Hi, Please write the proper subject to the query. On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Ravi Roy <ravi.aroy at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > i've CentOS 6.6 (Final) 64 bit version installed and I can not access the > online repositories to install/update (pls see eror below the error), I > tried to google this error I get a lot of links but nothing I could really > solving this issue. I've already disabled ipv6 and also defined proxy in > /etc/yum.conf. > > [root at myhost ~]# yum update > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security > Setting up Update Process > Determining fastest mirrors > * c6-media: > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno > 12] > Timeout on http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml > : > (28, 'connect() timed out!') > Trying other mirror. > Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: > base. Please verify its path and try again > Have you tried "yum clean all" then "yum update"? > > If I try to use 'wget' to get 'repomd.xml' then it works fine. > > [root at myhost ~]# wget > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml > --2015-03-09 20:05:03-- > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml > Connecting to xx.xx.xx.xx:80... connected. > Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: 3751 (3.7K) [text/xml] > Saving to: “repomd.xml” > > > 100%[===============================================================================================================================================>] > 3,751 --.-K/s in 0s > > 2015-03-09 20:05:03 (14.6 MB/s) - “repomd.xml” saved [3751/3751] > > Has anybody experienced this kind of beahviour and got it working ? > > Thank you in advance for pointers. > > Regards > Ravi. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > --Regards Ashishkumar S. Yadav