Thanks for the quick response!

Here is my yum.repos.d ->

[base] name=CentOS-$releasever - Base baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

#released updates [update] name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

#packages used/produced in the build but not released [addons] name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

#additional packages that may be useful [extras] name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages [centosplus] name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch / gpgcheck=1 enabled=0 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

#contrib - packages by Centos Users [contrib] name=CentOS-$releasever - Contrib baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/contrib/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 enabled=0 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

#packages in testing [testing] name=CentOS-$releasever - Testing baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/testing/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 enabled=0 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

And here is the yum.conf ->

[main] cachedir=/var/cache/yum debuglevel=2 logfile=/var/log/yum.log pkgpolicy=newest distroverpkg=centos-release tolerant=1 exactarch=1 retries=20 obsoletes=1 gpgcheck=1

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

I ran 'yum clean all' and it reported 4 metadata files removed but afterwards I again ran 'yum update' with the same result.

I appreciate any insight you can share.

Paul

Paul M. Wright, Jr. Senior Systems Engineer Northwest Fire District 520-260-7520 cellular 520-887-1010 office 520-887-1034 fax pwright@northwestfire.org

-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Phil Schaffner Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 4:01 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Unable to update

On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 14:41 -0700, Wright, Paul wrote:

Greetings!

I am running a Centos-4 box and since January 17, I have been unable

to

update.

If I run 'yum update' from the command line, I get error messages

about

being unable to locate a mirror while trying to obtain primary.xml.gz.

If I run up2date from the GUI, it times out as it is trying to access the update file for firefox.

Other than the problem with updates, this box doesn't seem to have any trouble accessing Web sites and there is not a proxy server in use on our network. Another box on my network that is running Centos-3 does not appear to be having the same problem.

I would appreciate any hints on where to start troubleshooting this problem.

A safe starting point is "yum clean all", but sounds more like your mirror list is pointing to a server that is not available, has dropped CentOS, or changed the path. Check all the servers in your config files. I like to use a local mirrorlist and/or hand-configure nearby and fast mirrors with baseurl=... in the /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo files. If you want more detailed help you need to supply more info on your configuration.

Phil

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