I always get the following error when trying the default update site. It seems like a very similar error but not the same, the IPv4/6 flags doesn't help.
!MESSAGE Unable to access "http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5";. !STACK 1 org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Error parsing site stream. [The XML stream is not a valid default "site.xml" file. The root tag is not site.] at org.eclipse.update.core.Utilities.newCoreException(Utilities.java:225) at org.eclipse.update.core.Utilities.newCoreException(Utilities.java:256) at org.eclipse.update.core.model.SiteModelFactory.parseSite(SiteModelFactory.java:95) at org.eclipse.update.internal.core.SiteURLFactory.createSite(SiteURLFactory.java:80) at org.eclipse.update.internal.core.InternalSiteManager.createSite(InternalSiteManager.java:334) at org.eclipse.update.internal.core.InternalSiteManager.createSite(InternalSiteManager.java:326) at org.eclipse.update.internal.core.InternalSiteManager.createSite(InternalSiteManager.java:298) at org.eclipse.update.internal.core.InternalSiteManager.attemptCreateSite(InternalSiteManager.java:222) at org.eclipse.update.internal.core.InternalSiteManager.getSite(InternalSiteManager.java:162) at org.eclipse.update.core.SiteManager.getSite(SiteManager.java:82) at org.eclipse.update.search.UpdateSearchRequest.searchOneSite(UpdateSearchRequest.java:454) at org.eclipse.update.search.UpdateSearchRequest.performSearch(UpdateSearchRequest.java:325) at org.eclipse.update.ui.UpdateJob.runSearchForNew(UpdateJob.java:183) at org.eclipse.update.ui.UpdateJob.run(UpdateJob.java:171) at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:55) Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXException: The XML stream is not a valid default "site.xml" file. The root tag is not site. at org.eclipse.update.core.model.DefaultSiteParser.handleInitialState(DefaultSiteParser.java:393) at org.eclipse.update.core.model.DefaultSiteParser.startElement(DefaultSiteParser.java:198) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:504) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:376) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl$NSContentDriver.scanRootElementHook(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:602) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:3080) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$PrologDriver.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:899) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:625) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:116) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:488) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:819) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:748) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:123) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1208) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:525) at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:392) at org.eclipse.update.core.model.DefaultSiteParser.parse(DefaultSiteParser.java:154) at org.eclipse.update.core.model.SiteModelFactory.parseSite(SiteModelFactory.java:83) ... 12 more -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenJDK, which is subscribed to openjdk-6 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541482 Title: eclipse unable to 'install new software' Status in “eclipse” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “openjdk-6” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “commons-httpclient” package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: eclipse Install eclipse via aptitude, run eclipse. =========================================== eclipse -> Help -> Install New Software... Error Popup: Problem Occurred Content: Some sites could not be found. See the error log for more detail. Details: Some sites could not be found. See the error log for more detail. No repository found at http://download.eclipse.org/technology/epp/packages/galileo. No repository found at http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5. No repository found at http://download.eclipse.org/releases/galileo. Error Log: java.net.ConnectException: Invalid argument at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:310) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:176) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:163) at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:384) at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:542) at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.events.socket.SocketEventCreateUtil.createSocket(SocketEventCreateUtil.java:43) at org.eclipse.ecf.internal.provider.filetransfer.httpclient.ECFHttpClientProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(ECFHttpClientProtocolSocketFactory.java:81) at org.eclipse.ecf.internal.provider.filetransfer.httpclient.ECFHttpClientProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(ECFHttpClientProtocolSocketFactory.java:73) at org.eclipse.ecf.internal.provider.filetransfer.httpclient.ECFHttpClientProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(ECFHttpClientProtocolSocketFactory.java:65) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnection.open(HttpConnection.java:707) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager$HttpConnectionAdapter.open(MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager.java:1361) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeWithRetry(HttpMethodDirector.java:387) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeMethod(HttpMethodDirector.java:171) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:397) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:346) at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.httpclient.HttpClientRetrieveFileTransfer.performConnect(HttpClientRetrieveFileTransfer.java:1017) at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.httpclient.HttpClientRetrieveFileTransfer.openStreams(HttpClientRetrieveFileTransfer.java:610) at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.AbstractRetrieveFileTransfer.sendRetrieveRequest(AbstractRetrieveFileTransfer.java:808) at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.AbstractRetrieveFileTransfer.sendRetrieveRequest(AbstractRetrieveFileTransfer.java:506) at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.MultiProtocolRetrieveAdapter.sendRetrieveRequest(MultiProtocolRetrieveAdapter.java:98) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.FileReader.sendRetrieveRequest(FileReader.java:317) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.FileReader.readInto(FileReader.java:263) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.RepositoryTransport.download(RepositoryTransport.java:71) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.RepositoryTransport.download(RepositoryTransport.java:127) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.spi.p2.artifact.repository.SimpleArtifactRepositoryFactory.load(SimpleArtifactRepositoryFactory.java:72) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepositoryManager.factoryLoad(ArtifactRepositoryManager.java:62) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.helpers.AbstractRepositoryManager.loadRepository(AbstractRepositoryManager.java:669) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.helpers.AbstractRepositoryManager.loadRepository(AbstractRepositoryManager.java:617) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.helpers.AbstractRepositoryManager.basicRefreshRepository(AbstractRepositoryManager.java:186) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepositoryManager.refreshRepository(ArtifactRepositoryManager.java:97) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.ui.operations.ProvisioningUtil.refreshArtifactRepositories(ProvisioningUtil.java:266) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.ui.dialogs.RepositoryManipulationPage$20.run(RepositoryManipulationPage.java:555) at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContextThread.run(ModalContext.java:121) =========================================== eclipse -> Window -> Preferences -> Install/Update -> Available Software Sites Listed entries: http://download.eclipse.org/technology/epp/packages/galileo http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5 http://download.eclipse.org/releases/galileo Select any entry -> Test connection Error Popup: Problem Occurred Unable to connect to repository http://download.eclipse.org/releases/galileo/site.xml org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.core.ProvisionException =========================================== Just started using eclipse, so pretty much vanilla settings. Internet connection is functional for everything else; not behind a proxy. On: ubuntu lucid 10.04 eclipse 3.5.1+repack~3-0ubuntu2 ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Mar 18 16:10:00 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: eclipse 3.5.1+repack~3-0ubuntu2 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic SourcePackage: eclipse Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eclipse/+bug/541482/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openjdk Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openjdk More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
