Exact same error I was never to get around. I ended up moving a copy of the repository locally so I don't have to go through a proxy. Just another data point for you. Matt Millard > -----Original Message----- > thanks. i forgot... i did try that one too. i just retried > with your proxy setting and got this error... > > Gathering package information from servers > Getting headers from: Red Hat Linux 7.3 base > Error getting file > http://mirror.dulug.duke.edu/pub/yum-repository/redhat/7.3/i3 > > 86/headers/header.info > [Errno 4] IOError: [Errno socket error] nonnumeric port >