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by **KevinM1** on Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:07 pm

I can't seem to connect to either the Lisa or Ubuntu Oneiric repos via Apt. The dotdeb repo works fine, however. Was Lisa stealth killed before the announced April cutoff, or is my Apt having a problem? I double-checked to make sure the old universe/multiverse bug wasn't the culprit.

by **caf4926** on Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:23 pm

EOL for 12 is April 2013

by **cwwgateway** on Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:56 pm

Yeah, if there is any problem, I doubt it's on Mint/Ubuntu's end, especially considering the Mint repos stay up for a small amount of time after the EOL. If either were to stop support early, then they would have notified users somehow.

Edit: I would reboot to see what happens, but otherwise, could you provide the output of putting the following into a terminal:

Code: Select all: inxi -r

by **KevinM1** on Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:03 pm

cwwgateway wrote:Yeah, if there is any problem, I doubt it's on Mint/Ubuntu's end, especially considering the Mint repos stay up for a small amount of time after the EOL. If either were to stop support early, then they would have notified users somehow.

Edit: I would reboot to see what happens, but otherwise, could you provide the output of putting the following into a terminal:
Code: Select all
inxi -r

Sorry for the delay, in response. Haven't had a chance to go onn my dev machine until now.

Output:

Code: Select all: $ inxi -r Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ lisa upstream import main deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ oneiric partner deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ oneiric free non-free deb http://packages.dotdeb.org squeeze all deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org squeeze all deb http://packages.dotdeb.org squeeze-php54 all deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org squeeze-php54 all

EDIT: Here are the errors I receive after running apt-get update:

Code: Select all: Err http://packages.linuxmint.com lisa/upstream amd64 Packages Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: Err http://packages.linuxmint.com lisa/import amd64 Packages Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: Err http://packages.linuxmint.com lisa/main amd64 Packages Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: Err http://packages.linuxmint.com lisa/upstream i386 Packages Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: Err http://packages.linuxmint.com lisa/import i386 Packages Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: Err http://packages.linuxmint.com lisa/main i386 Packages Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: Err http://packages.linuxmint.com lisa/import Translation-en_US Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: Err http://packages.linuxmint.com lisa/import Translation-en Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: Err http://packages.linuxmint.com lisa/main Translation-en_US Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: Err http://packages.linuxmint.com lisa/main Translation-en Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: Err http://packages.linuxmint.com lisa/upstream Translation-en_US Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: Err http://packages.linuxmint.com lisa/upstream Translation-en Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: Fetched 17.9 kB in 3min 37s (82 B/s) W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/lisa/upstream/binary-amd64/Packages Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/lisa/import/binary-amd64/Packages Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/lisa/main/binary-amd64/Packages Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/lisa/upstream/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/lisa/import/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/lisa/main/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/lisa/import/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/lisa/import/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/lisa/main/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/lisa/main/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/lisa/upstream/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/lisa/upstream/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http: E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

by **abnvolk** on Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:51 pm

Sometimes the main Mint server is quite slow and make apt fail to download, so you should choose a mirror. Go to Software Sources -> Download from -> Select best server, and it will choose the fastest server for you

by **cwwgateway** on Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:06 pm

Yes, if it is only the mint repos that aren't working (which is what it appears to be), then it is simply that they are down (they have been very pressed since the release of LMDE UP 6).

by **karlchen** on Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:40 pm

Hello, KevinM1.

In addition to what has already been explained in this thread, let me add:

I can confirm that searching for updates and installing them on Mint 12 "Lisa" still works fine. All you have to do is replace the main server (packages.linuxmint.com) by a mirror server close to your geographical location.
abnvolk has explained how to so a few posts above mine.
Ever since I replaced packages.linuxmint.com by a local mirror around XMas, no more connection errors have occurred.

With respect to the upcoming EOL, it is noticeable that the development of Mint 12 has significantly slowed down. Updates have become scarce. Lisa's days are running out ...

So, the answers to your questions that you asked in your thread title are:
+ Lisa is still alive. (Has been confirmed before.)
+ Your apt packages or configuration are very likely not borked.

Kind regards,
Karl

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