apt-get failure - maybe proxy problem

Hello all,

Recently switched to Debian after years of using Slackware and Gentoo.
I used to live in a student house where I had to use a http proxy to access the net. At installation time, I set all this up, and it worked like a charm. I got my own place now, and I access the internet through a gateway now. All net apps such as firefox, thunderbird, gaim work after clearing the proxy settings I used before, but apt and synaptic bitch out and I can't figure out why. Useful info:

[Alpha]-(root)-(/etc/apt/sources.list.d)$uname -a
Linux Alpha 2.6.15-1-486 #2 Mon Mar 6 15:19:16 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

[Alpha]-(root)-(/etc/apt/sources.list.d)$cat /etc/debian_version
testing/unstable

[Alpha]-(root)-(/etc/apt/sources.list.d)$cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20060314)]/ etch main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20060314)]/ etch main
deb http://mirror.pacific.net.au/debian/ etch main
deb-src http://mirror.pacific.net.au/debian/ etch main
deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free
# deb http://edevelop.org/debian/ etch e17
# deb-src http://edevelop.org/debian/ etch e17
# deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main

[Alpha]-(root)-(/etc/apt/sources.list.d)$ping www.google.com
PING www.l.google.com (66.249.85.104) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 66.249.85.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=248 time=85.4 ms
64 bytes from 66.249.85.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=248 time=85.9 ms
64 bytes from 66.249.85.104: icmp_seq=3 ttl=248 time=89.7 ms
.....
[Alpha]-(root)-(/etc/apt/sources.list.d)$ping http://mirror.pacific.net.au/debian/
ping: unknown host http://mirror.pacific.net.au/debian/

[Alpha]-(root)-(/etc/apt/sources.list.d)$echo $HTTP_PROXY

[Alpha]-(root)-(/etc/apt/sources.list.d)$echo $http_proxy

[Alpha]-(root)-(/etc/apt/sources.list.d)$apt-get update
..........
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://http.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
Ign http://mirror.pacific.net.au etch/main Packages
Ign http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Packages
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages
Errhttp://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Ign http://mirror.pacific.net.au etch/main Sources
Errhttp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Packages
403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources
Errhttp://http.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages
403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Errhttp://mirror.pacific.net.au etch/main Packages
403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Errhttp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Packages
403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Errhttp://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages
403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Errhttp://http.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Errhttp://mirror.pacific.net.au etch/main Sources
403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Errhttp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Packages
403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Errhttp://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources
403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dis...86/Packages.gz 403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Failed to fetch http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-...86/Packages.gz 403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dis...86/Packages.gz 403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Failed to fetch http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-...86/Packages.gz 403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dis...86/Packages.gz 403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Failed to fetch http://mirror.pacific.net.au/debian/...86/Packages.gz 403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Failed to fetch http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-...86/Packages.gz 403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/etc...86/Packages.gz 403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Failed to fetch http://mirror.pacific.net.au/debian/...rce/Sources.gz 403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/etc...rce/Sources.gz 403 Forbidden [IP: 130.102.2.60 3128]
Reading package lists... Done
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/non-us.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_testing_non-US_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/non-us.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_testing_non-US_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/non-us.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_testing_non-US_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I can however, use firefox to surf and find these addresses without problems.

[Alpha]-(root)-(/etc/apt/sources.list.d)$cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://s4106538:******@proxy.uq.edu.au:3128";
Acquire::::Proxy "false";


Does anybody understand what is going on? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Igs

Try removing the Aquire lines for the proxies from the apt.conf as you say they are no longer required no need for them in the file.

Bingo, that did the trick.
Thanks!

I had a similar problem to this, and the solution for me was to modify /etc/apt/apt.conf

I just removed the HTTP from the line

Acquire::HTTP::Proxy "false";

and made it

Acquire::Proxy "false";

That worked great for me