Script started on Sun 13 Aug 2006 12:57:36 PM EDT debian:~# aptitude dist-upgrade Reading package lists... 0% Reading package lists... 0% Reading package lists... 8% Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... 0% Building dependency tree... 0% Building dependency tree... 46% Building dependency tree... 50% Building dependency tree... 50% Building dependency tree... 71% Building dependency tree... 93% Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information... 0% Reading extended state information... 0% Reading extended state information... 7% Reading extended state information... 18% Reading extended state information... 42% Reading extended state information... 69% Reading extended state information... 95% Reading extended state information Initializing package states... 0% Initializing package states... 26% Initializing package states... 76% Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... 0% Reading task descriptions... 1% Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... 0% Building tag database... 14% Building tag database... 26% Building tag database... 48% Building tag database... 69% Building tag database... 87% Building tag database... Done No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. W: Couldn't stat source package list http://people.debian.org ./ Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7eshane_speakup_kernel_linux-image-2.6.12-1-speakup-686_._Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://people.debian.org ./ Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7eshane_speakup_kernel_linux-image-2.6.12-1-speakup-686_._Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to update the package lists to correct these missing files debian:~# exit Script done on Sun 13 Aug 2006 12:59:29 PM EDT Am I not pointing at the correct url in my /etc/apt/sources.list file? The internet connection was operational when an earlier attempt was done and was operational on this scripted attempt too.