On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 05:46:30AM -0800, sunset wrote: > Could someone give some examples of correct proxy format in the yum.conf and > / or .repo files ? > > I've tried: (on FC5 that can connect to a wingate on winxp proxy). > proxy=192.168.2.2 > proxy=192.168.2.2:80 > proxy=http://192.168.2.2 > proxy=http://192.168.2.2/ > proxy=http://192.168.2.2:80 > proxy=http://192.168.2.2:80/ These last two should work (and maybe the last four... not sure about that). > but though the internal proxy is working for web pages, yum always responds > with: > Setting up repositories: > Core > sits there for 30secs and then > Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core > Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core. I don't remember for sure about the error messages but this may be a problem with your baseurl, not your proxy. Can you post the .repo file (or yum.conf if it's not in a .repo)? > The wingate proxy logs all pages requested as well as active connections, > but never sees an attempt from the machine in question. I can install / > packet trace with ethereal or maybe I'm just doing something wrong ? An ethereal trace would confirm/deny what I'm saying. I suspect yum is barfing on the url before it even tries it. -Michael -- Michael D. Stenner mstenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ECE Department and Optical Sciences Center 520-626-1619 University of Arizona ECE 524G
