A few sources issues/questions

boxerboy · 10-21-2005, 01:27 PM

i am running debian sarge and here is a list of my sources to start with:

Code:

# deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main 

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main 
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main 

deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main 

#Stable Sarge
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free 
#Stable Sarge Sources
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free 
#Security Updates Stable
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free 

#Debian Unofficial packages for Sarge/stable Opera, Java, Netscape7
#deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free restricted  
#deb-src http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free restricted  

# Testing Etch
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free 
# Testing Sources
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free 
#Testing Security Updates 
# For more info visit: http://secure-testing.debian.net/
deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/deb...curity-updates etch/security-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://secure-testing.debian.net/deb...curity-updates etch/security-updates main contrib non-free

# If you want Xfce packages more current than those in the official Debian 
# repositories, you can get them here. XFCE 4.2.2 is now in Testing/Etch
# For more info see:
# http://www.os-works.com/view/debian/

# Testing (can be used on unstable as well):
deb http://www.os-works.com/debian testing main
deb-src http://www.os-works.com/debian testing main

im not sure what ones i should have but i want as many packages as possible so i can try different things out and so on. ok here is what happens when i run "apt-get update" on the sources i have now:

Code:

Linux:/home/boxerboy# gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

(gedit:1967): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
Linux:/home/boxerboy# apt-get update
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Release
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Release
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Sources
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Sources
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org stable/main Packages
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org stable/main Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org stable/main Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org stable/main Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Sources
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Release
Hit http://www.os-works.com testing/main Packages
Hit http://www.os-works.com testing/main Release
Hit http://www.os-works.com testing/main Sources
Hit http://www.os-works.com testing/main Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/contrib Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/non-free Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Sources
Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/contrib Sources
Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/contrib Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/non-free Sources
Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/non-free Release
Err http://secure-testing.debian.net etch/security-updates/main Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 212.112.246.220 80]
Ign http://secure-testing.debian.net etch/security-updates/main Release
Err http://secure-testing.debian.net etch/security-updates/contrib Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 212.112.246.220 80]
Ign http://secure-testing.debian.net etch/security-updates/contrib Release
Err http://secure-testing.debian.net etch/security-updates/non-free Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 212.112.246.220 80]
Ign http://secure-testing.debian.net etch/security-updates/non-free Release
Err http://secure-testing.debian.net etch/security-updates/main Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 212.112.246.220 80]
Ign http://secure-testing.debian.net etch/security-updates/main Release
Err http://secure-testing.debian.net etch/security-updates/contrib Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 212.112.246.220 80]
Ign http://secure-testing.debian.net etch/security-updates/contrib Release
Err http://secure-testing.debian.net etch/security-updates/non-free Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 212.112.246.220 80]
Ign http://secure-testing.debian.net etch/security-updates/non-free Release
Failed to fetch http://secure-testing.debian.net/deb...86/Packages.gz  404 Not Found [IP: 212.112.246.220 80]
Failed to fetch http://secure-testing.debian.net/deb...86/Packages.gz  404 Not Found [IP: 212.112.246.220 80]
Failed to fetch http://secure-testing.debian.net/deb...86/Packages.gz  404 Not Found [IP: 212.112.246.220 80]
Failed to fetch http://secure-testing.debian.net/deb...rce/Sources.gz  404 Not Found [IP: 212.112.246.220 80]
Failed to fetch http://secure-testing.debian.net/deb...rce/Sources.gz  404 Not Found [IP: 212.112.246.220 80]
Failed to fetch http://secure-testing.debian.net/deb...rce/Sources.gz  404 Not Found [IP: 212.112.246.220 80]
Reading Package Lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Linux:/home/boxerboy#

i also added the first part just cause i dont know what it means. anyway it seems the testing sources arnt working but not real sure why and how would i go about using them if possible if not what sources can i use to get lots of sarge packages? or if its easier to upgrade to etch. im normallly a ubuntu user but im trying to learn "debian". but i looked at the sources everyone posted int he sticky and thats for most part where these came from. i see ppl have put ubuntu sources in debian but why does ubuntu offer things debian doesnt? but anyway im looking to get as many packages as possible please help. if you need further info please let me know. thank you.

basileus · 10-22-2005, 03:29 AM

If you want to run only Stable debian (sarge) then you should get away with only a couple of repositories - you have way too many now.

# These you should include in every "stable" debian sources.list
# This is the place where security updates are downloaded from

deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main

# This is the main Debian stable repository, you should include it or you
# can't install anything

deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free

# This is an unofficial repository for multimedia packages, e.g. mplayer

deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main