[Yum] ahh! painful error! [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>

[Diego Martinez]

i KNEW it, it 's just me ;-(

say, Kulbir, would you mind posting your fedora.repo file for me?  I would
love to see what it should look like.

Thx!

Diego



On 9/9/07, Kulbir Saini <kulbirsaini at students.iiit.ac.in> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> > I never knew that!  thanks!
> >
> > so does everyone have the problem of yum not working unless you go in as
> > root?  I didnt think in fc5 that was the case,
> > but maybe I am wrong.
>
>   I am in F7 and yum works very well when I su to root.
>
> >
> > thx,
> >
> > Diego
> >
> > On 9/9/07, Kulbir Saini <kulbirsaini at students.iiit.ac.in> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> > Ok, nevermind,
> >> >
> >> > I somehow fixed it. 3 problems mostly with the .repo - still strange,
> >> but
> >> > just for reference:
> >> >
> >> > mirrorlist= does not work, I have to use a valid baseurl
> >> > the name= requires the addition of the word "Base" at the end
> >> > cannot su to root, must login in as root?  does su not really make
> you
> >> > root?
> >> > just admin?
> >>
> >>   No, su doesn't make you root. $USER still remains the same and if
> some
> >> application uses $USER as reference to check authenticity , it'll fail.
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Thanks!
> >> >
> >> > Diego
> >> >
> >> > On 9/9/07, Diego Martinez <admar505 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> no!  and I just checked all the dependencies, so I am pretty sure
> >> that
> >> I
> >> >> did not somehow break python,
> >> >> sooooo, I am still clueless.
> >> >>
> >> >> thanks for replying!
> >> >>
> >> >> Diego
> >> >>
> >> >> On 9/8/07, Tim Lauridsen <tla at rasmil.dk> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >  Diego Martinez wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Hello,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I am having massive trouble with yum, before and after upgrade to
> >> >> fedora
> >> >> > 7
> >> >> >
> >> >> > here is the output:
> >> >> > >yum update yumex
> >> >> > Setting up Update Process
> >> >> > Could not retrieve mirrorlist
> >> >> >
> >>
> http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-7&arch=x86_64error
> >> >> was
> >> >> > [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not
> >> known')>
> >> >> >
> >>
> http://mirror.nuvio.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml
> >> >> > : [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not
> >> known')>
> >> >> > Trying other mirror.
> >> >> > Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: fedora
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I know I am pointing at a certain repository, but it is sane, and
> >> if
> >> I
> >> >> > use the mirror list, and cant read it, with a similar error - that
> >> is
> >> >> the
> >> >> > first set.  so it kind of looks like there is some communication
> >> >> error, but
> >> >> > I have no clue why.  this happens with or without the firewall,
> and
> >> >> the urls
> >> >> > work - I am totally stuck!  this is the first time in >10yrs of
> >> using
> >> >> linux
> >> >> > I have had a problem I cannot fix myself!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I appreciate any suggestions!  Thank you!
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
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> >> >> >
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> >> -------------------------------------------------------
> >> Thank you,
> >> Kulbir Saini,
> >> Computer Science and Engineering,
> >> International Institute of Information Technology,
> >> Hyderbad, India - 500032.
> >>
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> -------------------------------------------------------
> Thank you,
> Kulbir Saini,
> Computer Science and Engineering,
> International Institute of Information Technology,
> Hyderbad, India - 500032.
>
>     ("`-/")_.-'"``-._
>      . . `; -._    )-;-,_`)
>     (v_,)'  _  )`-.\  ``-'
>    _.- _..-_/ / ((.'
> ((,.-'   ((,/   fL
>
> My Home-Page: http://students.iiit.ac.in/~kulbirsaini/
> My Institute: http://www.iiit.ac.in/
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