On Wed January 10 2007 9:23 pm, Curtis Rey scratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer: > On Wednesday 10 January 2007 16:57, J. Scott Thayer M.D. wrote: > > > http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories#Packm > > >an 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. > > > <snip> > > 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. :)
yup, I've had repeted problems reaching many sites w/ great frustration following close on. No matter if I try Yast, or Smart, or fill in the blank.. even going so far as to add a directory on the local drive. That in 10.2 boxed version insists it can't do that because it doesn't know what the type is.. even tho there is a way to add a local directory to the install sources. I get the same complaints as above. I'm especially have problems getting the guru site added.. and the *problems* repete dosen't know the type, doesn't like the gpgkey... and on and on.. It won't even get added using konvenientSuse . I managed early on adding it to smart, but haven't got further since Smart also doesn't like the gpgkey. <shrug> Patience is a virtue to be practised, I guess. And sooner or later I'm going to be very practised. ;-) -- j I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
