Hi! Yes, it was ubuntu backports. I'll change the mirror in a few minutes. Thanks! ^_^ Owen <div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Message: 7 Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 15:27:41 -0700 From: Ed Fletcher <<a href="mailto:ed@fletcher.ca">ed@fletcher.ca</a>> Subject: Re: repositories To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com </a>> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:42C8665D.8050407@fletcher.ca">42C8665D.8050407@fletcher.ca</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Owen Marshall wrote: | Hello, | | I seem to be having trouble reaching several of the ubuntu | repositories. My sources file at /etc/apt/sources.list looks exactly | like the one at | <a href="http://www.ubuntuguide.org/sample/sources.list_extrarepositories"> http://www.ubuntuguide.org/sample/sources.list_extrarepositories</a> since | that is the place from which I copied it. Could there be a problem with | any of the sites or is it more a problem on my end? How would I check that? | | sincerely, | | Owen Marshall | Owen: You don't say which repository you're having difficulty reaching. However, I suspect it's the Hoary Backports as that's where most of the problems seem to crop up. Check the backports page: <a href="http://backports.ubuntuforums.org/">http://backports.ubuntuforums.org/</a> and change to a different mirror in /etc/apt/sources.list HTH, Ed - -- Ed Fletcher <a href="mailto:ed@fletcher.ca"> ed@fletcher.ca</a> What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? - Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - <a href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org">http://enigmail.mozdev.org</a> iD8DBQFCyGZdlTbGAQhc1A8RAm3wAJ9+3WmUmNyrJkfxRNOWwb4PTaaGMwCeNrjy 5/0VHEwGixyUzBWaGpRp/4g= =zQKu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 00:46:25 +0200 From: Dennis Kaarsemaker <<a href="mailto:dennis@kaarsemaker.net"> dennis@kaarsemaker.net</a>> Subject: Re: repositories To: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:1120430785.9852.82.camel@mirage.kaarsemaker.net"> 1120430785.9852.82.camel@mirage.kaarsemaker.net</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On ma, 2005-07-04 at 00:43 +0200, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote: > Ubuntuguige by default includes backports in the sources.list, which > is a Bad Thing The 'Bad Thing' is adding it by default, not the backports project. The backports themself are in quite good shape currently, but you should know what you are doing before enabling it. (Just to clear up possible confusion/misinterpretation) -- Dennis K. - Linux for human beings: <a href="http://www.ubuntulinux.org">http://www.ubuntulinux.org</a> - Linux voor normale mensen: <a href="http://www.ubuntulinux.nl"> http://www.ubuntulinux.nl</a> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/attachments/20050704/0ba64a15/attachment.pgp">http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/attachments/20050704/0ba64a15/attachment.pgp</a> ------------------------------ -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a> End of ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 11, Issue 31 ******************************************** </blockquote></div>