Try this to see what might be using port 4001 grep 4001 /etc/services or just open /etc/services and look in there. <div>On 5/15/07, Derek Broughton <<a href="mailto:news@pointerstop.ca">news@pointerstop.ca</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">James Takac wrote: > On Tuesday 15 May 2007 12:17:42 Brien J. Wankel wrote: >> 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. >> > It was already set to direct connection. I have not proxies set Sorry, but it can't be - there's no way it's going to localhost:4001 unless there's some sort of proxy involved. Maybe googling for localhost:4001 might suggest what might use that port by default. -- derek -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>