MacPorts OS X 10.6.2 install problem

[Ian Roache]

Installed X11 and Xcode Tools on a MacMini in 10.6.2, then tried to install MacPorts !.8.2 using the package installer. Following a "port" command, I was presented with:

Warning: No default port source specified in /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf, using last source as default
Warning: No index(es) found! Have you synced your source indexes?
MacPorts 1.8.2


Thought I could solve this by way of a self update, which returned:

sudo port -dv selfupdate
Password:
Warning: No default port source specified in /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf, using last source as default
Warning: No index(es) found! Have you synced your source indexes?
--->  Updating the ports tree
DEBUG: Synchronizing ports tree(s)
Synchronizing local ports tree from rsync://rsync.opendarwin.org/release/ports/
DEBUG: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzv --delete-after rsync://rsync.opendarwin.org/release/ports/ /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.opendarwin.org/release/ports
rsync: getaddrinfo: rsync.opendarwin.org 873: nodename nor servname provided, or not known
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-37.3/rsync/clientserver.c(105) [receiver=2.6.9]
Error: Synchronization of the local ports tree failed doing rsync
DEBUG: Couldn't sync the ports tree: Synchronization of 1 source(s) failed
    while executing
"macports::selfupdate [array get global_options]"
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Couldn't sync the ports tree: Synchronization of 1 source(s) failed


Being a UNIX noob, my next step is going to be to uninstall MacPorts and start again - unless there's a fix someone could help me with.

TIA

Ian