On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 10:58:42PM -0500, Sam MacDonald wrote: > I put the following in /etc/apt/sources.list > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > and > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free > > ********************************************************** > I find it interesting that I got the following when running "apt-get update" > > Failed to fetch > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/contrib/binary-i386/Release > something wicked happened resolving 'http.us.debian.org:http' (-3) > > *********************************************************** > I got this for contrib, main, and non-free every time. > Sounds like your domain name resolution is broken. What do you have in /etc/resolv.conf? What happens when you 'ping http.us.debian.org'? -- trammell at el-swifto.com 9EC7 BC6D E688 A184 9F58 FD4C 2C12 CC14 8ABA 36F5 Twin Cities Linux Users Group (TCLUG) Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list