When I "apt-setup" for "ftp" the console hangs

[Heinz Hagenbucher]

Am Dienstag, den 28.12.2004, 00:37 -0800 schrieb Chuck Vose:
> > I have done what you have said, the update works fine (I've got messages
> > about "holes"), but if I try to get into the setup to change into "ftp"
> > nothing happens. If I can't get it running soon, I will install ubuntu
> > warty new, since I have recieved my CD today. :-)
> > 
> 
> Sounds like a plan. What holes are there and I'm still not sure I
> understand what you mean by changing into ftp; those addresses worked
> perfectly when I replaced my sources.list with those exact entries. If
> you just reinstall you still won't have the mirrors you want but at
> least things will work.
> 
> If you just use exactly those four addresses I gave you and you do a
> 'sudo apt-get update' does it freak out? What are the error messages?
> (I can't help if I don't know what the messages are) If you post the
> errors (even if they're in another language) I might still be able to
> figure out what's going on.
> 
> -Chuck
> 
Hi Chuck

I left thing on my PC like the were over the christmas saison. But if I
do a "apt-get update", everything works fine. But if I do a "apt-setup"
command to do a apt-configoration, and inside the newly opened window, I
can select either "http", "cd-rom" or "ftp". And when I move the cursor
to "ftp" and hit "enter", nothing happens on the consol. The cursor in
the root-consol blinks on the far left side, without the
root at NB01:/where ever/. And there it stays until I shutdown the consol.
If I try to install a program like "Digicam" or "mc", I get the message,
that it could not find this paket. So if I want to install a paket,
which is not normal under Ubuntu, I do have to put in a "ftp" location.
Or am I on the complitly wrong track?

Heinz