On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 15:16 +0200, Alan Robert Clark wrote: > Hi All > > I have been tearing my hair out. yum simply doesn't work: > > > [root@NeedleNardleNoo ~]# yum update > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > Running "config" handler for "installonlyn" plugin > Yum Version: 3.0.1 > COMMAND: yum > Installroot: / > Setting up Update Process > Setting up repositories > Could not retrieve mirrorlist > http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-fc6&arch=i386 > error was > [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')> > > Scanning through the yum archives, there are hint of DNS's and liburl > problems, Its a FC6 out the box. Using Wireshark, the above command does > not even generate a DNS lookup, either on my local LAN (home) or my > GPRS+ link to the outside world (ppp0). > > In final desperation (I have all things pointy-clicky) I downloaded > yumex. IT WORKED! with my exact yum setup. Added repo's, everything > marvellous. Audacity,kino,wine,pcb all became friends again. But yum > still gives the above! > > I guess its no longer critical, but I am a terminal guy... Any solutions? > > (Yes, I did uninstall and re-install yum, and rpm -V) > New Year's greetings from Sunny South Africa. 1. is there a proxy involved in this setup? 2. if you're sitting at a prompt can you run: /usr/bin/urlgrabber \ http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-fc6&arch=i386 -sv _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
