up2date problem - usual solutions don't seem to help
Alex White
prata at kuei-jin.org
Thu Aug 19 21:12:30 UTC 2004
Lets Go Canes wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I've got a brand-spanking-new install of FC2 that I'm trying to run
> up2date on. It goes through the first two urls:
>
> http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/fedora-core-2
> http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/updates-released-fc2
>
> and then sits there for a while, and finally performs what looks like a
> python stack trace, and finally says:
>
> urllib2.URLError: <urlopen open (110, 'Connection timed out')>
>
> I've searched the archives of this list, and found suggestions for
> editing the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources file and trying different
> mirrors. I have now tried 4 different mirrors, and all of them seem to
> behave the same.
>
> Usual questions:
> Behind a firewall? yes
> Configured valid proxy url, user, and password? yes
> Net connection working? yes - mozilla browsing works without trouble
>
> Any suggestions on what to try next?
Firstly, please do not hijack foreign threads. That blows.
Just create a new mail. A true new mail, not a reply and then
erasure, that causes headers to be left behind that thread
your question into another thread.
Secondly, what mirrors did you try?
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