Re: Re: Re: Re: Cannot connect to debian repo servers after install

macondo wrote:

# cat /etc/resolv.conf
search cpe.cableonda.net
nameserver 200.75.200.2
nameserver 200.75.200.3

ping: unknown host ftp.debian.org

It really looks like something in your dns resolver system is broken.
There are several pieces of it. All must work. But it is unusual for
them to be broken because people don't usually break those files.

I can't check those nameservers because they are refusing me. I would
like to check them and verify that they can resolve ftp.debian.org.
Here is what I get when I try. This isn't unusual since I am outside
trying to query them. They are your dhcp configured nameservers and
should work for you.

$ host ftp.debian.org 200.75.200.2
Using domain server:
Name: 200.75.200.2
Address: 200.75.200.2#53
Aliases:

Host ftp.debian.org.proulx.com not found: 5(REFUSED)

Here is a working example:

$ host ftp.debian.org 8.8.8.8
Using domain server:
Name: 8.8.8.8
Address: 8.8.8.8#53
Aliases:

ftp.debian.org has address 130.89.148.12
ftp.debian.org has IPv6 address 2001:610:1908:b000::148:12
ftp.debian.org mail is handled by 0 .

Trying to guess correctly why that is broken for you is difficult
because things can be broken in a large number of ways.

Have you changed /etc/nsswitch.conf? Look at the contents and tell us
if they are different from this:

$ grep host /etc/nsswitch.conf
hosts: files dns

It would be unusual for that to be different (unless NIS/YP or
something is installed) but breaking that file could definitely break
the DNS resolver.

I would be inclined to test a solution by editing /etc/resolv.conf and
setting exactly one nameserver line like this:

nameserver 8.8.8.8

And with that in place then see if you can then resolve
ftp.debian.org. Should work.

$ ping -c 3 ftp.debian.org
PING ftp.debian.org (130.89.148.12) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from klecker2.snt.utwente.nl (130.89.148.12): icmp_req=1 ttl=43 time=167 ms
64 bytes from klecker2.snt.utwente.nl (130.89.148.12): icmp_req=2 ttl=43 time=215 ms
64 bytes from klecker2.snt.utwente.nl (130.89.148.12): icmp_req=3 ttl=43 time=531 ms

ftp.debian.org ping statistics
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 167.112/304.926/531.724/161.605 ms

If it doesn't then keep looking.

W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/
debian/dists/wheezy/InRelease
Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg

That error is a descriptive error message. But the next part does not
make sense to me.

Could not resolve 'debian.net'
Err http://debian.net wheezy Release.gpg
Err http:// debian.net wheezy InRelease

What is that "debian.net" "http:// debian.net" doing there? Those
don't seem possible given the data you have provided so far.

Please be accurate. The difference between debian.org,
ftp.debian.org, debian.net, " debian.net" are important and mistakes
there can lead to endless confusion. I can't help but think that part
of the problem is inaccurate details.

Bob





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