Errors when using Update/Install - Cannot connect

[rfealy]

Hello,
I installed Linux Mint (14 Nadia) (64-bit) two weeks ago and have not been able to update/install any software since then. I have looked at the forums/web and have come across similar issues, but have yet to find a solution that works.

I have full internet connectivity – proxys are set up and working (ie Firefox, ssh etc)

Info on version, inxi -r and output from various attempts (softwware manager, software sources and sudo apt-get) are included below.


Version
$ cat /etc/*release*
DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14
DISTRIB_CODENAME=nadia
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 14 Nadia"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="12.10, Quantal Quetzal"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu quantal (12.10)"
VERSION_ID="12.10"


Output of inxi -r
$ inxi -r
Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ quantal free non-free
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mint.list
deb http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/pack ... /packages/ nadia main upstream import
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.list
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ quantal partner



Under software sources > Select Best Server

No Suitable download server was found
Please check your internet connection

I switched to a number of different servers manually (both geographically close and on a night time zone) to check if it was a server issue.

Update Manager fails with the following error:

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... u3_all.deb
Could not connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 (91.189.92.200). - connect (110: Connection timed out) [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... u3_all.deb
Unable to connect to archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/u ... u3_all.deb
Unable to connect to archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 19_all.deb
Unable to connect to archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/u ... _amd64.deb
Unable to connect to archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]


Synaptic Package Manager also produces errors.

Sudo apt-get fails (irrespective of package)
$ sudo apt-get install x11vnc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
tcl tcl8.5 tk tk8.5 x11vnc-data
Suggested packages:
tcl-tclreadline
The following NEW packages will be installed:
tcl tcl8.5 tk tk8.5 x11vnc x11vnc-data
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,663 kB of archives.
After this operation, 9,491 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
tcl8.5 tcl tk8.5 tk x11vnc-data x11vnc
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main tcl8.5 amd64 8.5.11-2ubuntu1
Could not connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 (91.189.92.202). - connect (110: Connection timed out) [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main tcl all 8.5.0-2
Unable to connect to archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main tk8.5 amd64 8.5.11-2
Unable to connect to archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main tk all 8.5.0-2
Unable to connect to archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/universe x11vnc-data all 0.9.13-1ubuntu1
Unable to connect to archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/universe x11vnc amd64 0.9.13-1ubuntu1
Unable to connect to archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... _amd64.deb Could not connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 (91.189.92.202). - connect (110: Connection timed out) [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -2_all.deb Unable to connect to archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... _amd64.deb Unable to connect to archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -2_all.deb Unable to connect to archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/u ... u1_all.deb Unable to connect to archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/u ... _amd64.deb Unable to connect to archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

Any assistance would be gratefully received.