Can't get updates

[Anne Wilson]

I'm having great problem after upgrading F9 to F10 (using an install dvd).  I 
get huge numbers of updates downloaded, but then it fails.  The problem 
appears to be related to my updates repo.  I've tried it with both baseurl and 
mirrors, without success.  Errors I've seen include

Could not retrieve mirrorlist 
http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-
f10&arch=i386 error was
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: updates

Trying other mirror.
http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/10/i386/xsane-
gimp-0.996-3.fc10.i386.rpm: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or 
service not known')>
Trying other mirror.

My updates repo says:

[updates]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$base...
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-
f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[updates-debuginfo]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates - Debug
failovermethod=priority
baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$base...
#mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-
debug-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[updates-source]
name=Fedora $releasever - Updates Source
failovermethod=priority
baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/SRPMS...
#mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-
source-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

Can someone point me to the problem and solution?  Thanks

Anne

[François Patte]

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Anne Wilson a écrit :
> I'm having great problem after upgrading F9 to F10 (using an install dvd).  I 
> get huge numbers of updates downloaded, but then it fails.

Did you, before all update yum:

yum update yum

Then, after,

yum update

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Université Paris Descartes
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http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
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[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 27 May 2009 15:09:03 François Patte wrote:
> Anne Wilson a écrit :
> > I'm having great problem after upgrading F9 to F10 (using an install
> > dvd).  I get huge numbers of updates downloaded, but then it fails.
>
> Did you, before all update yum:
>
> yum update yum

I forgot that - but I can't:

Downloading Packages:
http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/10/i386/y...: 
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
Trying other mirror.

Error Downloading Packages:
  yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch: failure: yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch.rpm from 
updates-testing: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

Anne

[Frank Murphy]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 May 2009 15:09:03 François Patte wrote:
> > Anne Wilson a écrit :
> > > I'm having great problem after upgrading F9 to F10 (using an install
> > > dvd).  I get huge numbers of updates downloaded, but then it fails.
> >
> > Did you, before all update yum:
> >
> > yum update yum
>
> I forgot that - but I can't:
>
> Downloading Packages:
> http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/10/i386/y...: 
> [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
> Trying other mirror.
>
> Error Downloading Packages:
>   yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch: failure: yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch.rpm from 
> updates-testing: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

download the rpm and do yum localinstall or rpm -Uvh

Frank

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 27 May 2009 15:43:49 Frank Murphy (Frankly3d) wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Wednesday 27 May 2009 15:09:03 François Patte wrote:
> > > Anne Wilson a écrit :
> > > > I'm having great problem after upgrading F9 to F10 (using an install
> > > > dvd).  I get huge numbers of updates downloaded, but then it fails.
> > >
> > > Did you, before all update yum:
> > >
> > > yum update yum
> >
> > I forgot that - but I can't:
> >
> > Downloading Packages:
> > http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/10/i38
> > 6/yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch.rpm: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2,
> > 'Name or service not known')> Trying other mirror.
> >
> > Error Downloading Packages:
> >   yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch: failure: yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch.rpm from
> > updates-testing: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
>
> download the rpm and do yum localinstall or rpm -Uvh

wget: unable to resolve host address `download.fedoraproject.org' - strange!

Anne

[Giuseppe Fuggiano]

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Anne Wilson wrote:
> wget: unable to resolve host address `download.fedoraproject.org' - strange!

To reach that mirror you have to assure that:

1. You can resolve hostnames
    Look in /etc/resolv.conf for a valid nameserver;

2. You should verify you can open a http connection
    Try to use netcat:  nc -v 209.132.176.120 80, if you get
"Connection to 209.85.171.100 80 port [tcp/http] succeeded!" so you are
able to connect to the internet.

That error message says it cannot resolve host
download.fedoraproject.org.  Try to resolve for it, using
209.132.176.120 instead.  Otherwise add "nameserver 208.67.222.222" line
at the beginning of /etc/resolv.conf file.

Hope this will help.

Cheers,
  Giuseppe
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[Anne Wilson]

On Thursday 28 May 2009 21:16:32 Giuseppe Fuggiano wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > wget: unable to resolve host address `download.fedoraproject.org' -
> > strange!
>
> To reach that mirror you have to assure that:
>
> You can resolve hostnames
> Look in /etc/resolv.conf for a valid nameserver;
>
> You should verify you can open a http connection
> Try to use netcat:  nc -v 209.132.176.120 80, if you get
>
> "Connection to 209.85.171.100 80 port [tcp/http] succeeded!" so you are
> able to connect to the internet.
>
> That error message says it cannot resolve host
> download.fedoraproject.org.  Try to resolve for it, using
> 209.132.176.120 instead.  Otherwise add "nameserver 208.67.222.222" line
> at the beginning of /etc/resolv.conf file.
>
> Hope this will help.

Thanks for trying to help.  I can reach the Internet on other sites.  I can 
use konqueror to reach a mirror site and download packages manually.

This box has been upgraded rather than a clean install.  I suspect that 
$releasever is not being correctly passed, but I don't know how to test that 
theory, nor how to correct it if I'm right.

Anne

[Giuseppe Fuggiano]

2009/5/28 Anne Wilson :
> Thanks for trying to help.  I can reach the Internet on other sites.  I can
> use konqueror to reach a mirror site and download packages manually.
>
> This box has been upgraded rather than a clean install.  I suspect that
> $releasever is not being correctly passed, but I don't know how to test that
> theory, nor how to correct it if I'm right.

I don't think wget is actually using $releasever.
Can you wget something else? :-)

[Giuseppe Fuggiano]

2009/5/27 Anne Wilson :
> wget: unable to resolve host address `download.fedoraproject.org' - strange!

Also, are you behind a firewall?  Are you behind a proxy?

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 27 May 2009 15:43:49 Frank Murphy (Frankly3d) wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Wednesday 27 May 2009 15:09:03 François Patte wrote:
> > > Anne Wilson a écrit :
> > > > I'm having great problem after upgrading F9 to F10 (using an install
> > > > dvd).  I get huge numbers of updates downloaded, but then it fails.
> > >
> > > Did you, before all update yum:
> > >
> > > yum update yum
> >
> > I forgot that - but I can't:
> >
> > Downloading Packages:
> > http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/10/i38
> > 6/yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch.rpm: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2,
> > 'Name or service not known')> Trying other mirror.
> >
> > Error Downloading Packages:
> >   yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch: failure: yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch.rpm from
> > updates-testing: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
>
> download the rpm and do yum localinstall or rpm -Uvh

Off-list I was told to try http://mirrors.reflected.net/fedora/linux/ -

The server mirrors.reflected.net refused to allow this computer to make a 
connection

This has to be something in my configuration.  Any idea what/where?

Anne

[Antonio M]

2009/5/27 Anne Wilson :
> On Wednesday 27 May 2009 15:09:03 François Patte wrote:
> > Anne Wilson a écrit :
> > > I'm having great problem after upgrading F9 to F10 (using an install
> > > dvd).  I get huge numbers of updates downloaded, but then it fails.
> >
> > Did you, before all update yum:
> >
> > yum update yum
>
> I forgot that - but I can't:
>
> Downloading Packages:
> http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/10/i386/y...:
> [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
> Trying other mirror.
>
> Error Downloading Packages:
>  yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch: failure: yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch.rpm from
> updates-testing: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
>
> Anne
>
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Anne,

can you download the yum rpm directly and save on your hard disk???
then by rpm command you should be able to install it...

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 27 May 2009 15:45:45 Antonio M wrote:
> 2009/5/27 Anne Wilson :
> > On Wednesday 27 May 2009 15:09:03 François Patte wrote:
> > > Anne Wilson a écrit :
> > > > I'm having great problem after upgrading F9 to F10 (using an install
> > > > dvd).  I get huge numbers of updates downloaded, but then it fails.
> > >
> > > Did you, before all update yum:
> > >
> > > yum update yum
> >
> > I forgot that - but I can't:
> >
> > Downloading Packages:
> > http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/10/i38
> > 6/yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch.rpm: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2,
> > 'Name or service not known')> Trying other mirror.
> >
> > Error Downloading Packages:
> >  yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch: failure: yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch.rpm from
> > updates-testing: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
> >
> > Anne
> >
> > --
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> > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
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> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
>
> Anne,
>
> can you download the yum rpm directly and save on your hard disk???
> then by rpm command you should be able to install it...

Eventually I got a url for a mirror, found the new yum, downloaded and 
installed it.  I still have the same problem.  By now I'm almost convinced 
that $releasever either isn't set, or is passing a wrong version.  Googling 
seems to add weight to this idea.

How do I find the current value of $releasever?  If it's wrong, is the correct 
command

SET $releasever = 10

?

Anne

[Tosh]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 May 2009 15:09:03 François Patte wrote:
> > Anne Wilson a écrit :
> > > I'm having great problem after upgrading F9 to F10 (using an install
> > > dvd).  I get huge numbers of updates downloaded, but then it fails.
> >
> > Did you, before all update yum:
> >
> > yum update yum
>
> I forgot that - but I can't:
>
> Downloading Packages:
> http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/10/i386/y...:
> [Errno 4] IOError:<urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
> Trying other mirror.
>
> Error Downloading Packages:
>    yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch: failure: yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch.rpm from
> updates-testing: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
>
> Anne

are you sure you are connected to the internet?
try "ping google.com"
otherwise try "yum clean all" and then try to update

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 27 May 2009 15:54:42 Tosh wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Wednesday 27 May 2009 15:09:03 François Patte wrote:
> > > Anne Wilson a écrit :
> > > > I'm having great problem after upgrading F9 to F10 (using an install
> > > > dvd).  I get huge numbers of updates downloaded, but then it fails.
> > >
> > > Did you, before all update yum:
> > >
> > > yum update yum
> >
> > I forgot that - but I can't:
> >
> > Downloading Packages:
> > http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/10/i38
> > 6/yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch.rpm: [Errno 4] IOError:<urlopen error (-2,
> > 'Name or service not known')> Trying other mirror.
> >
> > Error Downloading Packages:
> >    yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch: failure: yum-3.2.23-3.fc10.noarch.rpm from
> > updates-testing: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
> >
> > Anne
>
> are you sure you are connected to the internet?
> try "ping google.com"

Yes - I get replies.
> otherwise try "yum clean all" and then try to update

I did that at the beginning :-(

Anne

[Phil Meyer]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> I'm having great problem after upgrading F9 to F10 (using an install dvd).  I 
> get huge numbers of updates downloaded, but then it fails.  The problem 
> appears to be related to my updates repo.  I've tried it with both baseurl and 
> mirrors, without success.  Errors I've seen include

...

Please check to see if the package, fedora-release, created *.rpmnew 
files in /etc/yum.repos.d

If so, move them over top of the existing ones:

# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# mv fedora.repo.rpmnew fedora.repo
# mv fedora-updates.repo.rpmnew fedora-updates.repo

...

You will recall that during the F9 phase, the Fedora gpg keys were in 
question, and so the repos were rebuilt with a .newkey extension.  I 
believe that is your problem.

The fedora.repo file is generally usable from version to version, with 
this one exception, created by the .newkey business.

To verify the issue before making any changes, look for the string 'new' 
in any of the /etc/repos.d/* files.  If there, they should NOT be for 
F10 and forward.

Good Luck!

[potat0]

> Anne Wilson wrote:
> I'm having great problem after upgrading F9 to F10 (using an install dvd).  I
> get huge numbers of updates downloaded, but then it fails.

Are the downloaded updates still on your system?

/var/cache/yum/updates/packages

Sometimes it helps to use yumex or kyum to do the upgrades in smaller blocks than everything.  Another variation on updates repo.
    [updates] name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates failovermethod=priority mirrorlist=http://presto-mirrors.anmar.eu.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f$releas... enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 30 May 2009 01:15:37 Robert McBroom (TNWestTex) wrote:
> > Anne Wilson wrote:
> > I'm having great problem after upgrading F9 to F10 (using an install
> > dvd).  I get huge numbers of updates downloaded, but then it fails.
>
> Are the downloaded updates still on your system?
>
> /var/cache/yum/updates/packages
>
> Sometimes it helps to use yumex or kyum to do the upgrades in smaller
> blocks than everything.

It was a long hard slog, but yumex managed to get most of the packages 
installed.  The few that were left failed because I couldn't get the key for 
rpmfusion non-free updates.   I even tried running the installer, but it told 
me that it had failed to install the key.  In the end I installed the packages 
with --nogpgcheck - obviously not a good solution.
> Another variation on updates repo. [updates]
> name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates failovermethod=priority
> mirrorlist=http://presto-mirrors.anmar.eu.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-relea
> sed-f$releasever&arch=$basearch enabled=1 gpgcheck=1
> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

I've managed to pull updates from the direct address of one of the mirrors, so 
this isn't urgent.  What's worse is that I still can't get to the normal 
fedora repo.  Can you give me an equivalent version for that?

If I'm right, though, and it's $releasever that isn't being passed, it will 
still fail.   There must be some way to test what it believes $releasever to 
be?  How do you print the contents of  a variable like that?

Anne

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 30 May 2009 13:39:16 Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday 30 May 2009 01:15:37 Robert McBroom (TNWestTex) wrote:
> > > Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > I'm having great problem after upgrading F9 to F10 (using an install
> > > dvd).  I get huge numbers of updates downloaded, but then it fails.
> >
> > Are the downloaded updates still on your system?
> >
> > /var/cache/yum/updates/packages
> >
> > Sometimes it helps to use yumex or kyum to do the upgrades in smaller
> > blocks than everything.
>
> It was a long hard slog, but yumex managed to get most of the packages
> installed.  The few that were left failed because I couldn't get the key
> for rpmfusion non-free updates.   I even tried running the installer, but
> it told me that it had failed to install the key.  In the end I installed
> the packages with --nogpgcheck - obviously not a good solution.
> > Another variation on updates repo. [updates]
> > name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates failovermethod=priority
> > mirrorlist=http://presto-mirrors.anmar.eu.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-rel
> > ea sed-f$releasever&arch=$basearch enabled=1 gpgcheck=1
> > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
>
> I've managed to pull updates from the direct address of one of the mirrors,
> so this isn't urgent.  What's worse is that I still can't get to the normal
> fedora repo.  Can you give me an equivalent version for that?
>
> If I'm right, though, and it's $releasever that isn't being passed, it will
> still fail.   There must be some way to test what it believes $releasever
> to be?  How do you print the contents of  a variable like that?

No longer necessary - after the updates were installed I wanted to check 
something which required a reboot.  After the reboot the fedora repos all 
work!  Something obviously is fixed.  Oh yes, and by the way, my keyboard is 
now fixed as well - all the navigation keys now work.

In fact the only thing left not working is the gpg-key for 
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates.

Anne