I am having connection issues with installing software with the computer I am using now. When I opened my repository manager (yast2) to do anything, it would refresh most repositories, most if not all of which would timeout after a minute. Some pages I could open from a browser, others had vague 404 errors when attempting to do so. I thought that maybe most of the repositories were outdated, and I know that having the same repository twice on the list can cause major issues, so in my naivité, I deleted them all. Yes, a stupid mistake, which I realised when while trying to re-add the repositories with links I know to be up-to-date it consistently failed to do so. The most detailed error description I got was Timeout exceeded when accessing ‘http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repo/repoindex.xml’. and
Unable to create repository from URL
with the url being the only variable. My connection is not sluggish in the least, so I don’t know what might be causing the timeouts
Biggest issue I have now is that I deleted every repository yast2 had from its list and cannot add new ones.
If anyone could help me add at least one major repository, I can probably get myself out of this mess, but for now I am stuck
If you run 42.3 you do NOT want anything from tumbleweed or factory it will break stuff. Your connection problem may have saved you:O
Shoot, goes to show that I can’t do my research right.
UPDATE: I shut the system off and on again and apparently all the repositories are back now, running tests to check if my connection got better (aka trying to install neccessary updates) but thanks for the much needed tip, I will try to google things first and act later in the future.
Edit: Test came back positive, left wondering why changes weren’t saved but pleased never the less
Maybe do not Google too much. The internet suggests the strangest things. Better ask here.
Oh and welcome here.
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