > hey guys, > > Attempting to add a PPA from here: <a href="https://launchpad.net/%7Ebzr/+archive/ppa" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/~bzr/+archive/ppa</a> > > Here is what I get at terminal: > > sanj@sanj:/var/www/oxjs$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver <a href="http://keyserver.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">keyserver.ubuntu.com</a> > --recv-keys 8C6C1EFD > Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring > --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg > --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver <a href="http://keyserver.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">keyserver.ubuntu.com</a> --recv-keys > 8C6C1EFD > gpg: requesting key 8C6C1EFD from hkp server <a href="http://keyserver.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">keyserver.ubuntu.com</a> > gpg: keyserver timed out > gpg: keyserver receive failed: keyserver error > > Is there any work-around for this? I have faced this problem quite a bit -- > not sure what it's due to - my net connection seems okay. > </div>It is most probably a firewall issue. I was facing a similar problem at work, when I tried the same using my home computer it worked perfectly. Some firewalls are configured to block traffic to non standard ports (other than 80/443 for HTTP/HTTPS). Check with your systems administrator. <div class="im"> </div></blockquote><div>that makes total sense and is, in all probability, the cause of the problem. I would however, like to avoid trying to get into this strange conversation with my ISP .. eg. Me: Hello, err.. I'm trying to access the ubuntu keyserver which seems to be using a non-standard port for https which you seem to be blocking? Them: What? Me: I err.. I'm trying to access something that's not working. Them: Sir, can you click on Start button .. ? Me: I don't have a Start button. Them: What? Me: Um, I use Ubuntu. Them: Sir, it must be a virus. Can you please try restarting Windows and trying again .. ? etc... Is there anything I can possiibly do that doesn't involve 'checking with my system administrator'? Am okay with strange work-arounds, just not sure where to start looking ... Thanks, Sanjay </div></div>