[PlanetCCRMA] Problem with installing RPMs

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 12:50 -0700, Ben Blechman wrote:
> >I imagine you are able to browse the web from that machine?
> Yes, and I was able to install the entire Fedora 6 upgrade which was several 
> hundred MB.
> 
> >What is your network configuration and how are you connecting the machine 
> >to the Internet?
> DSL -> DSL Router -> Ethernet cable -> built in Ethernet on Dell 4550.  I 
> just accepted default options for Fedora 6, and everything else, including 
> email, web, and Fedora upgrade is working fine.
> 
> Is there a repository mirror or something I could try?

In the main Planet CCRMA page there are links to a few existing mirrors.
You would have to modify the *repo files for Planet CCRMA to point there
(/etc/yum.repos.d/planetccrma.repo, I think). 

-- Fernando


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Fernando Lopez-Lezcano" <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
> To: "Ben Blechman" <benblec@gmail.com>
> Cc: <planetccrma@ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 12:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [PlanetCCRMA] Problem with installing RPMs
> 
> 
> > On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 11:33 -0700, Ben Blechman wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm new to this mailing list, new to linux, and trying to install
> >> planet CCRMA.  I am an advanced Windows user.
> >>
> >> I've followed the steps on the CCRMA website to install Fedora 6, I've
> >> upgraded Fedora 6, and everything has gone relatively smoothly up to
> >> now.  I'm getting the following error:
> >>
> >> [root@localhost benb]# yum install planetccrma-coreLoading
> >> "installonlyn" plugin
> >> Setting up Install Process
> >> Setting up repositories
> >> core                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB
> >> 00:00
> >> planetcore                100% |=========================|  951 B
> >> 00:00
> >> planetextras              100% |=========================|  951 B
> >> 00:00
> >> planetccrma               100% |=========================|  951 B
> >> 00:00
> >> updates                   100% |=========================| 1.2 kB
> >> 00:00
> >> extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB
> >> 00:00
> >> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> >> primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================|  64 kB
> >> 00:31
> >> http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/fedora/linux/extras/6/i386/repodata/primary.xml.gz: 
> >> [Errno 4] Socket Error: timed out
> >> Trying other mirror.
> >> Error: failure: repodata/primary.xml.gz from planetextras: [Errno 256]
> >> No more mirrors to try.
> >> [root@localhost benb]#
> >>
> >>
> >> Any ideas?  Workarounds?
> >
> > Hmm, it would look like somehow there's a connectivity problem to the
> > repository. I imagine you are able to browse the web from that machine?
> > What is your network configuration and how are you connecting the
> > machine to the Internet?
> >
> > -- Fernando
> >
> > 
> 
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