synaptic connection error - solved

Sat May 6 21:57:47 UTC 2006

Thanks to all who have offered assistance.

In the end I solved it by searching for and removing
all packages that had the word proxy in the
description. I found I had something called Tor
installed which seemed to be the culprit.
John
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 21:01:03 +0100
> From: craigmac <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> Subject: Re: Has Ubuntu Replaced Windows on Your
> Box?
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <craigmac.27ek2v at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> 
> 
> This laptop is completely Windows free and has been
> since I got it. The
> XP installation was completely borked and wouldn't
> even reinstall from
> the Acer Restore CDs. I tried Linux in several
> derivatives including
> Ark, Mepis, Mandriva and Debian (for a total newbie
> that was the wrong
> choice!!) before settling on Breezy Beta. 
> 
> 
> 
> Now running Dapper under Xubuntu and loving every
> minute of it.
> However, I'm a lone wolf in the house! Wife has a
> Dell with XP and she
> is happy. I have an XP desktop for video editing and
> games. The kids
> all run XP due to the games issue. -  I can't afford
> to have anything
> other than rock-solid  (from Windows - haha
> :confused:) for them and
> they want gaming so they get the Windows installs.
> It makes hassles for
> me since I need to  do the odd re-install for them -
> never managed to
> get an XP install last more than a year before it is
> totally
> disfunctional but it keeps me off the streets
> :rolleyes:
> 
> 
> -- 
> craigmac
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 21:21:13 +0100
> From: dgray_from_dc <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> Subject: Re: Please help me solve these problems in
> Kubuntu
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID:
> <dgray_from_dc.27el07 at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
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> 
> I am having a similar problem with Kaffeine.  I have
> a large repositiory
> of music vidoes, AMVs (Anime Music Videos), mp3s and
> other media content
> on an external USB HDD.  I can play them fine
> one-at-a-time with MPlayer
> however, this is very inconvenient for creating
> playlists of music
> videos on-the-fly.  From my USB HDD, Kaffeine tells
> me that it can only
> open local files.  I copied a few of the files down
> to a local partition
> and Kaffeine played them without a hitch.  I'm using
> a dual-boot machine
> with limited HDD space and am planning on building a
> server to store my
> media content.  However, without the ability to play
> back my content in
> a polished app, I may need to move away from KDE in
> search of a native
> media player with all of the features I want.  I
> love KDE and would
> rather figure out how to make this work for me.
> 
> 
> -- 
> dgray_from_dc
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 15:38:12 -0500
> From: C Hamel <yogich at sc2000.net>
> Subject: Re: Linux has *fewer* vulnerabilities than
> before.
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <200605061538.14430.yogich at sc2000.net>
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> 
> On Saturday 06 May 2006 14:24, John L Fjellstad
> wrote:
> > C Hamel <yogich at sc2000.net> writes:
> > > Linux was first designed
> > > to be a server; desktop software came later.
> > >
> > >From "Just for Fun - The story of an Accidental
> Revolutionary", quoting
> >
> > Linus Torvalds:
> > (p 81). My original goal was to create an
> operating system that I could
> > eventually use as a replacement for Minix.  It
> didn't have to do more
> > than Minix, but it had to do things in Minix that
> I cared about, and
> > some other things I cared about, too.
> >
> > Linux didn't start as a server OS.  It started out
> as a desktop OS for
> > Linus.
> >
> > --
> > John L. Fjellstad
> > web: http://www.fjellstad.org/          Quis
> custodiet ipsos custodes
> I'll be darned.  Thanks for that tidbit!  The
> M$-certified admin I cited is 
> also an avid RH user & is certified for it, as well.
>  In retrospect, I wonder 
> who told him that info. 
> -- 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 06 May 2006 21:43:21 +0100
> From: Daniel Carrera <daniel.carrera at zmsl.com>
> Subject: Re: Linux security
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> John L Fjellstad wrote:
> >>>No, you read me wrong.  I didn't think it's
> necessary that Windows will
> >>>be better.
> >>
> >><quote>
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