fedora 7 yum squid error

sumesh.pt · 12-02-2007, 08:16 AM

I had fedora 6 installed in a 64 bit machine. I upgraded that to fedora 7 recently. since then yum is not working. I connect to internet via proxy. I can accesss other services. but yum gives the error. for eg:

Code:

[root@onsager ~]# yum -y update
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Update Process
http://opensource.nchc.org.tw/fedora...ry.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirrors.cytanet.com.cy/linux/...ry.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp.ncnu.edu.tw/Linux/Fedora/...ry.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.yandex.ru/fedora/linux...ry.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 403: Server: squid/2.5.STABLE4
Mime-Version: 1.0
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:20:20 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 1205
Expires: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:20:20 GMT
X-Squid-Error: ERR_ACCESS_DENIED 0
X-Cache: MISS from jncproxy.jncasr.ac.in
Proxy-Connection: close

Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2 from updates: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
[root@onsager ~]#

Can anyone help me? I have no idea whats goin on?

Thanks & Regards,

acid_kewpie · 12-02-2007, 12:12 PM

well squid is telling you where to go... suggests the infrastrcuture you are going through is configured this way. are you able to talk to the admins of jncproxy.jncasr.ac.in?

sumesh.pt · 12-03-2007, 02:40 AM

Thanks for the suggestion. But what you man by this?

Quote:

are you able to talk to the admins of jncproxy.jncasr.ac.in?

Did you mean that whether I can connect to network or something?
Regards,

acid_kewpie · 12-03-2007, 06:42 AM

that squid error is down to a single mirror. is that your proxy where you work or something? if so then i meant you talk to whoever in IT is responsile for the policy on that machine.

at a wider level though, you are generally just getting timeouts. that suggests you either have no local network connection - please verify this. alternatively you are firewalled by your network infrastructure from getting where you want to go.. can you ping those domains? access the web addresses within a browser?

sumesh.pt · 12-03-2007, 09:20 AM

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is that your proxy where you work or something? if so then i meant you talk t0

Yes thats correct. its the proxy i'm using. I wud talk to IT guys.

Quote:

either have no local network connection - please verify this.

i hav a lan connection. i can connect to other computers on the system. i can ping. i can access the web with a browser.

Quote:

you are firewalled by your network infrastructure from getting where you want to go

How do I find out whether I am firewalled?

Thanks a lot,
Sumesh

acid_kewpie · 12-03-2007, 11:23 AM

you ask the people in charge of the network.

sumesh.pt · 12-04-2007, 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

you ask the people in charge of the network.

Apparently they dont seem to be able to help. and I tried myself and messed up everything.
I happened to install an old version of yum 2.0.7. It doesnt work. I want to uninstall it and install the latest. Now I face these problems.

Code:

[root@onsager aditya]# rpm -e yum
error: Failed dependencies:
        yum = 3.2.0-1.fc7 is needed by (installed) yum-updatesd-3.2.0-1.fc7.noarch
        yum >= 2.9.5 is needed by (installed) pirut-1.3.7-1.fc7.noarch
[root@onsager aditya]# sudo rpm -e yum
error: Failed dependencies:
        yum = 3.2.0-1.fc7 is needed by (installed) yum-updatesd-3.2.0-1.fc7.noarch
        yum >= 2.9.5 is needed by (installed) pirut-1.3.7-1.fc7.noarch
[root@onsager aditya]#

I then used rpm -e yum --nodeps. It looks like it removed a lot. Then i downloaded 3.2.8 and tried installing it. but now this is the problem.

Code:

[root@onsager yum]# ls
yum-3.2.7-1.src.rpm
[root@onsager yum]# rpm -ivh yum-3.2.7-1.src.rpm 
warning: yum-3.2.7-1.src.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 69886cc7
error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES
[root@onsager yum]#

what do i do?

Plz share your knowledge
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