Adept "Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1).

LBG · Post by **LBG** » 07 Apr 2009, 03:14

I know what is wrong: I installed anon-proxy and it farked everything up. Now Adept is giving me this.
I apt-get --purge remove anon-proxy already, but how in the heck do I change the localhost? It shouldn't be 4001!!!! I've been on the Deb usr forums and found the answer, but I don't really understand where to find the error and how to fix it... Help!!!

I cannot use Synaptic, Adept or apt-get, fyi.

By fixing the localhost for Adept, will this automatically fix it for the others?

Thanks, people. Happy Tuesday.

Post by **bad_brain** » 07 Apr 2009, 05:02

hm, can you post the content of /etc/hosts ?

Post by **computathug** » 07 Apr 2009, 10:02

To get rid and start again!

Because there was an error downloading anon-proxy the network settings will have changed. You will have to completely remove the package not just purge it (off the top of my head i think its purge -r) and then open the network folder "etc/network/interfaces" and change the connection from "127.0.0.1" to "direct connect".

Once you have done this run apt-get install again and it should work

To see if its an error with the sources.list try!

If you have edited the sources list to something like

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http://127.0.0.1:4001/debian

make sure you have put 'deb' before it too

LBG · Post by **LBG** » 08 Apr 2009, 02:50

bad_brain wrote:hm, can you post the content of /etc/hosts ?

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127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.1.1       LBGs-box

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
"/etc/hosts" [readonly] 10 lines, 247 characters

Thanks
(edited for white spaces)

LBG · Post by **LBG** » 08 Apr 2009, 04:04

computathug wrote:To get rid and start again!

Because there was an error downloading anon-proxy the network settings will have changed. You will have to completely remove the package not just purge it (off the top of my head i think its purge -r) and then open the network folder "etc/network/interfaces" and change the connection from "127.0.0.1" to "direct connect".

Not purge -r. I cd'ed to where anon-proxy was and removed it. I never did this before b/c I thought I had gotten rid of it already! I am now assuming purge isn't the same as remove...

computathug wrote: Once you have done this run apt-get install again and it should work

It did! Once I rm'ed it, it was fine. I feel a bit blond now... But in my defense, I really thought I removed/purged whatevered anon-proxy...

To see if its an error with the sources.list try!

If you have edited the sources list to something like

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http://127.0.0.1:4001/debian

make sure you have put 'deb' before it too[/quote]

It had an error, but I vi'ed sources.list and removed the erroneous entry. I just couldn't see if it worked, as anon-proxy was still hanging around.

Thanks, both of you!!!
mwah!

Post by **bad_brain** » 08 Apr 2009, 05:28

check the content of /etc/enviroment , if you find entries like:

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HTTP_PROXY=http://localhost:4001 # +ANON_MARK+
http_proxy=http://localhost:4001 # +ANON_MARK+

comment them out, don't forget to reboot afterwards...

LBG · Post by **LBG** » 08 Apr 2009, 06:29

bad_brain wrote:check the content of /etc/enviroment , if you find entries like:
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HTTP_PROXY=http://localhost:4001 # +ANON_MARK+
http_proxy=http://localhost:4001 # +ANON_MARK+ 
comment them out, don't forget to reboot afterwards...

Ok, I opened it in vi (is this the same as vim?) and it's only this:

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PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"

Is this usual?
For laughing:
I forgot how to get out of vi, and went through 'esc', 'enter' and finally 'q'. When it said "recording" I panicked and X'ed out

LBGenius, strikes again!

Post by **bad_brain** » 08 Apr 2009, 07:24

hmm...ok, is there an output for:

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echo $HTTP_PROXY
echo $http_proxy

?

if yes do:

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export HTTP_PROXY=
export http_proxy=

btw, to exit the "insert" mode in vi press <Esc>, then : to enter the command mode followed by the command. "q" exits vi, "wq" saves the file and exits, "q!" exits without saving changes made....

Post by **computathug** » 08 Apr 2009, 08:12

I have installed anon-proxy to see if i can help more too.

I have everything installed, checked the browser settings, internet running fine.

After the command b_b has shown

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echo $HTTP_PROXY

I now get

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http://localhost:4001

I now think something must be run for the first time for if we do

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anon-proxy --help

for the options and try one of the commands i am getting

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critical] Error: Cannot parse configuration file!

I have not figured the rest out but will look more later. If you beat me to it LBG then please post back

LBG · Post by **LBG** » 08 Apr 2009, 08:13

bad_brain wrote:hmm...ok, is there an output for:
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echo $HTTP_PROXY
echo $http_proxy
?

btw, to exit the "insert" mode in vi press <Esc>, then : to enter the command mode followed by the command. "q" exits vi, "wq" saves the file and exits, "q!" exits without saving changes made....

Nope, there was nothing for either. What is this supposed to achieve? I can kinda guess, 'http' and 'proxy'. Just not clear on the details... And if nothing shows up, it means I have no proxy, then?

Post by **computathug** » 08 Apr 2009, 09:08

Yeah i gather anon-proxy hasn't installed.

try running the install again

*update*
k after i run the last command i left the box to go do a few things then came back and thought .... right apt update and hey presto! I generated the same errors as LBG. I have never installed something before in order to try to generate the same errors but 'hey, it worked'

You wont beleive how i fixed this.... system reboot. Tried again, all updates working xD

Everything working so far

*2nd edit*

Not much information on this one LBG, you got me working here, but here is what i have got so far.

After researching the only page i found was off the debian repositories page

http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/anon-proxy

where i found the originators website.

http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/index_en.html

and after some reading found you can build your mix online with java

http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/help/jap_ ... _test.html

i had a quick look at it but never set it up yet as i haven't had time, but as i have done the hard work and you started this thread, you might like to finish it

Hope this has helped you out