2006/3/8, siddharth seth <sidharth.seth@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi all > > I continue getting this error with all the repos (livna, freshrpms, dries, > fedora-updates etc.), most of the time. > > Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: <repo-name> > failure: repodata/repomd.xml from <repo-name>: [Errno 256] No more mirrors > to try. > Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from <repo-name>: [Errno 256] No more > mirrors to try. > > I am using FC4 (i386) and yum version 2.4.1 > > I have tried googling on this but couldnt get a solution any where. > > I am not using any proxy and connect directly to internet and have disabled > iptables and SElinux. I use an external router (DLink DSL 502 T), which is > not blocking any ports. > > The base URLs given in the repo files are correct and I can open them up in > firefox. All URLs invariably have repodata folder with a repomd.xml file > which is accesible and downloadable via firefox. Having said that why doesnt > yum open/read this file. Sadly its the same story for all the repos most of > the time. Sometimes I am able to do check-update but then cannot update > ... yum goes into suspension while downloading the headers for selected > packages. > > I have also set up high time out times (90sec instead of 30 sec) and have > also set "keep alive" option in yum.conf to accomodate any slowness in the > internet connection. Still no sucess. > > Help needed urgently. > > Thanks beforehands. > > -- > Siddharth Seth > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > > > Have a look to your nsswitch.conf file. I guess that you cannot get same file also by wget...please confirm. There is a thread some days ago here and I solved same problem!!! Please report -- Antonio Montagnani Skype : antoniomontag
