YUM Could not update.

foxy188 · 09-13-2011, 12:12 AM

Hi All,

Recently, I am encountering some difficult in Yum Updates. So far, I am trying to update and it kept giving me a lot of timeout:<urlopen error timed out.>

I am behind a fortinet 60 firewall but it has open port 3128 specifically for yum updates.

Sorry everyone, being a newbie, I figure I should post the whole situation rather than painting a vague picture. Apologize for this long post but any help would be great if I could get yum to work.

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----Have tried----

Code:

[root@www ~]# yum clean all
yum clean metadata 
yum clean dbcache
yum makecache <- Filled with urlopen error timed out>
yum update <- Filled with urlopen error timed out>

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--- When yum makecache ----

Code:

[root@www ~]# yum makecache
base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00     
http://ftp.dgn.net.tr/linux/centos/5...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://centos.telecoms.bg/5.6/os/i38...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://centos.fastbull.org/centos/5....rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================|    0 B    00:29     
ftp://ftp.eutelia.it/CentOS/5.6/os/i...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] Socket Error: timed out
Trying other mirror.
http://mi.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/Cen...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://centos.skknet.net/5.6/os/i386...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp.linux.org.tr/centos/5.6/o...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp.otenet.gr/linux/centos/5....rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error >
Trying other mirror.
http://repo.boun.edu.tr/centos/5.6/o...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.vit.com.tr/mirror/Cent...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/centos/...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (101, 'Network is unreachable')>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp.itu.edu.tr/Mirror/CentOS/...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (101, 'Network is unreachable')>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/CentOS/5.6/os/i...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/centos...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')>
Trying other mirror.
http://centos.syn.co.il/5.6/os/i386/...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')>
Trying other mirror.
http://centos.crazynetwork.it/5.6/os...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirrors.prometeus.net/centos/...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')>
Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: repodata/primary.xml.gz from base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

---- When yum update -----

Code:

[root@www ~]# yum update
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================|    0 B    00:29     
ftp://ftp.eutelia.it/CentOS/5.6/os/i...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] Socket Error: timed out
Trying other mirror.
http://centos.syn.co.il/5.6/os/i386/...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://centos.telecoms.bg/5.6/os/i38...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/centos...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp.linux.org.tr/centos/5.6/o...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp.dgn.net.tr/linux/centos/5...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://mi.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/Cen...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error >
Trying other mirror.
http://centos.crazynetwork.it/5.6/os...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/CentOS/5.6/os/i...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/centos/...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (101, 'Network is unreachable')>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp.itu.edu.tr/Mirror/CentOS/...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (101, 'Network is unreachable')>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.vit.com.tr/mirror/Cent...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')>
Trying other mirror.
http://repo.boun.edu.tr/centos/5.6/o...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirrors.prometeus.net/centos/...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')>
Trying other mirror.
http://centos.fastbull.org/centos/5....rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp.otenet.gr/linux/centos/5....rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')>
Trying other mirror.
http://centos.skknet.net/5.6/os/i386...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')>
Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: repodata/primary.xml.gz from base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

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---yum.conf---

Code:

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=0
plugins=1

# Note: yum-RHN-plugin doesn't honor this.
metadata_expire=1h

# Default.
# installonly_limit = 3

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d

--------------------------
---rpmforge.repo content ----

Code:

# Name: RPMforge RPM Repository for Red Hat Enterprise 5 - dag
# URL: http://rpmforge.net/
[rpmforge]
name = Red Hat Enterprise $releasever - RPMforge.net - dag
#baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$basearch/dag
mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge
#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge
enabled = 0
protect = 0
gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag
gpgcheck = 1

foxy188 · 09-13-2011, 12:39 AM

Oh.. I forgot to let you know whats in /etc/yum.repos.d directory.

--- Centos-Media.repo ---
# CentOS-Media.repo
#
# This repo is used to mount the default locations for a CDROM / DVD on
# CentOS-5. You can use this repo and yum to install items directly off the
# DVD ISO that we release.
#
# To use this repo, put in your DVD and use it with the other repos too:
# yum --enablerepo=c5-media [command]
#
# or for ONLY the media repo, do this:
#
# yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=c5-media [command]

[c5-media]
name=CentOS-5 - Media
baseurl=file:///media/CentOS/
file:///media/cdrom/
file:///media/cdrecorder/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

---Centos-Base.repo ---
# CentOS-Base.repo
#
# This file uses a new mirrorlist system developed by Lance Davis for CentOS.
# The mirror system uses the connecting IP address of the client and the
# update status of each mirror to pick mirrors that are updated to and
# geographically close to the client. You should use this for CentOS updates
# unless you are manually picking other mirrors.
#
# If the mirrorlist= does not work for you, as a fall back you can try the
# remarked out baseurl= line instead.
#
#

[base]
name=CentOS-5 - Base
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=i386&repo=os
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#released updates
[updates]
name=CentOS-5 - Updates
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=i386&repo=updates
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/updates/i386/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#packages used/produced in the build but not released
[addons]
name=CentOS-5 - Addons
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=i386&repo=addons
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/addons/i386/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#additional packages that may be useful
[extras]
name=CentOS-5 - Extras
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=i386&repo=extras
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/extras/i386/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages
[centosplus]
name=CentOS-5 - Plus
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=i386&repo=centosplus
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/centosplus/i386/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

--- mirrors-rpmforge ---
http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://archive.cs.uu.nl/mirror/dag.wieers/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://ftp2.lcpe.uni-sofia.bg/freshrpms/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
#http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://rh-mirror.linux.iastate.edu/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://rpmfind.net/linux/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag

Thank you so much for your ideas and time in advance. It has been a head scratcher for me..

rhoekstra · 09-13-2011, 02:37 AM

If you use a proxy at port 3128 (3128 is typically the port for a proxy server), you need to configure yum to use it. If you fortinet is just a firewall, it should have port 80 opened, not 3128, as the yum servers are approached through the regular http port (80).

foxy188 · 09-13-2011, 02:58 AM

Hi rhoekstra,

Its just a firewall. I have checked and port 80 is opened. Is a very funny thing i have here. Been figuring it out but no avail

rhoekstra · 09-13-2011, 07:15 AM

If you would try to do a 'wget http://centos.syn.co.il/5.6/os/i386/...primary.xml.gz' on that machine, does that work?
if not, does 'host centos.syn.co.il' work?

John VV · 09-13-2011, 07:57 PM

also you have the install dvd ( the media) turned on
turn it off
that will stop one of the errors you get

Quote:

[c5-media]
name=CentOS-5 - Media
baseurl=file:///media/CentOS/
file:///media/cdrom/
file:///media/cdrecorder/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1

set that enabled to 0 zero

also the best way to find out what reop is on or of or installed or not installed is with " yum "

Code:

su -
yum repolist all

see

Code:

yum --help
man yum

foxy188 · 09-13-2011, 10:56 PM

Hi rhoekstra,

I tried as you recommended. It doesnt work. It just says Error 404.

[root@www ~]# wget http://centos.syn.co.il/5.6/os/i386/...primary.xml.gz
--11:23:28-- http://centos.syn.co.il/5.6/os/i386/...primary.xml.gz
Resolving centos.syn.co.il... 81.218.219.1
Connecting to centos.syn.co.il|81.218.219.1|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
11:23:32 ERROR 404: Not Found.

foxy188 · 09-13-2011, 11:01 PM

Hi John VV,

Thank you for your advice on the Media. I have disable it. Enclosed repolist.

[root@www ~]# yum repolist all
repo id repo name status
addons CentOS-5 - Addons enabled
base CentOS-5 - Base enabled
c5-media CentOS-5 - Media disabled
centosplus CentOS-5 - Plus enabled
extras CentOS-5 - Extras enabled
rpmforge Red Hat Enterprise 5 - RPMforge.net - da enabled
updates CentOS-5 - Updates enabled

foxy188 · 09-14-2011, 02:14 AM

Coming from a Newbie, I stand corrected [if any mistakes I say]..

I check on the mirrors-rpmforge located in /etc/yum.repos.d.

The mirror list inside there is so old. Check everyone of the link and error crops up.

http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://archive.cs.uu.nl/mirror/dag.wieers/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://ftp2.lcpe.uni-sofia.bg/freshrpms/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
#http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://rh-mirror.linux.iastate.edu/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://rpmfind.net/linux/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag

Are there any new list which I should try for Centos 5.2?

John VV · 09-14-2011, 03:00 AM

centos 5.2 is unsupported Cent only supports the current minor version
CentOS 4.9 , 5.6 and 6.0 ( soon to be 5.7 and 6.1)
have you read the wiki
if you are behind a router firewall you need to configure yum to use it
and or open ports
http://wiki.centos.org/
also the red hat documentation
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/...erprise_Linux/
and the fedora wiki
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Project_Wiki

keep in mind that like RHEL cent and scientific linux are not designed for the desktop .
they can work but it is NOT the best OS for that use

you need to run an update to get to 5.6 ( best bet is a new install cd ( the first 2 or of the 5 should do )

foxy188 · 09-14-2011, 04:02 AM

Hi John,

Thanks for the prompt reply

Just out of curiosity, If I were to upgrade using the disc, will it be a clean install or just an upgrade patch?

I start to shiver when I always hear upgrades..

John VV · 09-14-2011, 01:56 PM

the redhat minor upgrades almost always work flawlessly 5.5 to 5.6 BUT going from 5.2 to 5.6 ?
" yum upgrade "

should do it but ?

Or you could use the 5.6 install dvd to " upgrade an existing install"

seeing as i take it firefox passes through the router but "wget" and "yum" do not
it is looking like ports are closed