I did a wheezy minimal install and cannot connect to servers to do an update/dist-upgrade, gives me:

W: failed to fetch http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/In Release
Could not resolve 'ftp.debian.org'

My sources list:
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src**** ditto

Bug? any ideas?

My DHCP config during install was ok. I'm writing from another linux distro.



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On Thu 19 Jul 2012 at 12:04:16 -0700, macondo wrote:

> I did a wheezy minimal install and cannot connect to servers to do an update/dist-upgrade, gives me:
>
> W: failed to fetch http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/In Release
> Could not resolve 'ftp.debian.org'

You have a dns or connection problem.

What happens with

ping www.debian.org ?


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Pinging is fine:

PING debian.org (82.195.75.97) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=1 ttl=50 time=209 ms
64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=2 ttl=50 time=214 ms
64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=3 ttl=50 time=209 ms
64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=4 ttl=50 time=206 ms
64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=5 ttl=50 time=204 ms
64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=6 ttl=50 time=211 ms
64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=7 ttl=50 time=205 ms
64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=8 ttl=50 time=209 ms
64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=9 ttl=50 time=208 ms
64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=10 ttl=50 time=208 ms


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I'm writing with the same box, different linux distro. Is this a bug?


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Did you check the /etc/apt/apt.conf file to make sure there isn't any proxy, etc. info in there messing up apt?*
Regards,cortman


On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 4:03 PM, macondo <ironwindow2001@yahoo.com> wrote:

I'm writing with the same box, different linux distro. Is this a bug?





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On Thu 19 Jul 2012 at 12:37:24 -0700, macondo wrote:

> Pinging is fine:
>
> PING debian.org (82.195.75.97) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=1 ttl=50 time=209 ms
> 64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=2 ttl=50 time=214 ms
> 64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=3 ttl=50 time=209 ms
> 64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=4 ttl=50 time=206 ms
> 64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=5 ttl=50 time=204 ms
> 64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=6 ttl=50 time=211 ms
> 64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=7 ttl=50 time=205 ms
> 64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=8 ttl=50 time=209 ms
> 64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=9 ttl=50 time=208 ms
> 64 bytes from kokkonen.debian.org (82.195.75.97): icmp_req=10 ttl=50 time=208 ms

You used your initiative and tried

ping ftp.debian.org ?

Changing the sources.list line to

deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ testing main contrib non-free

might be a good move.


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/etc/apt/apt.conf is empty. I get this: "no such file or directory"


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macondo wrote:
> /etc/apt/apt.conf is empty. I get this: "no such file or directory"

That is fine.

> W: failed to fetch http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/In Release
> Could not resolve 'ftp.debian.org'

That is a DNS problem. It could not resolve ftp.debian.org. That is
the problem. Concentrate on debugging that. Do not get distracted by
other shiney squirrels!

Please show us:

cat /etc/resolv.conf

Please ping ftp.debian.org (not debian.org as you showed earlier) and
tell us if you can get to those archives.

For me ftp.debian.org resolves to a machine across the ocean in the
Netherlands. It is almost always better to use one of the country
local mirrors. Please select an archive in your country. Here is a
reference:

http://www.debian.org/mirror/list

Then change that to something like:

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian wheezy main contrib non-free

Or perhaps try out the new fangled http.debian.net redirector.

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGeoMirror

Using something like:

deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy main contrib non-free

Bob

macondo:$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by dhcpcd from eth0
domain cpe.cableonda.net
nameserver 200.75.200.3
nameserver 200.75.200.2
# /etc/resolv.conf.tail can replace this line

ping: unknown host ftp.debian.org

W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/ debian/dists/wheezy/InRelease
Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg

Could not resolve 'debian.net'
Err http://debian.net wheezy Release.gpg
Err http:// debian.net wheezy InRelease


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# cat /etc/resolv.conf
search cpe.cableonda.net
nameserver 200.75.200.2
nameserver 200.75.200.3

This is the actual resolv.conf for the debian partition, the other is from the linux partition i'm writing from, sorry.


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