I’m using whonix 9, I always run whonixcheck once a day and today I got this error:
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dist/wheezy/contrib/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dist/wheezy/non-free/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Now, i’m not an expert about linux, should I be worried? Do you suggest to wait until it’s fixed this problem or can I use Whonix Gateway anyway?
Thank You!
@user7985495
The error is not suggestive of any particular security problem, but should be cleared up soon (you normally want updates!).
@Patrick
Er. Shouldn’t it be “/dists/” and not /dist/ ? Did debian just change that?
Patrick
December 10, 2014, 10:03pm
#3
@JasonJAyalaP
Dunno about dist vs dists.
@user7985495 :
Just now documentation on how to handle such cases has been updated:
Please check and tell us if that solved your issue.
[quote=“Patrick, post:3, topic:745”]@user7985495 :
Just now documentation on how to handle such cases has been updated:
Please check and tell us if that solved your issue.[/quote]
I’ve tried whonixcheck, of course same problem.
I’ve tried sudo service tor restart too. Same problem.
I’ve tried also this:
[code]tor-ctrl -a /var/run/tor/control.authcookie -P 9051 -c “signal newnym”
[/code]
Now I get this error:
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dist/wheezy/contrib/binary-i386/Packages Bad header line
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dist/wheezy/non-free/binary-i386/Packages Bad header line
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dist/wheezy/contrib/i18n/Translation-en Bad header line
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dist/wheezy/non-free/i18n/Translation-en Bad header line
@Patrick
I’m wondering why whonixcheck would be looking at /dist/ if debian has it named /dists/. Try it. Copy and paste it in your browser.
Patrick
December 11, 2014, 6:22pm
#6
[quote=“JasonJAyalaP, post:5, topic:745”]@Patrick
I’m wondering why whonixcheck would be looking at /dist/ if debian has it named /dists/. Try it. Copy and paste it in your browser.[/quote]
whonixcheck doesn’t do anything related to /dist /dists/. It just runs apt-get and parses its output. Code:
https://github.com/Whonix/whonixcheck/blob/Whonix9/usr/lib/whonixcheck/check_operating_system
still same problems here, anyway with apt-get upgrade I managed to keep updated some packages anyway.
Do you think that completely destroy/erase this gateway and installing a new one can solve this?
Anyone have the same problem here? I’m running the gateway with virtualbox installed on a linux distro, debian based… maybe this can help you to understand the reason of this error
Patrick
December 13, 2014, 5:40pm
#8
I am not recalling anyone having posted this until here.
If it’s a gateway, getting a new one would be simplest. (No need to eventually backup data from a workstation in comparison.)
Otherwise you might be able to fix this by going through the usual apt troubleshooting instructions. (As per Whonix ™ - Anonymous Operating System )