apt-get errors : localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1)

[abonnema]

Hi All,

My apt-get (and all other package tools refuse to function since about
24 hours ago. I have no idea what could be wrong. As far as I know I
did not change anything. I was in the process of installing software
though. 

In the errorlist, you can see the localhost:4001 popping up. Could that
be the problem?

Can anyone help me get apt-get back up functioning? It's pretty
crippling not being able to add software.

My configuration is a AMD64 with 32-bits Ubuntu dapper. All
installation was finished. Except for the TV card, all hardware works.
Browsing and other internet functions work fine.

It's just the adept, apt-get that don't work.

Following is the list of errors that follows "sudo apt-get update":

abonnema at athene:~$ sudo apt-get update
Password:
Err http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111
Connection refused)
Err http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111
Connection refused)
Err http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111
Connection refused)
Err http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports Release.gpg
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111
Connection refused)
Failed to fetch
http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/Release.gpg  Could not
connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection
refused)
Failed to fetch
http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-updates/Release.gpg 
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111
Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://tinyurl.com/p2z4z  Could not connect to
localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-security/Release.gpg 
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111
Connection refused)
Reading package lists... Done
W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old
ones used instead.
abonnema at athene:~$


Can anyone please point me to a way of finding what the problem is and
then finding a solution?

Thanks, Guus.


-- 
abonnema