yum & Thunderbird broken after update - FC11

[BlownCPU]

After yesterday's update yum is not working under Yumex or terminal also Thunderbird is not connecting to gmail IMAP.

This is the error from yumex:

22:12:08 : Yum Config Setup
22:12:09 : Loaded plugins: protectbase, refresh-packagekit
22:12:09 : Setup signed metadata support
22:12:09 : Yum Version : 3.2.23
22:12:09 : GUI Setup Completed
22:12:09 : Setup Yum : Transaction Set
22:12:12 : Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again

This is from the yum using terminal:

[root@mylinux ~]# yum check-update
Loaded plugins: protectbase, refresh-packagekit
http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: adobe-linux-i386. Please verify its path and try again


[root@mylinux ~]# yum install netcat
Loaded plugins: protectbase, refresh-packagekit
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again
[root@mylinux ~]#

Can anyone suggest what I can do?

Thanks,

Blown CPU

[glennzo]

If Thunderbird isn't connecting along with the yum errors I wonder if the problem is not with yum or Thunderbird but your network configuration. Apparently you can use your web browser without issue? A few people have had yum issues that have been solved by editing DNS entries. Not something I know a lot about but I wanted to mention it. If DNS is the issue maybe that would affect T-Bird too?

[BlownCPU]

Nothing has changed in the DNS entries it still is 192.168.1.1 which is my router.
I have tried to put in a entry of 62.44.23.140 but it always reverts back to 192.168.1.1 probably something that Network Manager is doing so I don't know why this is happening. It would be nice to change the DNS entry in resov.conf and see if it makes a difference.

Who can I make the change permanent in resolv.conf?

I still blame it onto FC11 issue as everything was working fine before the update.

Blown CPU

[wvugrad00]

I too am having a problem with yum, and the updater. I do not use TBird so I dont know if it is also having a problem. Here is my error when attempting a yum update via the terminal

root@localhost]# yum check-update
Loaded plugins: allowdowngrade, refresh-packagekit
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://poptop.sourceforge.net/yum/stable/mirrorlist-poptop-stable-fc11 error was
[Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: poptop-stable. Please verify its path and try again

When I attempt to refresh the package list through add/remove software and yumex I am receiving a similar error. This has been happening for a week now

When the package updater attempts to load I receive a larger error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py", line 2059, in get_distro_upgrades
    pkgs = self.yumbase.pkgSack.returnNewestByName(name='preupgrade')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 646, in <lambda>
    pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 488, in _getSacks
    self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 260, in populateSack
    sack.populate(repo, mdtype, callback, cacheonly)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 162, in populate
    if self._check_db_version(repo, mydbtype):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 220, in _check_db_version
    return repo._check_db_version(mdtype)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1174, in _check_db_version
    repoXML = self.repoXML
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1337, in <lambda>
    repoXML = property(fget=lambda self: self._getRepoXML(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1333, in _getRepoXML
    raise Errors.RepoError, msg
RepoError: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: poptop-stable. Please verify its path and try again

[M4rc0]

Hmmm. I have both problems too.
Didn't think they are related.

Please keep us posted if anybody found a solution to this..

[johnandrews2332]

I'm having the same issue here on FC10 64 bit., and it's a bit baffling:

[root@john john]# yum check-update
Loaded plugins: allowdowngrade, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

Could not retrieve mirrorlist [root@john john]# yum check-update
Loaded plugins: allowdowngrade, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mir...10&arch=x86_64 error was
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: fedora

I can use Firefox and Opera to browse to just fine.
In fact, I can open either browser and paste the url http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mir...10&arch=x86_64 into the address bar, and bam, up comes the list of mirror sites!

I can do a dig just fine:

dig mirrors.fedoraproject.org

; <<>> DiG 9.5.1-P3-RedHat-9.5.1-3.P3.fc10 <<>> mirrors.fedoraproject.org
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4249
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mirrors.fedoraproject.org. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
mirrors.fedoraproject.org. 3600 IN CNAME wildcard.fedoraproject.org.
wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 58 IN A 66.35.62.166
wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 58 IN A 80.239.156.215
wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 58 IN A 152.46.7.222
wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 58 IN A 209.132.176.120

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
fedoraproject.org. 27741 IN NS ns1.fedoraproject.org.
fedoraproject.org. 27741 IN NS ns2.fedoraproject.org.

;; Query time: 2950 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
;; WHEN: Sat Aug 8 20:20:56 2009
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 166

I can ping:

ping mirrors.fedoraproject.org
PING wildcard.fedoraproject.org (209.132.176.120) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from wildcard.fedoraproject.org (209.132.176.120): icmp_seq=1 ttl=113 time=122 ms
64 bytes from wildcard.fedoraproject.org (209.132.176.120): icmp_seq=2 ttl=113 time=287 ms
64 bytes from wildcard.fedoraproject.org (209.132.176.120): icmp_seq=3 ttl=113 time=247 ms
64 bytes from wildcard.fedoraproject.org (209.132.176.120): icmp_seq=4 ttl=113 time=383 ms
64 bytes from wildcard.fedoraproject.org (209.132.176.120): icmp_seq=5 ttl=113 time=528 ms
^C
--- wildcard.fedoraproject.org ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 5 received, 16% packet loss, time 5003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 122.536/313.918/528.632/136.198 ms

Heres the strange parts:

If I fire up the links text based browser, and put the any valid address in the addresss bar, I get a host not found error.

I get a similar error with wget:

[root@john john]# wget http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mir...0\&arch=x86_64
--2009-08-08 20:26:43-- http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mir...10&arch=x86_64
Resolving mirrors.fedoraproject.org... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address `mirrors.fedoraproject.org'

[M4rc0]

Hello johnandrews2332, and all, I also had the same problem with my thunderbird and it appears that this is a bug from "nss-mdns".

And here's how to fix it.

[scottro]

Please look at the sticky in guides and solutions marked something like if ping but almost noting else works.
(Probably only for 64 bit systems).