Jim Perrin writes: > On 1/9/06, John Fox <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> Sorry for the duplicate message as I left out info in the error >> message. >> Having Problem with yum update command. Yum ver 2.0.5 operating >> system RH9. When issuing yum update command it returns an error >> "[Errno 7] HTTP Error (Cannot send request)". I have APF >> firewall >> which I stopped and tried again with result the same error >> message. I cannot use "wget" as it gives a similiar message. All >> help would be appreciated. > > If wget fails also, it's not really a yum problem so much as a > connection problem. In addition to your firewall, are you using a > proxy of any sort, or is there some other reason that port 80 might be > blocked? > > -- > Jim Perrin > System Architect - UIT > Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum Hi, I thought that it may be a port 80 problem, I have installed a Control Panel that uses port 8000 could that be a conflict where the server maybe reading it as 80? Many thanks for your help....
