This is the output of 'apt-get update'. How do I interpret the indicated errors, especially the last one:
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
? The message is a bit confusing! How do I know what happened? Does it make a difference?
Beginning of output
root@2[apt]# apt-get update
Hit
ftp://ftp.nerim.net unstable/main Packages
Hit
ftp://ftp.nerim.net unstable/main Release
Hit
http://2004.mepis.org testing/main Packages
Hit
http://2004.mepis.org testing/main Release
Hit
http://download.videolan.org sid/main Packages
Ign
http://download.videolan.org sid/main Release
Get:1
ftp://metalab.unc.edu unstable/main Packages
Hit
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
Err
ftp://metalab.unc.edu unstable/main Packages
Unable to fetch file, server said '/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/de
bian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory '
Get:2
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Release [81B]
Get:3
ftp://metalab.unc.edu unstable/main Release
Get:4
ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Packages
Ign
ftp://metalab.unc.edu unstable/main Release
Hit
ftp://metalab.unc.edu unstable/non-free Packages
Hit
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages
Err
ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Packages
Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. '
Hit
ftp://metalab.unc.edu unstable/non-free Release
Get:5
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Release [84B]
Get:6
ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Release
Hit
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
Ign
ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Release
Get:7
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Release [85B]
Get:8
ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Packages
Get:9
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages [3588kB]
Err
ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Packages
Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. '
Get:10
ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Release
Ign
ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Release
Get:11
ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Packages
Err
ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Packages
Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. '
Get:12
ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Release
Ign
ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Release
Get:13
ftp://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Packages
Err
ftp://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Packages
Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. '
Get:14
ftp://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Release
Ign
ftp://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Release
Get:15
ftp://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Packages
Err
ftp://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Packages
Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. '
Get:16
ftp://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Release
Ign
ftp://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Release
Get:17
ftp://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Packages
Err
ftp://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Packages
Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. '
Get:18
ftp://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Release
Ign
ftp://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Release
Get:19
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Release [82B]
Get:20
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages [67.8kB]
Get:21
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Release [85B]
Hit
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages
Get:22
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Release [86B]
Fetched 3657kB in 48s (74.8kB/s)
Failed to fetch
ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-U...g/non-US/main/
binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file.
'
Failed to fetch
ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-U...g/non-US/contr ib/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open fi le. '
Failed to fetch
ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-U...g/non-US/non-f ree/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open f ile. '
Failed to fetch
ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-U...le/non-US/main /binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file . '
Failed to fetch
ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-U...le/non-US/cont rib/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open f ile. '
Failed to fetch
ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-U...le/non-US/non- free/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. '
Failed to fetch
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/deve...ackdown.org/de bian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to fetch file, server s aid '/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary- i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory '
Reading Package Lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
End of output.
Here is a copy of my sources.list file.
# See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy
# This file may be edited by the MEPIS System Center
# Do not modify the comments manually!
# Change sources only in the section at the end of this file!
# Primary
deb
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
#deb-src
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
#deb-src
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
# non-us
deb
ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free
#deb-src
ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free
deb
ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
#deb-src
ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb
http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main
# MEPIS cds
#deb file:/mnt/cdrom testing main
# MEPIS pool - specific packages available on-line
deb
http://2004.mepis.org/mepis testing main
# DO NOT EDIT ABOVE THIS LINE
# mplayer
deb
ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main
# java
deb
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/deve...own.org/debian unstable main non-free
Thanks.
James Oliver
