Jun Salen ha scritto: > Jun Salen ha scritto: >> Hi, >> >> I have no problem running yum update inside the root prompt, but when > running yum using sudo as logged-in as ordinary user and command the > 'sudo yum update', I am having below error: >> Could not retrieve mirrorlist > http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge error was >> [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (110, 'Connection timed out')> >> Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: rpmforge >> >> This happened even I try to export my proxy server since where using > them to connect internet. This is in a newly installed CentOS5 box. I > also try to issue 'yum clean metadata' and 'yum clean all' but the > problem still persists. Can you please give me the clue on how to solve > this. >> Thanks, >> >> junji >> aisalen.wordpress.com >> Linux Registered User #253162 > > Is this appening even if you put the proxy=http://<host>:<port> > directive on > /etc/yum.conf ? > > > Regards > > Lorenzo Quatrini ---------------------------- > > > Do you mean http_proxy=http://<host>:<port>? Yes, it still happens even after I try proxy=http://<host>:<port>. Sorry for the delay answer, due to long holiday. > > > Thanks, > > From 'man yum.conf' the syntax is 'proxy=http://<host>:<port>' (not http_proxy) Anyway it may be too that apt.sw.be is busy; you could try to use the local mirror list changing the following lines on /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo: #mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge Bye Lorenzo Quatrini