Is your dns working correctly? (for example get hostname for mirrorlist.centos.org, try using command 'host mirrorlist.centos.org) -- Eero 2015-09-14 18:59 GMT+03:00 Shawn Parks - CMAC <shawnparks at cmacmail.biz>: > Centos main list, > I am working on a Centos 7 system and trying to do the following. > > yum search cups-lpd > > I am getting the following > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Could not retrieve mirrorlist > http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=7&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock > error was > 12: Timeout on > http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=7&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock: > (28, 'Resolving timed out after 30382 milliseconds') > > > One of the configured repositories failed (Unknown), > and yum doesn't have enough cached data to continue. At this point the > only > safe thing yum can do is fail. There are a few ways to work "fix" this: > > 1. Contact the upstream for the repository and get them to fix the > problem. > > 2. Reconfigure the baseurl/etc. for the repository, to point to a > working > upstream. This is most often useful if you are using a newer > distribution release than is supported by the repository (and the > packages for the previous distribution release still work). > > 3. Disable the repository, so yum won't use it by default. Yum will > then > just ignore the repository until you permanently enable it again > or use > --enablerepo for temporary usage: > > yum-config-manager --disable <repoid> > > 4. Configure the failing repository to be skipped, if it is > unavailable. > Note that yum will try to contact the repo. when it runs most > commands, > so will have to try and fail each time (and thus. yum will be be > much > slower). If it is a very temporary problem though, this is often a > nice > compromise: > > yum-config-manager --save > --setopt=<repoid>.skip_if_unavailable=true > > Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base/7/x86_64 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > I am using cups on this Centos 7 machine. Which prints fine from the > Centos to my > print queue's > > However I have an Sco Unix system using lpd printing that I am trying to > send print > jobs to the Centos 7 system and those are not even getting to the system. > I get message: waiting on queue to be enabled > > > QUESTION FOR main list: > Is the Centos 7 "yum" commands being worked on? > When might this be fixed? > > Thanks, > Shawn ( CMAC ) > phone 618 / 242 - 4020 ext 21 > fax 618 / 242 - 3383 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >