Hi Yaroslav,<br><br>Thanks for the quick reply.  I tried <br>sudo -s<br>
echo 'Acquire::http::Proxy "http://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99_proxy<br>got no complains, but when I called <br>sudo apt-get update<br>I got all of the fun below.<br><br>More help would be wonderful - I'm kinda out of my depth here.<br>
Cheers,<br>Jane<br><br>Err <a href="http://backports.debian.org">http://backports.debian.org</a> squeeze-backports Release.gpg<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/">http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/</a> squeeze-backports/contrib Translation-en<br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/">http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/</a> squeeze-backports/contrib Translation-en_US<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
Err <a href="http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/">http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/</a> squeeze-backports/main Translation-en<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/">http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/</a> squeeze-backports/main Translation-en_US<br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/">http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/</a> squeeze-backports/non-free Translation-en<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
Err <a href="http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/">http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/</a> squeeze-backports/non-free Translation-en_US<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://neuro.debian.net">http://neuro.debian.net</a> data Release.gpg<br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/</a> data/contrib Translation-en<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/</a> data/contrib Translation-en_US<br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/</a> data/main Translation-en<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/</a> data/main Translation-en_US<br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/</a> data/non-free Translation-en<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/</a> data/non-free Translation-en_US<br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://neuro.debian.net">http://neuro.debian.net</a> squeeze Release.gpg<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze/contrib Translation-en<br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze/contrib Translation-en_US<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze/main Translation-en                       <br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze/main Translation-en_US                    <br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
Err <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze/non-free Translation-en                   <br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze/non-free Translation-en_US                <br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://ftp2.de.debian.org">http://ftp2.de.debian.org</a> squeeze Release.gpg                                     <br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net</a> squeeze Release.gpg                             <br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/">http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/</a> squeeze/main Translation-en<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/">http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/</a> squeeze/main Translation-en_US<br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze/contrib Translation-en<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
Err <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze/contrib Translation-en_US<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze/main Translation-en<br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze/main Translation-en_US<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
Err <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze/non-free Translation-en<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze/non-free Translation-en_US<br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net</a> squeeze-updates Release.gpg<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze-updates/contrib Translation-en<br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze-updates/contrib Translation-en_US<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
Err <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze-updates/main Translation-en<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze-updates/main Translation-en_US<br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze-updates/non-free Translation-en<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
Err <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/</a> squeeze-updates/non-free Translation-en_US<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://security.debian.org">http://security.debian.org</a> squeeze/updates Release.gpg<br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://security.debian.org/">http://security.debian.org/</a> squeeze/updates/contrib Translation-en<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://security.debian.org/">http://security.debian.org/</a> squeeze/updates/contrib Translation-en_US<br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://security.debian.org/">http://security.debian.org/</a> squeeze/updates/main Translation-en<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://security.debian.org/">http://security.debian.org/</a> squeeze/updates/main Translation-en_US<br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://security.debian.org/">http://security.debian.org/</a> squeeze/updates/non-free Translation-en<br>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Err <a href="http://security.debian.org/">http://security.debian.org/</a> squeeze/updates/non-free Translation-en_US<br>
  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>Reading package lists... Done <br>N: Ignoring file 'neuro.debian.net.list.save' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension<br>
N: Ignoring file 'backports.debian.org.list.save' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/Release.gpg">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/Release.gpg</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/contrib/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/contrib/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/non-free/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/non-free/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/Release.gpg">http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/Release.gpg</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br><br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/contrib/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/contrib/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/non-free/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/non-free/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://security.debian.org/dists/squeeze/updates/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/Release.gpg">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/Release.gpg</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/contrib/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/contrib/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/non-free/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/non-free/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://amd64-geomirror.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/Release.gpg">http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/Release.gpg</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br><br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/dists/squeeze-backports/Release.gpg">http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/dists/squeeze-backports/Release.gpg</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/dists/squeeze-backports/contrib/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/dists/squeeze-backports/contrib/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/dists/squeeze-backports/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/dists/squeeze-backports/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/dists/squeeze-backports/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/dists/squeeze-backports/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/dists/squeeze-backports/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/dists/squeeze-backports/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/dists/squeeze-backports/non-free/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/dists/squeeze-backports/non-free/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/dists/squeeze-backports/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/dists/squeeze-backports/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/data/Release.gpg">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/data/Release.gpg</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br><br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/data/contrib/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/data/contrib/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/data/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/data/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/data/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/data/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/data/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/data/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/data/non-free/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/data/non-free/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/data/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/data/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/Release.gpg">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/Release.gpg</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br><br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/contrib/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/contrib/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/non-free/i18n/Translation-en.bz2">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/non-free/i18n/Translation-en.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2">http://neuro.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2</a>  Could not resolve ']proxy:3128'<br>
<br>W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.<br>root@neurodebian:/home/brain# <br><br>
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