"automatic" updates not working?

[Thilo Six]

Jeff wrote the following on 19.09.2006 04:21:
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> Still didn't work.  Here is the list of errors from the latest try:

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Well ich have tried it here without any problems.
It said in your post:

> Connection failed [IP: 195.248.90.23 80]

Whereas i got:

$ dig ca.archive.ubuntu.com

; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> ca.archive.ubuntu.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37944
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ca.archive.ubuntu.com.         IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
ca.archive.ubuntu.com.  548     IN      CNAME   gulus.usherbrooke.ca.
gulus.usherbrooke.ca.   27984   IN      A       206.167.141.10
                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^

so it seems to be a local name resolution problem you have.

What do you get with:

$ cat /etc/resolv.conf

?

bye Thilo
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