apt stuck on "99% [Waiting for headers]" - please help

[fredcrs]

I dont know why this is happening...Myabe a configuration problem on apt...well I didnt find a conf either.
I know it is not a network issue because it happens in my home and at work too...The same problem.. it just got stuck , takes a long time and then it seens ok...

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Ign http://dl.google.com stable/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Packages/DiffIndex
Get:9 http://dl.google.com stable/non-free Packages [1025B]
Get:10 http://dl.google.com stable/main Packages [909B]
Fetched 109kB in 2min4s (877B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

The thing is...the downloads and upgrades are all fine and fast, it happens with apt-get, aptitude...only when trying to update
I also tryed to take out some repos in the sourcs.list but the problem persists, it isnt also a repository offline problem but just to add more info I am posting my sources.list here:

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deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main

#Debian Media
deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian-multimedia lenny main
deb-src http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian-multimedia lenny main

#Original
deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main

#Sid para o Kernel - Deixe comentado o repositorio do sid!!
#deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free

#Squeeze - Deixar comentado
#deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free

#Virtualbox
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lenny non-free

#Backports
deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free

#Google repo
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free main

#Wine - Lenny
deb http://www.lamaresh.net/apt lenny main

I have a notebook, running Debian Lenny
I searched the forum and googled for some info but didn't find any
I really thank you for any help

[fredcrs]

I'll maybe have to format my computer then...=(

[bluesdog]

Probably nothing wrong with your computer

Try a different mirror


... or go have a nice cuppa and relax for a few minutes

[llivv]

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[k-mart]

No no no, don't reformat your computer. This is a known bug in apt. Two links explaining a bit more:

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issue ... l?id=38608
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... bug/528925

A workaround until this is resolved is to run

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apt-get -o Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth=0 update

[Absent Minded]

A bit of a correction here... This is not a problem with Debian, apt-get or aptitude. It is a problem with Google's server hence the lines:

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Ign http://dl.google.com stable/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Packages/DiffIndex
Get:9 http://dl.google.com stable/non-free Packages [1025B]
Get:10 http://dl.google.com stable/main Packages [909B]
Fetched 109kB in 2min4s (877B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

[dilberts_left_nut]

WTF?
How come apt is trying to download from google servers?

"All your apt is belong to us"...?

[Absent Minded]

When a user installs Google Chrome it installs an aditional repo for Chrome in:

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/
called: google-chrome.list

[Absent Minded]

I guess "technically" the inability to support Google's pipelining could be considered a problem with apt. However, IMO Google "should" have known this limitation and made aproperate changes to their repository server.

[dilberts_left_nut]

When a user installs Google Chrome it installs an aditional repo for Chrome in:

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/
called: google-chrome.list

That sounds like an excellent way to get tracking and advertising software onto your box.
I for one will NOT be giving root access to google.

[debil]

I for one will NOT be giving root access to google.

This was actually the other reason for not using Chrome. The other reason being no Vimperator.

[Korrode]

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520324

I wait, as patiently as possible. :\

@debil
All 3+ extentions for Chrome to implement VIM-style keybindings were not suitable?

[debil]

@debil
All 3+ extentions for Chrome to implement VIM-style keybindings were not suitable?

At the time (few months ago) I couldn't find any Vim-extensions for Chrome whatsoever. Good to know about these if I ever decide to give it another try...

[sjukfan]

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list

<grr...> Took me a while to understand why apt checked the google server even though there was none in sources.list

[Korrode]

I wonder how many people are gonna jump on me if I start talking about how well using the Ubuntu PPA for Chromium beta is working for me, and has resolved the OP problem that I too was experiencing.