[SOLVED] apt-get update fails

[whizz]

I'm running Debian Etch on my little server. When I run 'sudo aptitude update', I get a timeout at the 'Connecting to mirrors.kernel.org'.

sudo aptitude update
Get:1 http://ftp.surfnet.nl etch Release.gpg [386B]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg [189B]                
Hit http://ftp.surfnet.nl etch Release                                          
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release                             
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex             
Ign http://ftp.surfnet.nl etch/main Packages/DiffIndex                          
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex    
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex              
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Sources/DiffIndex           
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages                       
Ign http://ftp.surfnet.nl etch/main Sources/DiffIndex                           
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages                    
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources                        
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Sources                     
Hit http://ftp.surfnet.nl etch/main Packages                                    
Hit http://ftp.surfnet.nl etch/main Sources                               
Err http://mirrors.kernel.org etch Release.gpg                                                                               
  Could not connect to mirrors.kernel.org:80 (199.6.1.174), connection timed out
Fetched 2B in 2m0s (0B/s)                           
Reading package lists... Done
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://mirrors.kernel.org etch/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/mirrors.kernel.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://mirrors.kernel.org etch/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/mirrors.kernel.org_debian_dists_etch_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

[L4Linux]

Did you try apt-get update? I don't know if and how it would help, but since it says so in the message, i would try it...

[whizz]

apt-get has exactly the same problem

[devils casper]

Execute this

apt-get clean all
apt-get update

In case it doesn't work, post the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list file here.

[whizz]

That seems to be of no help either.

My sources.list:

whizz@t44:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r3 _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20080218-14:15]/ etch contrib main

# CD-rom (disabled)
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r3 _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20080218-14:15]/ etch contrib main

# Stable
deb http://ftp.surfnet.nl/os/Linux/distr/debian/ etch main
deb-src http://ftp.surfnet.nl/os/Linux/distr/debian/ etch main

# Security updates
deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib

# Non-free
deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ etch main non-free

If I comment out the last line it works, but I want the non-free updates too, of course.

[whizz]

I have fixed it by changing the last line into

http://ftp.surfnet.nl/os/Linux/distr/debian/

If anyone else has problems with his mirrors, try changing it into one of these:
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/README.mirrors.txt

[devils casper]

Well Done and thanx for posting solution !