"automatic" updates not working?

[Karl Goetz]

Jeff wrote:
>> Jeff,
>>
>> On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 17:01 -0500, Jeff wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> I have been playing around with Ubuntu (one box has the desktop, the
>>> other
>>> the server) for a couple of weeks.
>>>
>>> I have LOTS of questions, but generally have gotten the system to work
>>> well and am impressed.
>>>
>>> One question I want to ask now is regarding the system updates.  When I
>>> log in, it tells me that there are updates.  When I try to go through
>>> installing them, it tells me that it can't connect to the server to
>>> install them.  I have the same problem trying to populate the list of
>>> possible program updates.
>>>       
>> Presumably you can access the Internet using a WEB browser etc?
>>     
>
> Yes.  I am getting a browser to access sites just fine.  I also have EMAIL
> up and going, and so forth.
>
>   
>> You could try running the following in a terminal window and posting the
>> output here:
>>
>> 	sudo apt-get update
>>
>>     
>
>
> OK. Here it is:
>
>
> desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
> Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg
>   Connection failed [IP: 195.248.90.23 80]
> Err http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg
>   Connection failed [IP: 195.248.90.23 80]
> Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg
>   Connection failed [IP: 195.248.90.23 80]
> Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release
> Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release
> Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe Packages
> Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release
> Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
> Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Sources
> Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Packages
> Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Sources
> Err http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe Packages
>   Connection failed [IP: 195.248.90.23 80]
> Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages
> Err http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
>
>
> E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old
> ones used instead.
>
> Thanks!!!
>   
I suggest changing your sources to ca.archive.ubuntu.com and trying 
again. iirc they are more stable then us.
kk

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Karl Goetz
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