Thanks for responding, BanditRider.

I have now tried reflashing. Previously I used apt-get after enabling red-pill mode, same problem. Now, after reflashing, I haven't yet got dropbear downloaded so I can gain root access safely (that repository was unreachable as well). Still no luck.

Also, when accessing links in test.maemo.org with an .install extension, those links have trouble reaching repository.maemo.org as well. Most time out. I haven't been able to install a single app via test.maemo.org that comes from repository.maemo.org either.

My workaround has been to go to the /pool directories and download files, transfer them over to the 770 and install from there. As soon as I can get dropbear installed and have root again I'll try apt-get another time. I do note that the changes made when managing the application catalog seem to consist of commenting and uncommenting lines in sources.list, so I'm not positive the problem would be in application manager, especially given the slow or non-response of repository.maemo.org. Many other repositories work fine, including maemo-hacker.org.

Thanks again for the concern.
burque