Apt stopped working

[cj]

Erik Christiansen wrote:
> Previously, setting http_proxy, then doing "apt-get update", allowed me to
> fetch stuff from these sources:
>
> deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted
>
> deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
>
> But now they won't connect, so I've just tried alternatives:
>
> deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au breezy main restricted
>
> deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au breezy-updates main restricted
>
> with an identical result:
>
> $ sudo apt-get update
> Err http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au breezy Release.gpg
>   Could not connect to mirror.aarnet.edu.au:80 (202.158.214.106). - connect (111 Connection refused)
> Err http://au.archive.ubuntu.com breezy Release.gpg
>   Could not connect to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (211.29.132.173). - connect (111 Connection refused)
> Err http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au breezy-updates Release.gpg
>   Could not connect to mirror.aarnet.edu.au:80 (202.158.214.106). - connect (111 Connection refused)
>
> So I guess it's at my end. I've checked the proxy, including port
> number. (And that's still working fine for firefox) What can have
> changed, that I'm not twigging to?
>
> The 22,400 hits on 'ubuntu 111 connection refused' haven't divulged a
> likely cause, yet. I tried setting ftp_proxy too, but that didn't do it.
> :-(
>
> Erik
>
>   
Breezy is kinda old. I would try upgrading to 6.10 or 7.04 if it is possible
--cj