package prob

[Brien J. Wankel]

just a hunch, but do you have a proxy set in:
Synaptic >> Settings Menu >> Preferences >> Network Tab?

it looks like Synaptic is trying to connect locally. if you have proxy 
settings, try it again with "Direct connection to the internet" checked.



James Takac wrote:
> Hi Guys
>
> Am having probs getting automake via synaptic package manager. I get the 
> following errors every time
>
> W: Failed to fetch 
> http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/autoconf/autoconf_2.61-3_all.deb
>   Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection 
> refused)
>
>
> W: Failed to fetch 
> http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/autotools-dev/autotools-dev_20060920.1_all.deb
>   Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection 
> refused)
>
>
> W: Failed to fetch 
> http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/automake1.9/automake1.9_1.9.6+nogfdl-3ubuntu1_all.deb
>   Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection 
> refused)
>
>
> W: Failed to fetch 
> http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/automake1.9-nonfree/automake1.9-doc_1.9.6-1_all.deb
>   Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection 
> refused)
>
>
> is this a prob my side or theirs?
>
> James
>
>