> On Dec 8, 2015, at 7:45 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote: > > On 12/07/2015 11:50 PM, Wes James wrote: >> >>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 10:02 PM, Jake Shipton <jakems at fedoraproject.org> wrote: >>> >>> Wes James wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 8:37 PM, Wes James <comptekki at me.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 8:23 PM, Wes James <comptekki at me.com <mailto:comptekki at me.com>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 8:03 PM, Wes James <comptekki at me.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> <snip> >>>>>> >>>>>>> I finally just did yum update on this box (actually 6.3) and now it is 6.7. During the update it created a CentOS-Base.repo.rpmnew file. I renamed my current one and this one to just .repo and now I again get: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ---- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> yum update >>>>>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto >>>>>>> Setting up Update Process >>>>>>> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile >>>>>>> Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock><http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock>> error was >>>>>>> 12: Timeout on http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock: <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock:><http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock: <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock:>> (28, 'connect() timed out!') >>>>>>> Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base >>>>>>> >>>>>>> —— >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I thought updating to 6.7 might fix something, but it didn’t help. Any ideas why it is doing this? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If I go to: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock> <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock>> <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock> <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> in a browser, it shows a list of repos. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I just noticed on a stock install of 6.7 (from 6.4 doing a test), doing yum update shows this: >>>>>> >>>>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security >>>>>> >>>>>> But on the box I just updated it shows: >>>>>> >>>>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto >>>>>> >>>>>> So maybe the presto plugin is causing the problem. Anyone else using presto plugin?? >>>>>> >>>>>> -wes >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> That wasn’t it. I disabled presto then both with (and got the following error): >>>>> >>>>> yum update --disableplugin=presto,fast* >>>>> Setting up Update Process >>>>> Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock> error was >>>>> 12: Timeout on http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock: <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock:> (28, 'connect() timed out!') >>>>> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: base. Please verify its path and try again >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> — >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Not sure what to try next. Other than my previous fix of not using a mirror list, but a known local repo that works fine for updates. >>>>> >>>>> -wes >>>> >>>> Poking around I found: >>>> >>>> /etc/yum/pluginconf.d and now I see where presto comes from. I noticed in the fastmirror.conf there is a line >>>> >>>> hostfile-timedhosts.txt >>>> >>>> On my test box it has several lines of hosts with a number. >>>> >>>> On the box I’m have yum update issues, it is blank. ?? >>>> >>>> -wes >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> CentOS mailing list >>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I wasn't sure if I should reply to you as you seem to be doing a pretty >>> good job of helping your self here :-D. >>> >>> But jokes aside, can you do a couple of checks? >>> >>> Firstly, let's make sure this machine actually has a network connection >>> I've actually seen people spend hours trying to fix issues like yours >>> only to find they had no outside network connection.. >>> >>> $ ping 8.8.8.8 >>> >>> Do you get a ping response? If not, check network settings. If you do, >>> move on.. >>> >>> $ ping google.com >>> >>> Does the domain resolve correctly? If not, check DNS settings. If you >>> do, move on.. >>> >>> Assuming both of those have worked, can you do the following: >>> >>> $ mkdir temporary >>> $ cd temporary >>> $ wget >>> "http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock" >>> >>> (Don't miss those quotes on the url, they are needed to ensure the &'s >>> do not confuse BASH/ZSH) >>> >>> >>> Now, what happened? Did it connect and download correctly? If so do the >>> following: >>> >>> $ cat index.html\?release=6\&arch=x86_64\&repo=os\&infra=stock >>> >>> You should basically get the mirror list: >>> >>> http://mirrors.coreix.net/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/ >>> http://centos.serverspace.co.uk/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/ >>> http://mirrors.melbourne.co.uk/sites/ftp.centos.org/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/ >>> http://mirrors.vooservers.com/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/ >>> http://mirror.mhd.uk.as44574.net/mirror.centos.org/6.7/os/x86_64/ >>> http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/mirror.centos.org/6.7/os/x86_64/ >>> http://mirrors.clouvider.net/CentOS/6.7/os/x86_64/ >>> http://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/ftp.centos.org/6.7/os/x86_64/ >>> http://mirror.cov.ukservers.com/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/ >>> http://mirror.as29550.net/mirror.centos.org/6.7/os/x86_64/ >>> >>> With all of the above checks did you get expecting results including >>> domain resolution, ping response and the mirror list contents? >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> Jake Shipton (JakeMS) >>> Twitter: @CrazyLinuxNerd >>> GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F >>> GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F >>> _______________________________________________ >> >> Yes dns works. If I change this file >> >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo >> >> to this: >> >> [base] >> name=CentOS-$releasever - Base >> #mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os&infra=$infra >> baseurl=http://some.mirror.in.my.state/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ >> gpgcheck=1 >> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6 <file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6> <file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6 <file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6>> >> >> it works to do updates (and the other baseurl lines in that file). It fails with the mirror list option. >> >> I have a centos 6.2 box here that is working just fine with updates and it looks very similar to this 6.7 box - updated from 6.3). I even tried going from static IP to dhcp assigned IP but no go. >> >> I just check /var/log/yum.log, but that doesn’t show any errors, just successful updates. >> >> -wes > > What about the other thing he asked you to do: > > wget > "http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock>" > > Or even: > > nslookup mirrorlist.centos.org <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/> > nslookup works: Non-authoritative answer: Name: mirrorlist.centos.org Address: 108.61.16.227 Name: mirrorlist.centos.org Address: 84.22.180.89 Name: mirrorlist.centos.org Address: 88.150.173.218 but wget fails?? $ wget "http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock" --2015-12-08 08:04:15-- http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock Resolving mirrorlist.centos.org... 199.187.126.90 Connecting to mirrorlist.centos.org|199.187.126.90|:80... failed: Connection timed out. Retrying. On my centos 6.2 box, wget fails also, but yum update works fine. -wes