2006/4/4, Vincent von Kaenel <yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On my system, I found a temporary fix for this issue. First, I updated to > FC5 and still had exacly the same issue with yum: I alway get Error: > failure: repodata/repomd.xml from base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try > > The wget experiment (see below) gave the same results as it did with FC4. > So it does not seem to be fixed by moving to FC5 or it is not exclusively > an issue with FC4. > > Now the fix is hard coding the baseurl server IP address in the yum.conf > file: > > baseurl=http://209.132.176.220/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/ > #baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/ > > This has allowed me to update my files using yum.... > > The wget experiment gives now (FC5): > > [root@bularung ~]# wget http://209.132.176.220/pub/ > --15:15:54-- http://209.132.176.220/pub/ > => `index.html' > Connecting to 209.132.176.220:80... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: unspecified [text/html] > > [ <=> > ] 6,752 --.--K/s > > 15:15:55 (67.84 KB/s) - `index.html' saved [6752] > > [root@bularung ~]# wget http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub > --15:16:09-- http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub > => `pub' > Resolving download.fedora.redhat.com... failed: No such file or directory. > > This seems to pint at some DNS issues but if I do: > #nslookup download.fedora.redhat.com > Server: 192.168.1.2 > Address: 192.168.1.2#53 > > Non-authoritative answer: > Name: download.fedora.redhat.com > Address: 66.187.224.20 > Name: download.fedora.redhat.com > Address: 209.132.176.20 > Name: download.fedora.redhat.com > Address: 209.132.176.220 > Name: download.fedora.redhat.com > Address: 209.132.176.221 > > I got the IP... > > Hope that would help. > > Vincent > > On Mon, 27 Mar 2006, Vincent von Kaenel wrote: > > >Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:53:48 -0800 (PST) > >From: Vincent von Kaenel <yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [Yum] Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from base: [Errno 256] No > > more mirrors to try. (fwd) > > > > I have a FC4 linux box and used yum regularely until approximately a month > > ago. I have similar issue than Siddharth Seth. When I run yum update I get: > > > > Yum Version: 2.4.1 > > COMMAND: yum > > Installroot: / > > Setting up Update Process > > Setting up repositories > > Baseurl(s) for repo: ['http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/4/i386/os/'] > > Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: base > > failure: repodata/repomd.xml from base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. > > Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to > > try. > > > > > > I also tried the wget proposition made earlier by one member: > > > > [root@bularung etc]# wget --inet4-only > > http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/4/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml > > --10:03:05-- > > http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/4/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml > > => `repomd.xml.2' > > Resolving mirrors.kernel.org... 204.152.191.7, 204.152.191.39 > > Connecting to mirrors.kernel.org|204.152.191.7|:80... connected. > > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > > Length: 1,140 (1.1K) [text/xml] > > > > 100%[==================================================================================================================>] > > 1,140 --.--K/s > > > > 10:03:06 (238.54 KB/s) - `repomd.xml.2' saved [1140/1140] > > > > [root@bularung etc]# wget --inet6-only > > http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/4/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml > > --10:03:13-- > > http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/4/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml > > => `repomd.xml.3' > > Resolving mirrors.kernel.org... failed: Name or service not known. > > > > > > So it works for inet4 but not 6... > > > > I'm looking for some help to fix this issue or a pointer to someone who has > > fixed it already. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Vincent von Kaenel > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > the solution is to have the correct nsswitch.conf file in /etc. Have a look to other threads posted yesterday -- Antonio Montagnani Skype : antoniomontag
