On 03/26/12 11:05 PM, arun kumar wrote: > I have centos 6.0 in my system and i want to update packages, so i tried > the yum commands for checking and installing updates, but my proxy is > objecting and i got the following error > > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > Could not retrieve mirrorlist > http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=i386&repo=os error was > 14: PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 407" > Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base > > i tried with the software update GUI in centos 6.0 but still the same proxy > problem....can any one please suggest how to overcome this problem and > install updates for packages. what is this "proxy"? other than your use of the phrase 'proxy' a couple times, I see no sign of a proxy there. If your internet connection is such that you have to go through an explicit http proxy, have you configured it in /etc/yum.conf as follows? http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/yum/sn-yum-proxy-server.html -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos