[Yum] Weird: IOError: <urlopen error (-2 Name.. but yumex works!!!

[seth vidal]

On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 15:16 +0200, Alan Robert Clark wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I have been tearing my hair out. yum simply doesn't work:
> 
> 
> [root at NeedleNardleNoo ~]# yum update
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Running "config" handler for "installonlyn" plugin
> Yum Version: 3.0.1
> COMMAND: yum
> Installroot: /
> Setting up Update Process
> Setting up repositories
> Could not retrieve mirrorlist 
> http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-fc6&arch=i386 
> error was
> [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
> 
> Scanning through the yum archives, there are hint of DNS's and liburl 
> problems, Its a FC6 out the box. Using Wireshark, the above command does 
> not even generate a DNS lookup, either on my local LAN (home) or my 
> GPRS+ link to the outside world (ppp0).
> 
> In final desperation (I have all things pointy-clicky) I downloaded 
> yumex. IT WORKED! with my exact yum setup. Added repo's, everything 
> marvellous. Audacity,kino,wine,pcb all became friends again. But yum 
> still gives the above!
> 
> I guess its no longer critical, but I am a terminal guy... Any solutions?
> 
> (Yes, I did uninstall and re-install yum, and rpm -V)
> New Year's greetings from Sunny South Africa.


1. is there a proxy involved in this setup?
2. if you're sitting at a prompt can you run:
    /usr/bin/urlgrabber \ 

http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-fc6&arch=i386


-sv