NOTE: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: fedora ERROR - Page 2

coffee412 · #16 6th July 2009, 11:05 PM

I went back and reread the posts in this thread and substituted the ipaddresses in the /etc/hosts file.
I made no other changes. This worked. Im considering this work around as solving the problem for now until yum is figured out up the line.

Add this below to your hosts file and give it a try:

Quote:

209.132.176.120 download.fedoraproject.org
209.132.176.120 mirrors.fedoraproject.org

192.150.18.37 linuxdownload.adobe.com
193.28.235.40 rpm.livna.org

193.28.235.60 download1.rpmfusion.org
213.129.242.84 mirrors.rpmfusion.org

coffee

BenTrein · #17 7th July 2009, 11:37 AM

This solved my problem for updates, and perhaps other yum things. EasyLife (don't blame me for being lazy!) is still not working, because it can't find loonyspooky.com or whatever the url is. Any sollution for that around?

SpuriousQ · #18 16th July 2009, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coffee412

I went back and reread the posts in this thread and substituted the ipaddresses in the /etc/hosts file.
I made no other changes. This worked. Im considering this work around as solving the problem for now until yum is figured out up the line.

Add this below to your hosts file and give it a try:

coffee

How can I edit the /etc/hosts file... It seems that I don't have permissions for it.

coffee412 · #19 16th July 2009, 07:32 PM

You have to be root to edit it.

Quote:

su <enter>

Panoz · #20 17th July 2009, 07:56 AM

You forgot the new problem that Fedora 11 has brought to all users using a proxy connection settings. They have moved the mirrorlist to HTTPS from HTTP used in previous versions. That causes issues with http_proxy or even proxy configuration variable of yum. It simply does not work.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484491
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487101

Setting https_proxy might be a workaround. It didn't work on me however, and I have chosen the solution to remove all HTTPS references and replace them with HTTP. baseurl can also work, but it's better to have the mirror list option.

meatsack · #21 18th July 2009, 07:04 PM

Bug update:

Bug 504951 has been flagged as a duplicate of bug 505105

It would appear progress is being made on a fix and is in testing right now.

Meatsack

jfprieur · #22 20th July 2009, 04:47 PM

Just to give some troubleshooting info, I was having this error as well. I edited the hosts file, everything worked fine after that except the rpmfusion repos for which I had to do the extra step of commenting out the mirrorlist and use baseurl for yum not to give me the "cannot retrieve metalink..." error. The fedora repos work fine with the mirrorlist entry.

I still get a lot of mirror errors like these though:

Code:

[root@iron yum.repos.d]# yum check-update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, priorities, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
updates/metalink                                                                                 | 4.0 kB     00:00     
 * fedora: fedora.mirror.iweb.ca
 * updates: less.cogeco.net
rpmfusion-free                                                                                   | 3.3 kB     00:00     
rpmfusion-free/primary_db                                                                        | 322 kB     00:00     
rpmfusion-free-updates                                                                           | 3.8 kB     00:00     
rpmfusion-free-updates/primary_db                                                                | 119 kB     00:00     
rpmfusion-nonfree                                                                                | 3.3 kB     00:00     
rpmfusion-nonfree/primary_db                                                                     |  79 kB     00:00     
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                                                                        | 3.8 kB     00:00     
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates/primary_db                                                             |  39 kB     00:00     
http://less.cogeco.net/ftp/fedora/linux/updates/11/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.cogentco.com/pub/linux/fedora/linux/updates/11/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
Trying other mirror.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/linux/updates/11/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
Trying other mirror.
http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/fedora.redhat/linux/updates/11/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/updates/11/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/linux/updates/11/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
Trying other mirror.
updates                                                                                          | 4.4 kB     00:00     
updates/primary_db                                                                               | 2.9 MB     00:04     
[root@iron yum.repos.d]#

So to be clear, after editing the hosts file with the IP addresses given above for the various repos, the fedora repos work with the mirrorlist URL while rpmfusion only works with the baseurl URL in the repo config files. Below is an example of if I use the mirrorlist URL in the rpmfusion repo config files

Code:

http://mirror.liberty.edu/pub/rpmfusion/free/fedora/releases/11/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirrors.tummy.com/mirrors/rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/releases/11/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
Trying other mirror.
http://lordmorgul.net/pub/fedora/rpmfusion/free/fedora/releases/11/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/rpmfusion/free/fedora/releases/11/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.web-ster.com/rpmfusion/free/fedora/releases/11/Everything/x86_64/os/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: rpmfusion-free. Please verify its path and try again

Hope this is helpful.

meatsack · #23 21st July 2009, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meatsack

Bug update:

Bug 504951 has been flagged as a duplicate of bug 505105

It would appear progress is being made on a fix and is in testing right now.

Meatsack

Around and Around we go.

So, Bug 504951 has been reopned . . . this bug is for dns resolution issues for x86_64 bit system.

As per the bug, the fix is as follows:

Quote:

First:
install nss-mdns (I have installed only i586 on fedora x86_64, should be
installed x86_64 too)
yum install nss-mdns

Second:
edit /etc/nsswitch.conf
Change line:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns
to:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal dns

Please note that bug 505105 is dns issues regarding glibc in standard 32 bit versions.

Meatsack

axskycip · #24 2nd October 2009, 07:58 AM

209.132.176.120 download.fedoraproject.org
209.132.176.120 mirrors.fedoraproject.org

192.150.18.37 linuxdownload.adobe.com
193.28.235.40 rpm.livna.org

193.28.235.60 download1.rpmfusion.org
213.129.242.84 mirrors.rpmfusion.org

alexuk · #25 4th October 2009, 08:33 PM

> sudo yum clean all
Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, protectbase, refresh-packagekit
Cleaning up Everything
Cleaning up list of fastest mirrors
> sudo yum update
Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, protectbase, refresh-packagekit
Determining fastest mirrors
* rpmfusion-free: download1.rpmfusion.org
* rpmfusion-free-updates: download1.rpmfusion.org
* rpmfusion-nonfree: download1.rpmfusion.org
* rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: download1.rpmfusion.org
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: InstallMedia. Please verify its path and try again

jideck · #26 2nd November 2009, 10:22 AM

had also problem with YUM becouse one of repositories was wrong.
solution was to build new ones su -

U can look at mine fine working repos

/etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-free-updates-testing.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/google.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-nonfree.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/skype.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-free-updates.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-free.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/adobe-linux-i386.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/freshrpms.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-rawhide.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-free-rawhide.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates-testing.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-nonfree-updates.repo

If .repos are OK make a backup of them and install new fresh YUM

U can follow this howtos

http://www.fdcservers.net/vbulletin/...php/t-376.html

rbrogers · #27 4th March 2010, 06:24 PM

My issue was my firewall was blocking https, fix:

pop open /etc/yum.repos.d/*

change the mirror list from https to http.

arirushan · #28 12th April 2010, 05:36 AM

I had same problem too.
My solution was to remove rpmfusion entry.

The problem happened after some yum update I have did.
Now if I do yum update again, it will also include some F12, F13, F14 which I have to remove manually, because I will not resolve.

Problem is in some yum update, but I don't know which.

vitorxa · #29 1st January 2011, 02:07 AM

hi i got the same problem in myd esktop fedora 13 64

yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, protectbase, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again

i tried to follow all the tips here but still cant get it to work.in my laptop that is wireless fedora 13 64 too all works great.
hope someone can help.

cheers and happy new year.

pgeorgep84 · #30 30th January 2011, 12:10 PM

Hello,

Did anyone solved this problem? I have tried all the solutions proposed in this post but it didn't solved my problem.

I have edited /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo, /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo and /etc/hosts but I receive the same error:

yum update
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Adding en_US to language list
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again

I also tried to reinstall the repositories from http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration, but the links RPM Fusion free for Fedora 12, 13 and 14 and RPM Fusion nonfree for Fedora 12, 13 and 14 don't work.

Thank you for your support!