apt-get update , apt-get upgrade / add other ftp sites?

[DimGR]

this is the error i have been getting since last night

http://ftp2.de.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Release
Could not connect to ftp2.de.debian.org:80 (195.71.9.196), connection timed out


Err http://ftp2.de.debian.org stable/main Release
Could not connect to ftp2.de.debian.org:80 (195.71.9.196), connection timed out
Err http://ftp2.de.debian.org stable/contrib Packages
Could not connect to ftp2.de.debian.org:80 (195.71.9.196), connection timed ou


i know it is not my problem because my other 3 machines are online just fine. Even the machine with this debian setup has internet just fine, pages load ok etc... so i believe the above site is down or too many users are connected ..etc

can i add other sites to the list so i will have an option to choose from what ftp or http to do the apt-get update and upgrade?

thanks

[squeegy]

this is what i use:
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free

it looks like you're using the default ftp's in germany that source.list comes with.. change those to a mirror closer to you. i'm sure there's more info on debian.org (http://debian.org)

[DimGR]

Originally posted by squeegy
this is what i use:
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free

it looks like you're using the default ftp's in germany that source.list comes with.. change those to a mirror closer to you. i'm sure there's more info on debian.org (http://debian.org)

yes i am using the default

how to change it?

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by DimGR
yes i am using the default

how to change it?

In the apt-get sources.list?

[squeegy]

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

[DimGR]

yes
i want to edit /etc/apt/sources.list. i need to edit the urls to what squeegy is using

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by DimGR
yes
i want to edit /etc/apt/sources.list. i need to edit the urls to what squeegy is using

What exactly is stopping you? Or are you just stating the fact that is what you are now doing?

[DimGR]

Originally posted by mdwatts
What exactly is stopping you? Or are you just stating the fact that is what you are now doing?

i did not see before that he hads already replied to my post . i did not know how to edit the sources list and he told me to do it with nano.


thanks

[mdwatts]

Actually any text editor would do. The commandline vi or gui text editors such as kedit, kwrite, gedit etc.

[sharth]

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

most of those mirrors should work.