2009/11/14 Lisi <hantslug@???>:
> I have been installing GNU/Linux on someone else's computer. I first
> installed Lenny. I had no problem with the base install nor with the
> automated installation of the standard system. But at the resulting command
> prompt I got stuck. aptitude could not connect to any of three different
> mirrors. Ping worked, both by IP and by URL, but Debian mirrors were a
> no-no. The problem was the same for either static IP or DHCP.
>
> So I gave up and reinstalled Lenny in case it was a faulty installation. When
> it rapidly became obvious that the problems were the same, I started to try
> other distros. I used the alternate installer for Ubuntu Karmic first. As
> soon as I started to have problems, I switched to installing Kubuntu K from
> the live CD. That gave me the GUI installer, so I have no idea what was
> going on, but it crashed after 40 minutes with the error message that it had
> crashed.
>
> So I gave up on the *buntu stable. It and I have a checkered history. And I
> installed PCLinuxOS 2009-2. (I was pretty desperate to have the computer at
> least usable by the time the owner got home).
>
> That was fine. Everything worked except.... connecting to the repositories.
> I tried at least three different repositories and Synaptic, aptitude and
> apt-get. I tried editing the repositories both automatically and manually.
> Nada, zilch.
>
> Whatever the problem is, it is clearly not the distros, since they all agree.
> But what is the problem, and how do I solve it??
>
> Could a firewall setting, if inadvertently set in the router, distinguish
> between mirrors/repositories and everything else? If so, which setting
> should I be looking at?? Perhaps reset to factory defaults and strengthen
> the password? (It's amazing how asking someone else a question can clarify
> one's thoughts!! But I can't get access to try now.)
>
> Any ideas as to what I can try when I next have access, most gratefully
> received. I have already decided to take another similar router with me in
> case the router is faulty. But if it is faulty, how does it so accurately
> distinguish whether something is a mirror/repository or not???
Did you try any www access? ping works on a different port, so perhaps
the router/firewall is misconfigured for http?
one (or more) of links/lynx/wget/lwp is normally installed on a base system
Anton
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