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Retrieving repository 'nvidia' metadata -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|]
Signature verification failed for file 'repomd.xml' from repository 'nvidia'.
Warning: This might be caused by a malicious change in the file!
Continuing might be risky. Continue anyway? [yes/no] (no): yes
File './repodata/397508e6e882da56c17082518a35366b0c42c780c399adb1b64420423d954ec2-primary.xml.gz' not found on medium 'ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/13.2/'

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Retrieving repository 'nvidia' metadata ...........................................................................................................................................[error]
Repository 'nvidia' is invalid.
[nvidia|ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/13.2/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL
Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository.
Skipping repository 'nvidia' because of the above error.
Repository 'packman' is up to date.
Repository 'openSUSE-13.2-Non-Oss' is up to date.
Repository 'openSUSE-13.2-Oss' is up to date.
Repository 'openSUSE-13.2-Update' is up to date.
Repository 'openSUSE-13.2-Update-Non-Oss' is up to date.
Some of the repositories have not been refreshed because of an error.

Checked with Yast2 as well.
Perhaps this is just temporary.
of my repos:

# zypper lr -d
# | Alias               | Name                         | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                       | Service
--+---------------------+------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | Frameworks5         | Frameworks5                  | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Frameworks5/openSUSE_13.2/ |        
2 | Qt5                 | Qt5                          | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Qt5/openSUSE_13.2/         |        
3 | nvidia              | nvidia                       | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/13.2/                                  |        
4 | packman             | packman                      | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_13.2/                               |        
5 | repo-non-oss        | openSUSE-13.2-Non-Oss        | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/repo/non-oss/              |        
6 | repo-oss            | openSUSE-13.2-Oss            | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/                  |        
7 | repo-update         | openSUSE-13.2-Update         | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.2/                                 |        
8 | repo-update-non-oss | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Non-Oss | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.2-non-oss/                         |

the nvidia one is the only one with a dodgy repond.

I checked the actual repository online and it appeared to be reasonably up to date: 28.05.2015

I say reasonably as it is 29.05.2015 here in NZ.

Maybe I could report it somewhere. But where?

Best wishes,

Hugh

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I just added the nvidia repo (just for test purposes as I don’t have nvidia hardware), but all seemed okay now

# zypper up
Retrieving repository 'KDE-Extra' metadata ............................................................[done]
Building repository 'KDE-Extra' cache .................................................................[done]
Retrieving repository 'nvidia' metadata ------------------------------------------------------------------\]

New repository or package signing key received:
Key ID: F5113243C66B6EAE
Key Name: NVIDIA Corporation <linux-bugs@nvidia.com>
Key Fingerprint: 9B763D49D8A5C892FC178BACF5113243C66B6EAE
Key Created: Fri 16 Jun 2006 04:13:18 NZST
Key Expires: (does not expire)
Repository: nvidia

Do you want to reject the key, trust temporarily, or trust always? [r/t/a/? shows all options] (r): a
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Hi,

That was kind of you.

Thanks,

Hugh

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Bad URL.
You can always test whether you have a correct URL by opening it in a web browser. Not only should a directory and contents display, but a repo definition file as well.

Deano succeeded because he entered a correct URL.

This appears to be the nVidia SDB. The “repository way” (recommended over a tar install) is the bottom of the page.
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_drivers

TSU

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No. The URL is correct.
Try yourself to open it in a browser, as you suggested.

But there has been or might be a temporary problem with the (FTP) nvidia repo.
Things like that apparently seem to happen when they update the driver, like they did today.

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There must be something quirky with the repo worldwide, then.
I did check the URL before I posted and couldn’t connect.
Even now, I just did a test and returned the following

File not found."

Odd message.
Typically, I’d expect an HTTP error code, not that.

TSU

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Well, as I said, maybe a temporary problem. Or something else, no idea. Maybe your browser doesn’t support FTP correctly.

To be sure, I tried again just now.
If I type ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/13.2/ into Konqueror’s address field, I get a directory listing of the repo:http://wstaw.org/m/2015/05/29/nvidia.png
The URL is correct, and is the one that is added by YaST’s community repositories list.

Odd message.
Typically, I’d expect an HTTP error code, not that.

Hm?
Typically, you won’t get an HTTP error code when trying to connect via FTP… :wink:

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Hi,

From my original post:

I checked the actual repository online and it appeared to be reasonably up to date: 28.05.2015

Hugh

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Agreed, I must have done my test using http which the repo doesn’t support.
And, the repo is working now, so as others have suggested whatever the issue was seems to have been resolved.

TSU

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On 2015-05-31 00:46, tsu2 wrote:

> Agreed, I must have done my test using http which the repo doesn’t
> support.

The nvidia html repo is special, it does not allow directory search.
That’s why it appears to fail in firefox.

If you already know the file name, it does work, which is why zypper or
yast work (by requesting the .repo file).

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.

(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))

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We’re referring to the NVIDIA repo which uses FTP (searchable via a browser using ftp://)

ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/13.2/

and as listed here

https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_drivers

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On 2015-05-31 03:06, deano ferrari wrote:
>
> We’re referring to the NVIDIA repo which uses FTP (searchable via a
> browser using ftp://)

I know.

Actually, it supports both http and ftp. Only ftp is browsable, on http
you have to know the exact file name to download.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.

(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))