mozilla won't connect, konqueror will...

[dreamboat]

Finally, got Debian running to some extent on an old PC that has been lying around.
It is connected to the XP machine, which connects to the outside world through a USB adsl connection.
I have spent quite a while fighting with settings (mainly in windoze) to get internet connection up and running, trying all the while with the default (mozilla) in debian. Tried it out with Konqueror, and away it goes connection.
I don't have any real preference with browser, but what I would like to see working is apt-get via the www (which is also a non-event), rather than just using the cd's which I have, and which are a static record.
Any thoughts as to what is going on, or what I can try to make apt work right?


Thanks

[dreamboat]

Failed to connect to ftp blah blah.
Connection timed out




dreamboat

[vidd]

Does your ADSL modem support USB and LAN connection?
it has been my experience that if it runs USB, then LAN (if available) can connect conncurrently (almost like a router)
I would suggest, rather then plugging into your MegaSloth Winbloze XP machine, you plug directly into your ADSL modem, configure your DCHP, and away you go!


*****EDIT*****
For the FAILED CONNECTION error, you may want to verify and update your sources.list file....{SEE THIS LESSON for details}

[dreamboat]

OK, plugged debian box directly into eth port on modem.
Konqueror still works
Mozilla still doesn't
apt still cannot access ftp or http as a source, I ran apt-setup


Any other thoughts... ?



dreamboat

[dreamboat]

apt-setup will try to connect, and returns the following:

[Connecting to ftp.au.debian.org (1.0.0.0)]

or any of the other ftp's...

but won't connect.




dreamboat

[junkman4547]

Check your

/etc/apt/sources.list

to see if it points to correct Debian repository.

[dreamboat]

There are no references to anything other than a cd source for apt-sources, which makes sense as it was set up initially without any external connectivity.
I would have thought that apt-setup had the ability to add to an apt source, but it tests the connection beforehand, and finds it to be not working.


dreamboat

[vidd]

i will recomend again that read THIS PAGE from the "offical" unofficial beginers' course to linux. The information on EXACTLY how to edit your sources.list file, cautions to take, etc is included on this page, and ANYONE with a fourth grade education and can follow instructions can make the changes.
The author recomends using vi to make the edits, but gedit or any other editor works just fine.

And I recommend the entire beginner's course to ALL linux newcomers.

[dreamboat]

Vidd,
Thanks for your input on this.
I have edited the sources list as indicated on the link you provided... followed the instructions as suggested. Ran apt-get update, and got the following response:

Err http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Packages
Could not connect to http.us.debian.org:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
Could not connect to security.debian.org:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Packages
Could not connect to non-us.debian.org:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
.
.
.

not sure how many times it is going to try this, but it is not getting anywhere
The annoying thing is that (during a reinstall which I am trying) it sends out lots of happy messages about network stuff all being right!


dreamboat

[junkman4547]

This is my /etc/apt/sources.list entry. You might want to try it.

deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib

#Debian etch (testing)
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free

#Unofficial Debian Repository
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main

#Debian sid (unstable)
#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free