On Fri, 2004-12-24 at 06:59 +1100, Scott Clements wrote: > Hey Sluggers, > > > > I am very new to Linux and I am probably making the mistake, I am > using Mandrake 10.1 Official and trying to add new media to my URPMI > conf. However when I try to addmedia from sever different mirrors > around the globe I get the following error messages after my input. > > > > As root I type: > > > > urpmi.addmedia main > ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/10.1/i586/media/main/ > with /media_info/hdlist.cz
That's ok. I generally don't have a slash before the media_info, but I think urpmi can work it out either way. > and I get > > > > retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "main"... > > > ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/10.1/i586/media/main/media_info/hdlist.cz > > ...retrieving failed: curl: (7) Failed to connect to 0.0.0.10: Invalid > argument So the real problem is here. Your computer has resolved mirror.pacific.net.au to 0.0.0.10, which is an unusual thing for it to do. Does your ISP require you to use a proxy? If so, try setting that with the http_proxy environment variable, so it would be something like this: http_proxy=http://www-cache:3128/ urpmi.addmedia main http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/10.1/i586/media/main/ with /media_info/hdlist.cz or use ftp_proxy for ftp mirrors (notice that I changed your ftp to http there). Even if proxies are required, that's still weird. Try adding --wget to your command line; your curl might be borked. If all that fails then tell us a bit about how your network fits together and I'll see if I can offer more helpful advice. James.
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