That was IT! I didn't ever realize I had the firewall enabled - just
installed Bastille to start playing around with it. Uninstalled Bastille and
poof - receiving new updates as I type.
Thanks for the solution. Rolf...
Regards, Gio
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rolf Pedersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] unable to add mirror to rpmdrake in 'Define sources'
*bump*
> > Paul Giordano wrote:
> >
> > And some more info - attempting to select a single package using "urpmi
> > <package name>" causes parsehdlist to go into a loop on my failing
machine.
> > Something's really goofed in the mix here, could be two separate
problems. The
> > LIST issue appears to be something with the ftp failing with the
connection
> > reset. Weird that it's only urpmi, not urpmi.update (on my system).
>
> Well, Gio, I think I've ferreted out the cause of my complaint. I
re-installed,
> all in ext2 but that's not it. Appears to be the Bastille tinyfirewall,
which I
> configured with all the restrictive, default settings. Upgraded to all
the
> latest rpmdrake, urpmi, and wget, with the firewall not loaded at
> boot==>rpmdrake adds a cooker source. Remove the source, reboot with
firewall
> loading==>adding the same source stops at the familiar ==>LIST.....Reboot
with
> the firewall not loading==>the same source now adds nicely again. I would
say
> the Bastille firewall is getting in the way and I'll report this to qa.
Thanks
> for your attention to my difficulties; good luck solving yours. Let me
know if
> there's anything I can check for you.
>
> rolf
>
