On Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 9:25:46 PM UTC-4, Nemo wrote: > 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.
This problem was caused by tinyproxy not installing as I set up fedora-24-minimal for NetVM usage. >From https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/qubes-users/sR7Z5KkL5NQ : > The package qubes-template-minimal-stub prevent the install of tinyproxy. > > In order to do that, you have to install with the full package name: > > sudo dnf install tinyproxy.x86_64 I've submitted an update request for the Fedora Minimal documentation to include this. https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/fedora-minimal/ -- 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/c457eda3-46b0-4a4e-85b6-9fabcd46baa3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
