need sources.list for debian etch (testing)

[tommcd]

Thanks for all the help DeanLinkous and Lavene!
I will try to reinstall X as you suggested. If that don't work, well, I just downloaded sarge3.1rev2.
Perhaps I'll go with that.
DeanLinkous, where might I get a newer installer image? I used the beta 2 i386 image from here:
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
Thanks again for all the help!

[DeanLinkous]

maybe the weekly image
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekl ... 86/iso-cd/
If you are really brave the daily imags
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily ... 86/iso-cd/

always welcome!

[tommcd]

Thanks again DeanLinkous! I will either try that or try sarge with backports for more up tp date software. I will also try adding the appropriate mirror from here:

http://www.debian-multimedia.org/

Also, I found this:

http://apt-get.org/

which lets you search for a mirror for just about anything!

[DeanLinkous]

I think you are on your way to greatness....now run with it. Debian is a complex distro, not hard - just easy to get lost in all the options it offers and ways it allows you to do things. I think the reason it is often hard for people to get used to debian is because they are use to only having a very limited amount of choices and control so they immediately flounder when presented with so many options, so much information, and so much control. Some just aren't ready for all that....you I think are! I have played with debian for a long time (still dont know half of it) and yet I would never trade it for anything, not anything easier, simpler, quicker, yada yada...

(whew I gotta stop making 4am posts, they sound so silly)

[mark_grieveson]

Just to go back a few posts, I'm having problems with the keyserver stuff for Christian Marillat's multimedia application repository. I checked out the faq page, as suggested by Lavene, yet, I encountered problems when I tried to follow its advice:

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debian:/home/mark# gpg --keyserver hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys 1F41B907gpg: requesting key 1F41B907 from hkp server wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net
gpg: keyserver timed out
gpg: keyserver receive failed: keyserver error
debian:/home/mark# gpg --armor --export 1F41B907 | apt-key add -
gpg: WARNING: nothing exported
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.

Basically, I tried to run the following commands:

• gpg --keyserver hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys 1F41B907

• gpg --armor --export 1F41B907 | apt-key add -

It didn't work, for some reason. Is there something else I must do?

(later edit ....)

I figured out what my problem was. My firewall was blocking the keyserver. I adjusted this, and now it's fine.

[mark_grieveson]

Hello. For finding the fastest mirrors, I suggest trying "netselect-apt". Install this, and run it. It will write a sources.list for you based on the mirror(s) it determines to be the fastest (it will test several, based on information you provide it about your location.) The sources.list it writes will likely be on your desktop, where you can move it to /etc/apt/sources.list, or copy from it to your actual sources.list.
More info at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-h ... co.en.html.
It's a great utility.