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by **tec_wiz** on Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:18 am

When I run the mint update utility I am receiving some errors. It says it can't reach some repositories, and can't get some packages. Below are the two error message I receive.

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/debian/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/deb ... ion-en.bz2 Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/deb ... -en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/deb ... ion-en.bz2 Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/deb ... -en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/deb ... ion-en.bz2 Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/deb ... -en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://www.debian-multimedia.org/dists/ ... elease.gpg Could not resolve 'www.debian-multimedia.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://www.debian-multimedia.org/dists/ ... ion-en.bz2 Could not resolve 'www.debian-multimedia.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://www.debian-multimedia.org/dists/ ... -en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'www.debian-multimedia.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://www.debian-multimedia.org/dists/ ... ion-en.bz2 Could not resolve 'www.debian-multimedia.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://www.debian-multimedia.org/dists/ ... -en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'www.debian-multimedia.org'

W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

W: Failed to fetch http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/m ... 0_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'www.debian-multimedia.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/main ... 01_all.deb
Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/m ... 0_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'www.debian-multimedia.org'

Can someone please help me with this.

by **craigevil** on Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:05 pm

What happens if you run apt-get update in a terminal?

Code: Select all: sudo apt-get update

by **tec_wiz** on Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:59 pm

This is what I get when I run apt-get update

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damean@damean-desktop ~ $ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for damean:
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release.gpg
Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/contrib Translation-en_US
Err http://packages.linuxmint.com debian Release.gpg
Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'
Err http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/import Translation-en
Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'
Err http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/import Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'
Err http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/main Translation-en
Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'
Err http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/main Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'
Err http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/upstream Translation-en
Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'
Err http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/upstream Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'
Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/non-free Translation-en_US
Err http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing Release.gpg
Could not resolve 'www.debian-multimedia.org'
Err http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ testing/main Translation-en
Could not resolve 'www.debian-multimedia.org'
Err http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ testing/main Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'www.debian-multimedia.org'
Err http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ testing/non-free Translation-en
Could not resolve 'www.debian-multimedia.org'
Err http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ testing/non-free Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'www.debian-multimedia.org'
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing Release.gpg
Ign http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing/contrib Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib i386 Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free i386 Packages
Ign http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing/main Translation-en
Ign http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing/non-free Translation-en_US
Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing Release
Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/debian/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/deb ... ion-en.bz2 Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/deb ... -en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/deb ... ion-en.bz2 Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/deb ... -en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/deb ... ion-en.bz2 Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/deb ... -en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://www.debian-multimedia.org/dists/ ... elease.gpg Could not resolve 'www.debian-multimedia.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://www.debian-multimedia.org/dists/ ... ion-en.bz2 Could not resolve 'www.debian-multimedia.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://www.debian-multimedia.org/dists/ ... -en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'www.debian-multimedia.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://www.debian-multimedia.org/dists/ ... ion-en.bz2 Could not resolve 'www.debian-multimedia.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://www.debian-multimedia.org/dists/ ... -en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'www.debian-multimedia.org'

W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

by **abercrombieande** on Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:50 am

Those are exactly the errors I would expect to get if its apt-get cannot connect to the Internet. Maybe the port is blocked? What is the output of

Code: Select all: cat /etc/apt/sources.list

by **twa** on Wed Oct 13, 2010 9:52 am

tec_wiz,
read this and change accordingly:
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=70719
let's us know.

by **tec_wiz** on Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:59 am

twa wrote:tec_wiz,
read this and change accordingly:
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=70719
let's us know.

I read that and it only refrences VLC. I can't beleive that the only thing in the debian-multimedia repo is VLC. I do understand what the post is saying though, and if I run into problems with VLC then I will work around them.

However, this doesn't explain why I can't reach the debian-multimedia, or linuxmint repos.

abercrombieande wrote:Those are exactly the errors I would expect to get if its apt-get cannot connect to the Internet. Maybe the port is blocked? What is the output of

Code: Select all
cat /etc/apt/sources.list

i will take a look at this when I get home.

by **twa** on Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:59 pm

tec_wiz,
I had your same problem with debian multimedia repository and have solved following the link I gave.
For the other problems post your sources.list as requested.

by **tec_wiz** on Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:09 pm

twa wrote:tec_wiz,
I had your same problem with debian multimedia repository and have solved following the link I gave.
For the other problems post your sources.list as requested.

The reason this fixes the debian-multimedia repo issue is because the link tells you to remove that repository from your sources list. This does not solve my problem, only removes the problem. I would like to be able to use the debian-multimedia repo if I am supposed to use it.

I do appreciate the help though.

by **tec_wiz** on Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:43 am

abercrombieande wrote:Those are exactly the errors I would expect to get if its apt-get cannot connect to the Internet. Maybe the port is blocked? What is the output of

Code: Select all
cat /etc/apt/sources.list

here is what is shown after I use that command

damean@damean-desktop ~ $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main non-free

by **craigevil** on Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:08 am

Not to be a party pooper but VLC is not in the debian-multimedia.org repo it is in the main Debian repos.

$ apt-cache policy vlc
vlc:
Installed: 1.1.4-1
Candidate: 1.1.4-1
Version table:
*** 1.1.4-1 0
101 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.1.3-1 0
500 http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ sid/main i386 Packages

The VLC thread really only applies to Stable, very people running Testing have had issues using the dmm repo. While I do not know of anyone that has issues with vlc in sid.

Now back on topic, can you post your /etc/resolv.conf

Also check /etc/apt/apt.conf it should either be empty or it might not even exist.

I had a similar issue a while back, my router is setup to use DHCP and OpenDNS nameservers, but apt-get kept throwing errors so I edited dhcp.conf and added the nameservers to my desktop.

https://store.opendns.com/familyshield/ ... tem/ubuntu

by **tec_wiz** on Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:14 pm

craigevil wrote:Now back on topic, can you post your /etc/resolv.conf

# Generated by NetworkManager
domain Damean
search Damean
nameserver 192.168.2.1

craigevil wrote:Also check /etc/apt/apt.conf it should either be empty or it might not even exist.

This is what is in my apt.conf file:
APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated 1;

craigevil wrote:I had a similar issue a while back, my router is setup to use DHCP and OpenDNS nameservers, but apt-get kept throwing errors so I edited dhcp.conf and added the nameservers to my desktop.

https://store.opendns.com/familyshield/ ... tem/ubuntu

I tried this and it worked!!!! Thank you so much. I added the opendns servers to my dhcp.config file and everything seems to be working fine now.

by **tec_wiz** on Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:39 pm

Just so anyone who looks this up in the future knows. I ended up using the google DNS server 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 instead of the opendns one. The open dns server was blocking a few sites I reguarly visit because it had parental controls enabled.

Just FYI.

by **newfie** on Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:51 am

I am having this issue right now as well, and nothing in the above posts would fix it. I have the exact same issue when trying to update:

Code: Select all: Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing Release.gpg Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ testing/main Translation-en Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release.gpg Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/contrib Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/contrib Translation-en_GB Hit http://ftp.ca.debian.org testing Release.gpg Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ testing/main Translation-en_GB Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ testing/non-free Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/main Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/main Translation-en_GB Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/non-free Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/non-free Translation-en_GB Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release Ign http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ testing/contrib Translation-en Ign http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ testing/contrib Translation-en_GB Ign http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ testing/main Translation-en Ign http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ testing/main Translation-en_GB Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ testing/non-free Translation-en_GB Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing Release Ign http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ testing/non-free Translation-en Ign http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ testing/non-free Translation-en_GB Ign http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de debian Release.gpg Ign http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de/ debian/import Translation-en Ign http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de/ debian/import Translation-en_GB Hit http://ftp.ca.debian.org testing Release Ign http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de/ debian/main Translation-en Ign http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de/ debian/main Translation-en_GB Ign http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de/ debian/upstream Translation-en Ign http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de/ debian/upstream Translation-en_GB Ign http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de debian Release Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main i386 Packages Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://ftp.ca.debian.org testing/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de debian/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib i386 Packages Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free i386 Packages Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://ftp.ca.debian.org testing/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de debian/import i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de debian/upstream i386 Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://ftp.ca.debian.org testing/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de debian/main i386 Packages Get:1 http://mozilla.debian.net ./ Release.gpg [828 B] Ign http://mozilla.debian.net/packages/ ./ Translation-en Ign http://mozilla.debian.net/packages/ ./ Translation-en_GB Ign http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de debian/import i386 Packages Get:2 http://mozilla.debian.net ./ Release [1,167 B] Ign http://mozilla.debian.net ./ Release Ign http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de debian/upstream i386 Packages Ign http://mozilla.debian.net ./ Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de debian/main i386 Packages Ign http://mozilla.debian.net ./ Packages Ign http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de debian/import i386 Packages Ign http://mozilla.debian.net ./ Packages Ign http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de debian/upstream i386 Packages Hit http://mozilla.debian.net ./ Packages Err http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de debian/main i386 Packages 404 Not Found Err http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de debian/import i386 Packages 404 Not Found Err http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de debian/upstream i386 Packages 404 Not Found Fetched 829 B in 4s (202 B/s) W: GPG error: http://mozilla.debian.net ./ Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 85A3D26506C4AE2A W: Failed to fetch http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de/dists/debian/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de/dists/debian/import/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://linuxmint.daniel-vigano.de/dists/debian/upstream/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

The GPG error isn't a concern, that's just the Iceweasel 4 repo without a key.

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