Synaptec connection problem

[Anders Karlsson]

On Sat, 2006-05-06 at 09:34 -0500, Elijah Lofgren wrote:
> On 5/5/06, John Leonard <johnl119 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > When I try to upgrade any software I get the
> > following:
> >
> > http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...y/Release.gpg:
> > Could not connect to localhost:80 (127.0.0.1). -
> > connect (111 Connection refused)
> >
> 
> Does running this work?
> ping gb.archive.ubuntu.com
> (Press Ctrl+C to stop it.)
> If it works you should get lines like:
> 64 bytes from 85.133.25.7: icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=690 ms
> 
> Also, you could try changing the mirror you are using in /etc/apt/sources.lst
> 
> If it still doesn't work, mind pasting the entire error you get when you run:
> sudo apt-get update
> 
> Hope your problem gets fixed.
> 
> --
> Elijah Lofgren
> http://www.elijahlofgren.com/
> 

What it sounds like is that the OP when using Synaptic is having a
problem, looking very much like he has managed to configure Synaptic to
connect to a proxy at localhost:80. As there is nothing listening on
port 80 on localhost (as per the error), Synaptic should probably be
told not to use the proxy.

Settings -> Preferences, Network Tab, Select 'Direct Connection To
Internet', Apply and Close. Then try to fetch the lists again.

If that fails, checking /etc/apt/apt.conf if it has a line
'Acquire::http::Proxy="http://localhost:80/"' and removing it may be an
idea.

HTH,

-- 
Anders Karlsson <trudheim at gmail.com>
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