[K12OSN] 5.0 EL repos dead/outdated?

Thu Aug 14 12:26:04 UTC 2008

I'll just second this as a very possible cause. The quick fix is just
to add proxy=httpd:your.proxy.server:proxy_port to the yum.conf file
which will let yum and yumex work. The http_proxy option is required
for wget to work correctly which is what the add additional software
scripts use.

Sincerely,
Dave Hopkins

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Rob Owens
<rob.owens at biochemfluidics.com> wrote:
> Does your school use a proxy server to get to the internet?  You may have to
> tell yum to use the proxy server:
>
> http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/linux_system_administration/managing_software_with_yum_guide/sn-yum-proxy-server.html
>
> -Rob
>
>
> Vi Thai wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, Tim.  Each of my .repo files have "enabled=1".  Just to see if
>> it would update from another site I brought my server home.  It's
>> currently downloading the updates.  I did nothing different with the
>> update process, just opened up the terminal and typed in "yum update"
>> and started downloading the headers and is installing without a hitch.
>>  The only difference is the site.  I was at school with it gave me an
>> error that there were no mirrors to try and at home it's downloading
>> the updates just fine.  Our school connects to a school and library
>> network that has a firewall.  If anyone knows which firewall port
>> should be turned off so that I can call and have them temporarily
>> allow the port to be opened, I won't have to drag the other three
>> k12ltsp servers home! :)
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Vi
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Tim Born <k12osn at deltacfax.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Vi -
>>>
>>> RPM repositories can be ftp or http (for the most part).  If you have a
>>> look
>>> at /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo you will see files that control the various
>>> repositories available to you.  If the file has 'enabled=1', it is
>>> considered.  The actual location of the repository is found in the
>>> 'baseurl=
>>> ...' line.  That is a direct pointer to a repository.  Larger repos often
>>> have mirrors, which are controlled by a mirror list.  This shows up in
>>> the
>>> *.repo on the 'mirrorlist= ...' line.
>>>
>>> good luck
>>> -tim
>>>
>>>
>>> Vi Thai wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello.  I tried this suggestion but it still cannot update.  The error
>>>> I am getting is:
>>>> Error: failure: 5.2/libgcj-4.1.2-42.el5.i386.rpm from k12ltsp: [Errno
>>>> 256] No more mirrors to try.
>>>> Someone had suggested a firewall issue and that may be my problem.
>>>> Does anyone know which port yum uses to update?  Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Vi
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Eric Harrison
>>>> <eharrison at mesd.k12.or.us>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Barry Cisna <brcisna at eazylivin.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello List,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Still wrangling with my yum problems on my new install of 5 EL
>>>>>> K12LTSP.
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> am thinking now it is possibly a firewall problem. I have done many
>>>>>> installs of K12LTSP from here at school with no problems behind our
>>>>>> firewall. Yesterday I did try and add in the Network Proxy setting of
>>>>>> our
>>>>>> school's firewall( which I have never had to do in the past) in
>>>>>> preferences. This did not help any. WHen I try and yum install ( from
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> terminal) the rpm tries to download but I always get " Header not
>>>>>> complete" I've heard of these in serveral posts,but do not really know
>>>>>> how to troubleshoot it?  I can of course download rpms manually but I
>>>>>> am
>>>>>> trying to install vlc, and there are dependencies as long as your arm
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> get this to install!Should I be able to telnet on port whatever to say
>>>>>> mesd/k12ltsp download site to see if i get a response? Anyone have any
>>>>>> ideas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tahnks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Barry Cisna
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> You may want to try changing the repos to point to ftp rather than
>>>>> http.
>>>>>
>>>>> Edit /etc/yum.repos.d/k12ltsp.repo
>>>>>
>>>>> and change:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> mirrorlist=http://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/mirrors/k12ltsp-5.0EL-$basearch
>>>>>
>>>>> to:
>>>>>
>>>>>  baseurl=ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/K12LTSP/5.0.0-EL-$basearch
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -Eric
>>>>>
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