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Posted: **Fri May 23, 2014 8:47 pm**

Nothing has changed. Updates have been failing all day today. Big red X. I even switched them to see if that could be the issue. Did not help. Here is my sources.list.d:

deb http://mirrors-usa.go-parts.com/linuxmint debian main upstream import

deb http://debian.lth.se/lmde/latest/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.lth.se/lmde/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.lth.se/lmde/latest/multimedia testing main non-free

deb http://extra.linuxmint.com debian main

UPDATE: A friend of mine just came over with her laptop, who also has LMDE on her laptop, and her updates are also failing.

Posted: **Sat May 24, 2014 12:15 am**

what the resutl of

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inxi -r
sudo apt-get update

Posted: **Sat May 24, 2014 1:08 am**

kurotsugi wrote:what the resutl of
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inxi -r
sudo apt-get update

Here is the output. Have a friend here still, and her repo/updates are failing as well. She also has LMDE. I'd also like to add, that when I posted earlier, this forum and the linux mint blog was VERY slow to load as well. A new regular Mint just came out didnt it? Is the server bogged down? Something? Makes no sense.

$ inxi -r
Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
deb http://extra.linuxmint.com debian main
xxxxxx@xxxxxx ~ $ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian InRelease
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian InRelease
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian Release.gpg
Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:2 http://extra.linuxmint.com debian Release [2,275 B]
Get:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian Release [16.8 kB]
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Get:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main amd64 Packages [26.1 kB]
Get:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream amd64 Packages [18.1 kB]
Get:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import amd64 Packages [53.6 kB]
Get:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main i386 Packages [26.1 kB]
Get:8 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream i386 Packages [18.1 kB]
Get:9 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import i386 Packages [53.6 kB]
Get:10 http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main amd64 Packages [20 B]
Get:11 http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main i386 Packages [20 B]
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream Translation-en
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com testing InRelease

Err http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates InRelease

Err http://debian.linuxmint.com testing InRelease

Err http://debian.linuxmint.com testing Release.gpg
Unable to connect to debian.linuxmint.com:http:
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates Release.gpg
Unable to connect to debian.linuxmint.com:http:
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com testing Release.gpg
Unable to connect to debian.linuxmint.com:http:
Fetched 215 kB in 2min 0s (1,786 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/dist ... /InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/secu ... /InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/mult ... /InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/dist ... elease.gpg Unable to connect to debian.linuxmint.com:http:

W: Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/secu ... elease.gpg Unable to connect to debian.linuxmint.com:http:

W: Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/mult ... elease.gpg Unable to connect to debian.linuxmint.com:http:

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

Posted: **Sat May 24, 2014 3:35 am**

you're using packages.linuxmint.com and debian.linuxmint.com which sometimes die due to the high traffic. you can use the mirrors to upgrade your system.

Posted: **Sat May 24, 2014 3:51 am**

Thanks for the reply by the way

I tried that, they fail as well. Funny thing is. My friend just tried to install teamviewer 9 which required 3 additional packages. I opened up her terminal box just to watch in gdebi, for the 3 packages it tried to connect to linuxmint, and they also failed, which in turn made the install fail of course. I gave it a go on my machine, same thing. Failed when trying to connect to linuxmint.

Posted: **Sat May 24, 2014 7:29 am**

gdebi didn't work on LMDE. you only said 'it didn't work' without providing log files, command result, or any usefull information. I'm afraid I can do nothing without further information.

Posted: **Sat May 24, 2014 7:40 am**

I use gdebi all the time

Matter of fact gdebi is what installs all my packages if Im not in cli or synaptic.
My friend and I sat here and went through all the mirrors one by one until we found the 2 that work. Packages once again install as well. Update manager has no errors. Thank you for your help.

Posted: **Sat May 24, 2014 8:32 am**

I am having same issue todya.
not able to update via software updater or terminal
in both its showing this following error
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_saucy-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en

EDIT : Problem solved after fixing mergelist via software sources -> Maintenance -> FixMergelist Problems

Posted: **Sun May 25, 2014 1:21 am**

Hi,

yesterday I've faced with the same problems and updates does not work still. Actually I have problems on the stage of
Connecting to debian.linuxmint.com (204.45.82.130)]

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[100]own@own12121325 ~/Desktop $ inxi -r
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
           deb http://packages.linuxmint.com debian main upstream import
           deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing main contrib non-free
           deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
           deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
           deb http://extra.linuxmint.com debian main
own@own12121325 ~/Desktop $ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian InRelease                           
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian InRelease                              
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian Release.gpg                            
Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian Release.gpg [198 B]               
Get:2 http://extra.linuxmint.com debian Release [2,275 B]                    
Get:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian Release [16.8 kB]                 
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex          
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex           
Get:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main amd64 Packages [26.1 kB]     
Get:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream amd64 Packages [18.1 kB] 
Get:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import amd64 Packages [53.6 kB]   
Get:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main i386 Packages [26.1 kB]      
Get:8 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream i386 Packages [18.1 kB]  
Get:9 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import i386 Packages [53.6 kB]    
Get:10 http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main amd64 Packages [20 B]          
Get:11 http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main i386 Packages [20 B]           
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en_US                 
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en                    
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import Translation-en_US            
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import Translation-en               
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en_US              
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en                 
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream Translation-en_US          
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream Translation-en
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com testing InRelease        
  
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates InRelease
  
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com testing InRelease
  
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com testing Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to debian.linuxmint.com:http:
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to debian.linuxmint.com:http:
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com testing Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to debian.linuxmint.com:http:
Fetched 215 kB in 2min 0s (1,788 B/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/dists/testing/InRelease  

W: Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security/dists/testing/updates/InRelease  

W: Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia/dists/testing/InRelease  

W: Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/dists/testing/Release.gpg  Unable to connect to debian.linuxmint.com:http:

W: Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security/dists/testing/updates/Release.gpg  Unable to connect to debian.linuxmint.com:http:

W: Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia/dists/testing/Release.gpg  Unable to connect to debian.linuxmint.com:http:

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

please could you suggest me easily methods to look for and setting automatically for apt-get best mirror server form y networking

Posted: **Sun May 25, 2014 4:58 am**

The issue seems to be fixed - debian.linuxmint.com works fine for me today.

Posted: **Sun May 25, 2014 10:36 am**

Own wrote: please could you suggest me easily methods to look for and setting automatically for apt-get best mirror server form y networking

Sure !

Install MintSources and mint-mirrors.
Then in a terminal type

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mintsources

Select the best mirror and you're done

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