Iget this error when i try to add any new packages through Mandriva control Center.


"Unable to add medium, errors reported:

mirror list not found
...retrieving failed:
unable to access the distribution medium (no media.cfg file found)

Medium: Official2010.0- ()"


And since i am a newcomer I don't know any thing about linux Konsole

Method 1. : Please open a terminal window ...
a) su password
b) urpmi.update -a

Method 2. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...4/?highlight#8
.. post # 8.

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Some other useful info ..
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/URPMI_or_rpmdrake
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Tools/urpmi
http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/view/KB/BasicsBrpm3
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/walte...rpm-howto.html
> > urpmq --fuzzy "name"
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MCC uses the Mandriva Software Package Manager to install software packages on your system. The Mandriva Software Package Manager gets those packages from a software repository (aka a Software Media Source) located (by default) on the disk you used to install Mandriva. To be able to install updates, you will have to configure the Package Manager to use a Mandriva ftp mirror on the Internet. Fortunately, this is a fairly easy thing to do.

Step 1

We will start by checking to see if any media sources are already configured:

Open the Mandriva Software Package Manager (Install & Remove Software in the menu system).

Open the Options menu (menu bar - top-left) and select Media Manager.

If any media sources are configured, they should be listed with a check mark in the Enabled column. If any enabled media sources are of the type ftp, you have already configured updates - Go to Step 3. If you have not yet configured updates, continue with Step 2.

Step 2

Open the File menu (menu bar - top-left) and select Add a specific media mirror.

The resulting dialog provides two choices. You can add Update media sources only, or a full set of media sources. The full set of media sources gives you access to all the software packaged for use with Mandriva Linux (far more than can fit on a disk), a good choice if your Internet connection is fast and unlimited (not metered). If your Internet service charges by bandwidth used, you may prefer to choose to add Update sources only.

Step 3

Update your media sources:

Open the File menu (menu bar - top-left) and select Update.

Click the Select All button (bottom - center) to select all configured media sources for update.

Click the Update button (bottom - right) to perform the update.

A Please Wait dialog will open. On my system it displays no information, but secondary dialogs open when a media source is updated. When the Please Wait dialog closes, the update is complete (may take several minutes).

Click the OK button (bottom) to close the Media Manager.

The Package Manager will re-initialize its lists, and you should be able to add software packages now.

Note: A simple way to update media sources:

Open a terminal window

At the command prompt, enter su and press the ENTER key to execute the command.

Enter your root password and press the ENTER key.

Execute the following command: urpmi.update -a to update all configured software media sources.

HTH,

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I got this error when i did step 2 with any of the buttons



"There was an error downloading the mirror list:

retrival of [/var/cache/urpmi/basic.2010.0.i586.list?product=One]failed

The network or Mandriva website may not be unavailable.Please try again later

Make sure you are connected to the internet. Can you surf the web with Firefox?

Also, if the first set of sources is your cdrom, then you must have your cd/dvd that you installed Mandriva with in your cdrom drie. And of course if you want to add the other sources, as ongte stated, you must have an internet connection.

I am replying via same PC,and i have tried it when i was logged in and got the same error

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How about using the command # urpmi.update -a
.. and see what happens.

The command line could be more efficient than the "rpmdrake GUI".

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this is what happens

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Looks OK.

Then try installing a package with 'urpmi' or 'rpmdrake'.

# urpmi <package>

You can also ask / search with urpmq :
# urpmq --fuzzy <name>
.. or part of package name.
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First things first. Here is a possible way to solve your "locale" problem.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...locale-775309/

Secondly I would suggest you flush all your sources, do it command line style. Then go to easyurpmi (internet) and put your version and architecture by hand and get your sources. You get your information by typing "cat /etc/issue" in a konsole. See if that helps.

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Nabeel, I get the same problem, except I tried the Free Dual RC2 of 2010.

My error message was "There was an error downloading the mirror list:

retrival of [/var/cache/urpmi/basic.2010.0.i586.list?product=Free]failed

The network or Mandriva website may not be unavailable.Please try again later"

I tried going konsole and su > pw > urpmi --auto-update but failed, tried graphically (add/remove software via MCC) and only media configured is the CDROM, which is when I get that error...I am going to try some of the above suggestions and I will let you know what I find...

I've been getting the same errors. I am connected now through firefox. I can download some packages but can't download others. Basically anything on the main repository. It won't download or update the $mirrorlist

Could it be IPv6 related? I had a desktop that also refused to connect to the repos. Firefox worked but was very slow. I solved it by disabling IPv6.

How to do it:
Left-click the network icon in the system tray this will open the Network Center, now open Advanced Settings and check Disable IPv6, then click OK and restart the system.

I have had no such problems, But have always disabled ipv6
(few years now, good idea, but not real popular yet).

Sometimes I have found that -updates repos give this error as the repo is written to with new versions of the packages, and is in-accessible during this time (sometimes hours).

The other thing I can think of, (aside from the locale stuff, check glibc ver),
is the downloaders used, like curl, aria2 and wget, among others.

Once you have it working, consider using the Smart Package Manager, why?, because

Smart has some nice gui tools, like check, reinstall, lock version (for specific packages)
and fix, but also install and uninstall.

smart --help
(imitating zsh console colours)

Please post back with your success story, or questions.

Cheers, Glenn