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mr_sword97

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From: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Registered: 2026-07-12

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[SOLVED] Network issues

Hi, I got a problem here related to the network and connection. I am completely new to this OS. Once I installed Devuan, everything was fine, Firefox worked fine with no issues, but when I tried to check for updates, it didn't let me connect to the official Devuan repo and I was stuck at 0%. I tried pinging DNS and HTTPS addresses they worked fine but when I tried to ping any HTTP site, it just didn't show up at all. For the clarification, yes I do know that the official repo is HTTP based. I simply need a solution on how do I permit a connection on HTTP sites

ralph.ronnquist

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Registered: 2016-11-30

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Re: [SOLVED] Network issues

What does "check for updates" mean for you?

Some people would use the command  sequence in a terminal, as root:

# apt-get update
# apt-get -s upgrade

which would report on available package upgrades.

mr_sword97

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From: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Registered: 2026-07-12

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Re: [SOLVED] Network issues

I used this:

sudo apt update

Just to check apt package updates

Couldn't connect to http://deb.devuan.org. It showed only this:

0% [Connecting to deb.devuan.org]

And stayed frozen like this, HTTP doesn't work at all

Last edited by mr_sword97 (2026-07-12 16:46:56)

greenjeans

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Re: [SOLVED] Network issues

Hi and welcome to Devuan!

Sometimes DNS issues can interfere with how the default system works, you can usually bypass this by changing /etc/apt/sources.list to use a mirror directly. There is a current list here: https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/mirror_list.txt

Try one that's closest to you and has good bandwidth. In the US I use gnlug, in Europe I hear sledjhamr works good. If you need help modding sources.list let me know.

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Calamity

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Re: [SOLVED] Network issues

Yep. A mirror should fix this. I also had problem with the defaults, tried to update and synaptic threw errors at me - switched to sledjhamr and everything worked well since then.

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mr_sword97

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From: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Registered: 2026-07-12

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Re: [SOLVED] Network issues

Thanks greenjeans. It actually worked. Changed the mirror to sledjhamr and it worked, for now it is the only mirror I can use with no issues for now.