[Q] yum fails to add repositories

[phdb0]

executing a command such as

rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

results in the following error message:

Retrieving http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: download1.rpmfusion.org; Cannot allocate memory
error: skipping http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm - transfer failed

and it is not related to the repository, for example:

rpm --import http://dnmouse.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-dnmouse
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: dnmouse.org; Cannot allocate memory
error: http://dnmouse.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-dnmouse: import read failed(-1).

When I then try to install something, for example:

rpm --import http://dnmouse.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-dnmouse
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: dnmouse.org; Cannot allocate memory
error: http://dnmouse.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-dnmouse: import read failed(-1).

And when I check with 'yum replolist', they are indeed not added

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * fedora: ftp.heanet.ie
 * updates: ftp.heanet.ie
repo id                   repo name                                       status
fedora                    Fedora 13 - x86_64                              20,840
updates                   Fedora 13 - x86_64 - Updates                     5,934
repolist: 26,774

Anyone a clue how to solve / search for a solution?

MANY THANKS IN ADVANCE!!
Philippe

[stoat]

I would try entering some DNS nameserver IP addresses (your ISP's or OpenDNS's) into whatever is controlling your network interface. It's easy, reversible, and what I had to do for yum and wget to work properly in Fedora 13. Actually, I had to start doing that back in about Fedora 11.

[Hlingler]

Cannot allocate memory

Commands must be performed with elevated privileges (e.g.: as root-user):

]$ su
]# rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

V

[phdb0]

Thanks for the replies,

• stoat: I'll see if I can figure that out
• Hlingler: Thanks, but that is not the case I double-checked but I did these commands after su

[stoat]

If everything else is working (i.e., Firefox, Thunderbird, yum, wget, etc.) then you can try downloading those two RPM Fusion repo release files and manually install them.

rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

su
rpm -ivh *.rpm

If the DNS resolution thing is a problem with other applications attempting to connect to the Internet, then an easy test is to add OpenDNS nameserver addresses in /etc/resolv.conf. Like this...

nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

Then try again. But that edit very likely will not survive a reboot. If it worked, then enter those into whatever is controlling the interface.