On Wednesday 10 January 2007 16:57, J. Scott Thayer M.D. wrote: > > http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories#Packman and > > then > > > > choose a mirror near you. In Konqueror I just mouse over the first USA > > mirror, right click, Copy Link Address and then go to YaST, Software, > > Installation Source. Click Add, HTTP, Next and in the Server Name either > > middle-click or Ctrl+V the copied link. Delete the http://. Then > > highlight the first slash after the server name and domain through the > > end of the directory list. Cut+Paste that into the Directory On Server > > area and delete the leading and trailing slashes. Click Next. > > > > Any errors at this point are usually due to not getting rid of ftp:// or > > http:// in the Server Name and leading and trailing slashes in the > > Directory on Server areas. Or the server is down, misconfigured, in the > > middle of a mirror process, etc. > > > > Stan > > You know, I followed your instructions and finally a server in Germany > configured but all the other tries yield a message box that says > Unable to create installation source... > Unknown source type...
I've been getting a lot of "server unreachable" and "access denied" do to too many connections today. I've also been getting these sorts of messages on and off over the last month or so. Pair this with the fact that many of the mirrors report the same and in some instances flat out aren't there anymore such as the Packman Unixheads ftp server. The kernel mirrors and many at the universities in the U.S. often aren't reachable. This is either due to bandwidth restrictions and that limits in said bandwidth hits max during peak hours - such as during normal school hours when students (grads. post-docs) are using sys resources for their projects - or the University admins just set a flat bandwidth that simply max's out. The openSUSE sites are the ones that I personally find frustrating. I can't understand why these are unreachable on a fairly regular basis. A couple of reasons come to mind - that the servers are hit the max connections. The repos are being updated (though that shouldn't really make a diff) or after updating permissions or repodata files aren't sync'ed as they might be. One other issue may be with my ISP - but considering the complaints from others with differing providers I also find this unlikely. On some of the non-OSS/factory/ and third person repositories such as guru, suser, jacklab, etc. I repeated find issues with gpg-keys not being accepted by apps such as yum, smart, etc (and I wonder if this may also have to do with YaST not being able to "reach" the repos). Eitherway, just keep checking and posting as to the problems your having. If you've been following the list threads this is not a new complaint or issue apparently. So in otherwords: Pt complaints continue, symptoms remain persistent and intermittent and cause/etiology undetermined at this time - more diagnostic recommended - will continue to follow. :) Cheers, Curtis. -- Spammers Beware: Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again! I don't want a politician I can believe in. I simply want a politician I can believe!
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