On 6/22/05, gary <gman1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > An imporatant BUG has appeared in yum version 2.3.2 that did not appear in > previous versions.... Yum is unusable to a huge number of people.... This > error appears constantly when trying to do an update: > > [Errno 4] Socket Error: timed out > > a fedoraforum member found that if he places the following line in his > yum.conf it goes away: > > proxy=http://192.168.0.1:87 > > We are sure it is a yum problem, because all our other internet programs, and > browsers work just fine without this time out/socket error.... And all > previous version of yum worked just fine.... This BUG has just been written > in the new version.... > Maybe you have seen this thread in the list archives: https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum/2005-June/thread.html#6827 And maybe you have seen this message: https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum/2005-June/006827.html Can you test if removing the proxy and changing to a different mirror helps your problem? > Thank You, > gary > Thank you, Greg > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum >
