APT problem, please help

[Borgmeister]

Hi, new here, not to Yoper, but i have a small problem. Here follows message.

root@yos ~ # apt-get update
Get:1 ftp://apt.yoper.com version2 release [344B]
Get:2 ftp://apt.yoper.com contrib release
Ign ftp://apt.yoper.com contrib release
Fetched 344B in 5s (60B/s)
Get:1 ftp://apt.yoper.com version2/os pkglist [1804B]
Get:2 ftp://apt.yoper.com version2/os release [121B]
Get:3 ftp://apt.yoper.com contrib/os pkglist
Err ftp://apt.yoper.com contrib/os pkglist
Unable to fetch file, server said 'Error opening file; No such file or directory. '
Get:4 ftp://apt.yoper.com contrib/os release
Ign ftp://apt.yoper.com contrib/os release
Get:5 ftp://apt.yoper.com version2/os srclist
Err ftp://apt.yoper.com version2/os srclist
Unable to fetch file, server said 'Error opening file; No such file or directory. '
Get:6 ftp://apt.yoper.com contrib/os srclist
Err ftp://apt.yoper.com contrib/os srclist
Unable to fetch file, server said 'Error opening file; No such file or directory. '
Fetched 1925B in 6s (290B/s)
Failed to fetch ftp://apt.yoper.com/yoper/contrib/base/pkglist.os Unable to fetch file, server said 'Error opening file; No such file or directory. '
Failed to fetch ftp://apt.yoper.com/yoper/version2/base/srclist.os Unable to fetch file, server said 'Error opening file; No such file or directory. '
Failed to fetch ftp://apt.yoper.com/yoper/contrib/base/srclist.os Unable to fetch file, server said 'Error opening file; No such file or directory. '
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
W: Release file did not contain checksum information for ftp://apt.yoper.com/yoper/version2/base/srclist.os
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
root@yos ~ # apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be upgraded
apt
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1588kB of archives.
After unpacking 1568kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 ftp://apt.yoper.com version2/os apt 0.5.15cnc6-rb15 [1588kB]
Fetched 1588kB in 15s (99.4kB/s)
Committing changes...
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:apt warning: /etc/apt/sources.list created as /etc/apt/sources.list.rpmnew
########################################### [100%]
Retrieving the list of mirrors from www.yoper.com...

--20:40:24-- http://www.yoper.com/mirror_list
=> `/tmp/mirror_list'
Resolving www.yoper.com... 66.54.199.165
Connecting to www.yoper.com[66.54.199.165]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
20:40:25 ERROR 404: Not Found.

/usr/bin/netselect-yoper: wget failed. Please try to correct the problem by reading the wget messages printed above.
Done.
root@yos ~ # apt-get install firefox
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package firefox


It wont find packages i know are there, from a previos install. Any ideas?

[lakerdonald]

the server is in a "voluntary outage"
Yoper.com

[Borgmeister]

I knew the website was down, but i wasnt aware that the apt server was gone aswell. Thanks for allaying my fears. BTW, Lakerdonald, thanks for 2 things, a: the prompt reply, pretty sweet. Also, your howto on getting the netgear wg511 working, very clear and concise. Thanks very much.

[lakerdonald]

oh do you have that card too? yeah
that card can be a ***** (especially with gentoo)

[Borgmeister]

Hehe, well, its a funny sotry behind that one. I was using XP when i first got a wireless network. SO i started using netstumbler. Then a friend heard about Kismet, so i wanted to try. I downloaded a bootable linux called Auditor, But it didnt work with my Belkin f5d6020, so i tried to use a netgear wg511, and it worked, so i knew i had to get one of those. I was pricing up some stuff, and the wg511 showed up, these were clearnence items. I told my manager they wernet worth much, since, it had no box or drivers. And he let me have it for $7. Bargain imo!

[lakerdonald]

****
i got mine for like 40 bucks in july
damn you bestbuy

[Borgmeister]

Umm, yoper.com is up, but i still cant apt-get, heres the message

Err ftp://apt.yoper.com version2 release
Could not connect to apt.yoper.com:21 (66.54.199.165). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err ftp://apt.yoper.com contrib release
Could not connect to apt.yoper.com:21 (66.54.199.165). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err ftp://apt.yoper.com version2/os pkglist
Could not connect to apt.yoper.com:21 (66.54.199.165). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err ftp://apt.yoper.com version2/os release
Could not connect to apt.yoper.com:21 (66.54.199.165). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err ftp://apt.yoper.com contrib/os pkglist
Could not connect to apt.yoper.com:21 (66.54.199.165). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err ftp://apt.yoper.com contrib/os release
Could not connect to apt.yoper.com:21 (66.54.199.165). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err ftp://apt.yoper.com version2/os srclist
Could not connect to apt.yoper.com:21 (66.54.199.165). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err ftp://apt.yoper.com contrib/os srclist
Could not connect to apt.yoper.com:21 (66.54.199.165). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch ftp://apt.yoper.com/yoper/version2/base/release Could not connect to apt.yoper.com:21 (66.54.199.165). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch ftp://apt.yoper.com/yoper/contrib/base/release Could not connect to apt.yoper.com:21 (66.54.199.165). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch ftp://apt.yoper.com/yoper/version2/base/pkglist.os Could not connect to apt.yoper.com:21 (66.54.199.165). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch ftp://apt.yoper.com/yoper/version2/base/release.os Could not connect to apt.yoper.com:21 (66.54.199.165). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch ftp://apt.yoper.com/yoper/contrib/base/pkglist.os Could not connect to apt.yoper.com:21 (66.54.199.165). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch ftp://apt.yoper.com/yoper/contrib/base/release.os Could not connect to apt.yoper.com:21 (66.54.199.165). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch ftp://apt.yoper.com/yoper/version2/base/srclist.os Could not connect to apt.yoper.com:21 (66.54.199.165). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch ftp://apt.yoper.com/yoper/contrib/base/srclist.os Could not connect to apt.yoper.com:21 (66.54.199.165). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
W: Release files for some repositories could not be retrieved or authenticated. Such repositories are being ignored.
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I am getting quite worried about this.

[lakerdonald]

well i can tell you one thing:
it's been happening to me too, so it's not your problem, its a yoper.com problem

[Borgmeister]

Hmm, looking at the forums, ive got to edit my sources file, but i dont know how to do this.

[kkubasik]

check the main page, apperently they had over 3Tbytes of traffic, so thier hosting sponsor had to stop the free space as the cost were becoming absured. they have a short list of commands, but i think its just a

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade