On 12/07/2015 11:50 PM, Wes James wrote: > >> On Dec 7, 2015, at 10:02 PM, Jake Shipton <jakems@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Wes James wrote: >>> >>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 8:37 PM, Wes James <comptekki@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 8:23 PM, Wes James <comptekki@xxxxxx <mailto:comptekki@xxxxxx>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 8:03 PM, Wes James <comptekki@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> <snip> >>>>> >>>>>> I finally just did yum update on this box (actually 6.3) and now it is 6.7. During the update it created a CentOS-Base.repo.rpmnew file. I renamed my current one and this one to just .repo and now I again get: >>>>>> >>>>>> ---- >>>>>> >>>>>> yum update >>>>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto >>>>>> Setting up Update Process >>>>>> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile >>>>>> Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock><http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock>> error was >>>>>> 12: Timeout on http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock: <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock:><http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock: <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock:>> (28, 'connect() timed out!') >>>>>> Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base >>>>>> >>>>>> —— >>>>>> >>>>>> I thought updating to 6.7 might fix something, but it didn’t help. Any ideas why it is doing this? >>>>>> >>>>>> If I go to: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock> <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock>> <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock> <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> in a browser, it shows a list of repos. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I just noticed on a stock install of 6.7 (from 6.4 doing a test), doing yum update shows this: >>>>> >>>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security >>>>> >>>>> But on the box I just updated it shows: >>>>> >>>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto >>>>> >>>>> So maybe the presto plugin is causing the problem. Anyone else using presto plugin?? >>>>> >>>>> -wes >>>> >>>> >>>> That wasn’t it. I disabled presto then both with (and got the following error): >>>> >>>> yum update --disableplugin=presto,fast* >>>> Setting up Update Process >>>> Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock> error was >>>> 12: Timeout on http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock: <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock:> (28, 'connect() timed out!') >>>> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: base. Please verify its path and try again >>>> >>>> >>>> — >>>> >>>> >>>> Not sure what to try next. Other than my previous fix of not using a mirror list, but a known local repo that works fine for updates. >>>> >>>> -wes >>> >>> Poking around I found: >>> >>> /etc/yum/pluginconf.d and now I see where presto comes from. I noticed in the fastmirror.conf there is a line >>> >>> hostfile-timedhosts.txt >>> >>> On my test box it has several lines of hosts with a number. >>> >>> On the box I’m have yum update issues, it is blank. ?? >>> >>> -wes >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> >> Hi, >> >> I wasn't sure if I should reply to you as you seem to be doing a pretty >> good job of helping your self here :-D. >> >> But jokes aside, can you do a couple of checks? >> >> Firstly, let's make sure this machine actually has a network connection >> I've actually seen people spend hours trying to fix issues like yours >> only to find they had no outside network connection.. >> >> $ ping 8.8.8.8 >> >> Do you get a ping response? If not, check network settings. If you do, >> move on.. >> >> $ ping google.com >> >> Does the domain resolve correctly? If not, check DNS settings. If you >> do, move on.. >> >> Assuming both of those have worked, can you do the following: >> >> $ mkdir temporary >> $ cd temporary >> $ wget >> "http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock"; >> >> (Don't miss those quotes on the url, they are needed to ensure the &'s >> do not confuse BASH/ZSH) >> >> >> Now, what happened? Did it connect and download correctly? If so do the >> following: >> >> $ cat index.html\?release=6\&arch=x86_64\&repo=os\&infra=stock >> >> You should basically get the mirror list: >> >> http://mirrors.coreix.net/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/ >> http://centos.serverspace.co.uk/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/ >> http://mirrors.melbourne.co.uk/sites/ftp.centos.org/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/ >> http://mirrors.vooservers.com/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/ >> http://mirror.mhd.uk.as44574.net/mirror.centos.org/6.7/os/x86_64/ >> http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/mirror.centos.org/6.7/os/x86_64/ >> http://mirrors.clouvider.net/CentOS/6.7/os/x86_64/ >> http://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/ftp.centos.org/6.7/os/x86_64/ >> http://mirror.cov.ukservers.com/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/ >> http://mirror.as29550.net/mirror.centos.org/6.7/os/x86_64/ >> >> With all of the above checks did you get expecting results including >> domain resolution, ping response and the mirror list contents? >> >> Kind Regards, >> Jake Shipton (JakeMS) >> Twitter: @CrazyLinuxNerd >> GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F >> GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F >> _______________________________________________ > > Yes dns works. If I change this file > > /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo > > to this: > > [base] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Base > #mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os&infra=$infra > baseurl=http://some.mirror.in.my.state/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6 <file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6> > > it works to do updates (and the other baseurl lines in that file). It fails with the mirror list option. > > I have a centos 6.2 box here that is working just fine with updates and it looks very similar to this 6.7 box - updated from 6.3). I even tried going from static IP to dhcp assigned IP but no go. > > I just check /var/log/yum.log, but that doesn’t show any errors, just successful updates. > > -wes What about the other thing he asked you to do: wget "http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock"; Or even: nslookup mirrorlist.centos.org This sounds like you can not connect to the mirrorlist server or maybe you have a local dns name or an /etc/hosts entry that points to the wrong place.
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