[OBORONA-SPAM] Re: apt-get update not working ?

[Gabriel M Dragffy]

On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 21:20 +0200, Michał Sznajder wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On 8/30/06, Markus Schönhaber <ubuntu-users at schoenhaber.de> wrote:
> > Michał Sznajder wrote:
> > > Right now ddrescue is copying data from my old drive to the new one
> > > and I am having fun with Dapper Drake. Almost. I tried to make apt-get
> > > update but I got following :
> > >
> > > michal at michal-laptop:/usr/share/applications$ sudo apt-get update
> > > Err http://www.kadu.net dapper Release.gpg
> > >   Connection failed
> > > Err http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg
> > >   Connection failed
> > > Ign http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release
> > > Ign http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Packages
> > > Err http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg
> > >   Connection failed [IP: 195.248.90.23 80]
> > [...]
> > > [.....SKIP LOTS OF LINES...]
> > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old
> > > ones used instead.
> > >
> > > But I could open most of mentioned files in Firefox. Ping also works.
> > > What could be wrong?
> >
> > Are you forced to use a proxy for accessing web sites and have you configured
> > Firefox to actually use it but not apt?
> 
> No. Firefox is connected directly (Edit->Prefereces->Connection
> setttings uses direct option).  None of the PC in my home uses any
> kind of proxy.
> 
> Any ideas? Version of my apt-get is
> apt 0.6.43.3ubuntu2 for linux i386 compiled Apr 18 2006 19:46:38
> 
> Regards
>    Michał Sznajder


Hi,

I think in your apt.conf you should actually change the line from:

Acquire::http::Proxy "false";

to:
Acquire::Proxy "false";

Removing six characters in the middle. This may now work for you. I am
not using any proxy but when I wanted to get apt-cacher and apt-proxy
working I needed to take these steps. From what I found out later in
Breezy Badger it was always set as "Acquire::Proxy "false";"  but a lot
of people had problems connecting, so it got changed.