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 at northwestfire.org -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at 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 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos