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    Error on updates

    After I write the command

    Code:
    sudo yum update
    I get the following message:

    Code:
    Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, refresh-packagekit
    Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
    fedora/metalink                                          |  27 kB     00:00     
    Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/mirrorlist?repo=free-fedora-12&arch=i386 error was
    14: HTTP Error 503 : http://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/mirrorlist?repo=free-fedora-12&arch=i386 
    Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: rpmfusion-free
    I followed couple of instructions:

    1. Changed the # sign. Erased from baseurl and put it before mirrorlist on the files:

    Code:
    sudo gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo
    sudo gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo
    I get the same message.

    2. Followed the instructions here but without luck. Only when part:

    Code:
    sudo yum --disablerepo=rpmfusion* update
    works fine.

    What can I do?
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    Re: Error on updates

    Accessing the mirrorlist URL works from here:Either it's was a temporary problem or there's something wrong with your network settings... If you try again now, is it working?
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    Re: Error on updates

    Quote Originally Posted by Firewing1
    Accessing the mirrorlist URL works from here:
    Either it's was a temporary problem or there's something wrong with your network settings... If you try again now, is it working?
    I didn't get it. Where do I add those addresses? The 2 repo files that I opened with the gedit don't have the format of the addresses you gave me.

    Forgive me but I'm kind of newbie with Fedora and don't know how the repo work.
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    Re: Error on updates

    Quote Originally Posted by iosifidis
    I didn't get it. Where do I add those addresses? The 2 repo files that I opened with the gedit don't have the format of the addresses you gave me.

    Forgive me but I'm kind of newbie with Fedora and don't know how the repo work.
    The URLs Firewing quoted aren't on your system so you don't add them, the mirrorlist= value tells Yum where on the internet to look for the mirror list. It's implemented as a plain old flat text file on server somewhere, you can see it by copy and pasting the mirrorlist url into a browser but
    you have to modify the $releasever -> 12 and the $basearch to i386 in your case:

    http://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/mirrorl...a-12&arch=i386

    (yum does that substitution automatically). Load that page and you'll see a short list of web addresses.

    So if the mirror system breaks for some reason all you can do is comment out the mirrorlist
    value and comment in the baseurl value, this forces your package system to use a fixed repository url. That's a strain on the load (everyone using the same host for packages instead of being spread over many mirrors) but ok for a temporary fix. Just remember to flip it back when the problem is fixed.
    Last edited by marko; 7th March 2010 at 11:22 PM.

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