How to Solve ''url open error 111

raguliit · 07-10-2012, 01:53 AM

Hi,
I have been facing this fatal error whenever i update yum or while trying to get access internet from command mode.This troubles me for a long time since i started my work in Linux based project.I put some of examples here.

the Command is:

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[root@localhost ~]# yum check-update

and the OUTPUT is

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Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Could not retrieve mirrorlist [url]http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge[/url] error was
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')>
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: rpmforge

Next YUM make cache Command

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[root@localhost ~]#  yum makecache

OUTPUT is:

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Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge error was
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')>
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: rpmforge

I got the same error.

Hope I will get help and get rid of this soon...!

acid_kewpie · 07-10-2012, 04:52 AM

sounds like a local firewall / routing issue. that link works fine on the web, so there's something between your server and the internet that's killing it. Try curling that url and seeing if that fails in the same way, which is really should. Maybe you need to use a proxy?

raguliit · 07-11-2012, 03:27 AM

Re:acid_kewpie

Can you pls just explain the procedure as steps hence it will be beneficial for me to locate the error part then and there? I am using proxy connection only as we provided. Where can i make the changes?