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by **kedaha** » 2011-05-20 22:17

P.S. By the way, when your post includes chunks of code from the terminal, or if you edit it, please just use the mouse to select the text and then click on the fifth tab along, the code tab above the window so that the post occupies lest space and can be scrolled.

by **triplemaya** » 2011-05-20 22:27

Hi. Thanks for that kedaha. I'll try that next time. Still having major problems though.

Half way through the updates finally running ok, there was some kind of serious disk error. Starting again did not help. So, once more, with feeling. A reinstall. That all went smoothly enough, I thought. But when I went to boot for the first time, I got these errors:

Code: Select all: can't access job control tty turned off mounting /sys on /root/sys no such file or directory target filesystem doesn't have requested /sbin/init

I turned the computer off and started again, but got the same error. So. Once again, another install. I imagine I must have missed a step in the install. But I don't at all understand what I did wrong. I thought I did everything the same as last time. When it finishes, and I get a huge list of things I can do, what do I *have* to do?

by **triplemaya** » 2011-05-20 23:01

Hi. Thanks everyone.

Code edited as requested.

I think what I did wrong last time was put in a domain name when it asked for it. I did not do that before, and I thought perhaps that was where I was going wrong. But I think that messed it up. A bit of instruction on that screen about why and when you would want to put in a domain name might be a good idea.

So. I did one more reinstall, and it all works ok, but only after I put in all the edits that kedaha told me to do. I did try setting the domain server to the uk server, but that made no difference at all. only when I edited the files as instructed do I get connected to the net for updates.

I guess all's well that ends well, but I am mightily puzzled about why the standard install requires that I edit these files when I have finished. Clearly this is not for the naive user! I don't think I would have got through this if I had not had a few years of training on ubuntu so I knew how to do commands and so on.

by **triplemaya** » 2011-05-20 23:11

Well, I spoke too soon again. I am not getting all of the right connections. I have tried Main Server, US Server and UK Server, but all give errors.

Code: Select all: W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/updates/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ftp.gb.debian.org' W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.uss.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ftp.uss.debian.org' W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.uss.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2 Could not resolve 'ftp.uss.debian.org' W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.uss.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2 Could not resolve 'ftp.uss.debian.org' W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

This was all working perfectly before, on one of the previous installs, so I have absolutely no idea what is going wrong.

by **Joel** » 2011-05-21 00:48

I had the same problem, it was my dns, this is what I get adviced:

1.- edit your file /etc/resolv.conf, you should see something like:

Code: Select all: domain some.crap search some.crap nameserver nicenumbers

2.- comment everything:

Code: Select all: # domain some.crap # search some.crap # nameserver nicenumbers

3.- Go to free dns server and pick one, I use 8.8.8.8

4.- Use it on your /etc/resolv.conf, you may go sudo on this:

Code: Select all: # domain some.crap # search some.crap # nameserver nicenumbers nameserver 8.8.8.8

5.- save on try again aptitude update

6.- If that worked, then...

7.- sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf, to avoid external programs edit the file.

8.- hope it helps like it helped me.

by **kedaha** » 2011-05-21 08:09

triplemaya wrote:Well, I spoke too soon again. I am not getting all of the right connections. I have tried Main Server, US Server and UK Server, but all give errors.

Code: Select all
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/updates/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ftp.gb.debian.org' W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.uss.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ftp.uss.debian.org' W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.uss.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2 Could not resolve 'ftp.uss.debian.org' W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.uss.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2 Could not resolve 'ftp.uss.debian.org' W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

This was all working perfectly before, on one of the previous installs, so I have absolutely no idea what is going wrong.

Regarding the incorrect screen resolution during installation, please note that there is a Help option in the initial boot menu for details about setting a more suitable boot parameter, for example vga=771.
If you now have a working system, there is, as before, no need to reinstall to solve a few trivial issues.
There is no need to add a domain name if you have no domain.
What does your sources list look like now?:
cat /etc/apt/sources.list
After changing the sources, did you run the command aptitude update or apt-get update?

triplemaya wrote:Ubuntu is much much simpler than all this!! (I'm trying to migrate from ubuntu, but maybe I am just not clever enough for debian!)

Well, a little time and patience help so please consult the Installation Guide, the wiki and also see Absent Minded's post.
Thanks for editing the thread to wrap the terminal stuff in code blocks.

by **triplemaya** » 2011-05-21 12:26

Hi. I don't know if this makes any sense, but after experimenting it seems as if setting

Code: Select all: [main] plugins=ifupdown,keyfile [ifupdown] managed=true

to

Code: Select all: [main] plugins=ifupdown,keyfile [ifupdown] managed=false

allows me to get updates, but I have to reverse this in order to install software from the repos.

To answer your question about /etc/apt/sources.list, I went to Debian sources generator and got this

Code: Select all: ############################################################# ################### OFFICIAL DEBIAN REPOS ################### ############################################################# ###### Debian Main Repos deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free ###### Debian Update Repos deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free

which seemed to simplify things.

by **kedaha** » 2011-05-21 13:05

triplemaya wrote:Hi. I don't know if this makes any sense, but after experimenting it seems as if setting
Code: Select all
[main] plugins=ifupdown,keyfile [ifupdown] managed=true

to

Code: Select all
[main] plugins=ifupdown,keyfile [ifupdown] managed=false

This configuration means the device isn't managed by Network manager. What kind of computer is it? If it's a desktop computer and you only connect using a wired Ethernet connection this is fine. If it is a laptop and you also wish to configure WIFI for use with network Manager for mobile use, then you might wish to configure it as described in Wired_Networks_are_Unmanaged for both wired and wireless use. You don't actually need Network Manager at all if you always use the same connection, either wired or wireless. The network gets configured during installation and that's that.

triplemaya wrote:To answer your question about /etc/apt/sources.list, I went to Debian sources generator and got this

Code: Select all
############################################################# ################### OFFICIAL DEBIAN REPOS ################### ############################################################# ###### Debian Main Repos deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free ###### Debian Update Repos deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free

which seemed to simplify things.

Looks OK to me, except for all the hash signs####!

by **triplemaya** » 2011-05-21 14:57

Hi. Thanks.

the #'s are of course not my idea!

I was wrong about sources.list,whichever way I set the sources.list I get a slew of error messages with aptitude update. So I have left it as false as this is a desktop.

I have tried various different servers, including doing a 'select best server', which used to sporadically fix this problem in ubuntu, but it seems to be more persistent in debian for some reason. Though there seem to be less with the latest server:

Code: Select all: # aptitude update Hit http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze Release.gpg Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en_GB Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release.gpg Ign http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable/non-free Translation-en Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en_GB Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/non-free Translation-en Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/non-free Translation-en_GB Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/updates Release.gpg Ign http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable/non-free Translation-en_GB Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages Hit http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze Release Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/updates Release Hit http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/main Sources Hit http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/contrib Sources Hit http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/non-free Sources Hit http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/main i386 Packages Hit http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/contrib i386 Packages Hit http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/non-free i386 Packages Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/updates/main Sources Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/updates/contrib Sources Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/updates/non-free Sources Err http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/updates/main Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 212.219.56.139 80] Err http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/updates/contrib Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 212.219.56.139 80] Err http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/updates/non-free Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 212.219.56.139 80] Get:1 http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates Release.gpg [836 B] Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/contrib Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/contrib Translation-en_GB Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main Translation-en_GB Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/non-free Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/non-free Translation-en_GB Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates Release Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/main i386 Packages Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/contrib i386 Packages Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/non-free i386 Packages Fetched 836 B in 2s (328 B/s)

And with update manager I get the same kind of array of errors I posted previously.

But I managed to install all of the software I wanted with apt-get.

So everything works, but I am concerned about future updates. Especially as I don't think I ever managed to get the usual blizzard of updates I think of as normal after a fresh install.

When I run the updates manager I get this list of errors

Code: Select all: An internal error has occured and the operation has been aborted. Error message: Fetch failed: W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/Release.gpg Could not connect to security.debian.org:80 (32.1.10.120). - connect (110: Connection timed out) , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/contrib/i18n/Translation-en.bz2 Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2 Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2 Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2 Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/non-free/i18n/Translation-en.bz2 Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2 Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/updates/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found , W:Failed to fetch http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/updates/contrib/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found , W:Failed to fetch http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/updates/non-free/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , E:Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

by **kedaha** » 2011-05-21 15:25

Try my sources list and later switch to another mirror: no errors on my system.

Code: Select all: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main # squeeze-updates, previously known as 'volatile' deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main

by **triplemaya** » 2011-05-21 16:48

Thanks. This seems to do a lot better.

The update manager runs without errors. But at the end it suggests an update to tzdata, and when I ok this I get a popup:

Code: Select all: An error has occured and downloading has been aborted. Error message: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/tzdata/tzdata_2011d-0squeeze1_all.deb 404 Not Found

aptitude update looks pretty much the same I think:

Code: Select all: # aptitude update Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates Release.gpg Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main Translation-en_GB Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates Release Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze Release.gpg Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en_GB Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release.gpg Ign http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable/non-free Translation-en Ign http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable/non-free Translation-en_GB Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/main Sources Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en_GB Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/non-free Translation-en Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/non-free Translation-en_GB Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze-updates Release.gpg Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates/main Translation-en Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates/main Translation-en_GB Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/main i386 Packages Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze Release Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze-updates Release Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze-updates/main Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze-updates/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main Sources Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main i386 Packages Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/contrib i386 Packages Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/non-free i386 Packages Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze-updates/main Sources Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze-updates/main i386 Packages Err http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main Sources 404 Not Found Err http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main i386 Packages 404 Not Found Err http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/contrib i386 Packages 404 Not Found Err http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/non-free i386 Packages 404 Not Found Err http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze-updates/main Sources 404 Not Found Err http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze-updates/main i386 Packages 404 Not Found

But THEN when I reset sources.list to the original I have been using, it connects and downloads loads of stuff, but then fails on the last few?!

Code: Select all: # aptitude update Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates Release.gpg Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/contrib Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/contrib Translation-en_GB Get:1 http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze Release.gpg [1,671 B] Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main Translation-en_GB Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/non-free Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/non-free Translation-en_GB Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en_GB Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates Release Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release.gpg Ign http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable/non-free Translation-en Ign http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable/non-free Translation-en_GB Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en_GB Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/non-free Translation-en Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/non-free Translation-en_GB Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/main i386 Packages Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/updates Release.gpg Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release Get:2 http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/contrib i386 Packages [681 B] Get:3 http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/non-free i386 Packages [14 B] Get:4 http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze Release [79.8 kB] Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/updates Release Get:5 http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/main Sources [3,721 kB] Get:6 http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/contrib Sources [33.9 kB] Get:7 http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/non-free Sources [61.7 kB] Get:8 http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/main i386 Packages [6,568 kB] Get:9 http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/contrib i386 Packages [54.1 kB] Get:10 http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/non-free i386 Packages [108 kB] Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/updates/main Sources Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/updates/contrib Sources Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/updates/non-free Sources Err http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/updates/main Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 212.219.56.131 80] Err http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/updates/contrib Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 212.219.56.131 80] Err http://www.mirrorservice.org squeeze/updates/non-free Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 212.219.56.131 80] Fetched 10.6 MB in 53s (198 kB/s) Current status: 27542 new [+27002].

And I thought I was confused after watching this week's episode of soap!

and when I go back to the update manager, the tzdata update is all done, nothing showing in the window. and this time a much smaller error message

Code: Select all: Error message: Fetch failed: W:Failed to fetch http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/updates/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found , W:Failed to fetch http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/updates/contrib/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found , W:Failed to fetch http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/updates/non-free/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found , E:Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

run aptitude update again. no change.

go back to your sources.list. no change.

go back to the original, no change.

Just testing.

run check updates again. Big list of errors once again

Code: Select all: Error message: Fetch failed: W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/Release.gpg Could not connect to security.debian.org:80 (32.1.8.216). - connect (110: Connection timed out) , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/contrib/i18n/Translation-en.bz2 Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2 Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2 Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2 Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/non-free/i18n/Translation-en.bz2 Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2 Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://deb.opera.com/opera/dists/stable/Release.gpg Could not connect to deb.opera.com:80 (32.1.8.216). - connect (110: Connection timed out) , W:Failed to fetch http://deb.opera.com/opera/dists/stable/non-free/i18n/Translation-en.bz2 Unable to connect to deb.opera.com:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://deb.opera.com/opera/dists/stable/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2 Unable to connect to deb.opera.com:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/updates/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found , W:Failed to fetch http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/updates/contrib/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found , W:Failed to fetch http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/updates/non-free/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to security.debian.org:http: , W:Failed to fetch http://deb.opera.com/opera/dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to deb.opera.com:http: , E:Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

???

by **triplemaya** » 2011-05-21 16:50

And I went back and installed your sources.list, and the update manager gives me the short list of errors, but now tzdata needs updating again.

by **kedaha** » 2011-05-21 17:42

The sources list I posted works here flawlessly. There can occasionally be minor interruptions.

If you wish to install the latest opera via Synaptic, remove the old source and consult this page:
http://deb.opera.com/

triplemaya wrote:I am concerned about future updates. Especially as I don't think I ever managed to get the usual blizzard of updates I think of as normal after a fresh install.

Good metaphor but one can enjoy the sunshine with Debian Stable because their aren't any blizzards but you can install whatever.

If you wish you can also add further contrib and non-free entries to your /etc/apt/sources.list and comment out the deb-src sources with a #:

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main

# squeeze-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main

by **triplemaya** » 2011-05-21 18:36

So I gather everything's fine.

Many thanks for everything. I'll alter the sources as you suggest.

Best wishes for a happy summer.

by **kedaha** » 2011-05-21 18:54

triplemaya wrote:So I gather everything's fine.

Many thanks for everything. I'll alter the sources as you suggest.

Best wishes for a happy summer.

Thanks, likewise.
See also: http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/
Cheers!

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