when trying to merge games-fps/doom3-demo-1.1.1282, I am unable to download the file: emerge doom3-demo Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) games-fps/doom3-demo-1.1.1282 to / >>> Downloading ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/doom3/linux/doom3-linux-1.1.1282-demo.x86.run --09:37:30-- ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/doom3/linux/doom3-linux-1.1.1282-demo.x86.run => `/usr/portage/distfiles/doom3-linux-1.1.1282-demo.x86.run' Connecting to 127.0.0.1:3128... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 503 Service Unavailable 09:37:31 ERROR 503: Service Unavailable. !!! Couldn't download doom3-linux-1.1.1282-demo.x86.run. Aborting. Visiting this URL with other software (without proxy) gives me 503's and "login rejected". It only tried this one url, isn't it on the mirrors? Portage 2.0.51_rc6 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.4.1, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r0, 2.6.7-grsec i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7-grsec i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 1800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 distcc 2.17 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 Headers: sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.22 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fstack-protector -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe -mmmx -msse -m3dnow -mfpmath=sse,387" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/share/config:/usr/kde/3.3/env:/usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fstack-protector -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe -mmmx -msse -m3dnow -mfpmath=sse,387" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg ccache distlocks notitles sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo ftp://gentoo.netnitco.net/pub/mirrors/gentoo/source/ http://gentoo.blueyonder.co.uk ftp://mirror.iawnet.sandia.gov/pub/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr chroot crypt dv dvd dvdr encode f77 foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png pwdb python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype x86 xml2 xmms xprint xv zlib"
Of course, I try again immediately after submitting, and it's working. Closing.