On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 3:48:22 PM UTC-4, Nemo wrote: > My TemplateVMs have a recurring and unpredictable problem starting dnf. > > dnf will display no output for a number of minutes and then exit with an > error like (not always this) > > Error: Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'qubes-vm-r3.2-current' > > or > > Error: Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'fedora' > > I have the issue about 50% of the time I try to use dnf on a TemplateVM. If > the error appears, I usually attempt to troubleshoot for 20 mins before it > randomly works, or I give up and decide to try later. > > Some symptoms/findings: > > - An AppVM based on the TemplateVM may be able to use dnf at the same time > the TemplateVM cannot > - Internet access (ie web browsing) is never affected > - Allowing all internet access to the TemplateVM usually does not fix the > problem > - Allowing all internet access and turning off proxy updates usually does not > fix the problem > - Resetting the TemplateVM usually does not fix the problem > - Resetting sys-firewall usually does not fix the problem > - Changing the TemplateVM behind sys-firewall usually does not fix the problem > - Adding fastestmirror=true to dnf.conf does not fix the problem > - Restarting Qubes sometimes fixes the problem > > I'm using fedora-25 and fedora-25-minimal as my core distributions. > > Has anyone else come across this problem?
I've been able to isolate one issue: A NetVM running a Fedora minimal distribution (including the NetVM packages) will not allow for updates by via qubes-update-proxy from TemplateVMs. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/fd1b883a-6207-497a-9d64-bbbf7f93ebf8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
