I am sure you are probably aware that the repositories are broken right now and I hope you are working on getting them fixed. I have tried the Leap repositories and the Tumbleweed repositories and both fail to update because certain files cannot be downloaded.
I visited the repositories using a browser and the files are there but if you click on them, they cannot be downloaded so it is probably a permissions issue.
Here is an example from trying to refresh the Leap repositories:
There may be more files giving issues but these two are broken for sure. Changing the mode to 644 on these files and any others that may be set incorrectly should fix things.
Well, I’ve been able to update via zypper, etc. but this: https://software.opensuse.org/421/en is broken for any search and it complains about a file in tumbleweed, so at least part of the problem doesn’t seem to have much to do with a particular mirror?
Hi
No, that’s a completely different issue, package search is related to the build service and it’s package search. It’s being looked at, no ETA for a fix (Germany of a Friday)…
It could be local (your own connection to your ISP), or it could be that the destination site “ftp.gwdg.de” is down. It could be that a router is down near you (one of your ISP’s routers). It could be that a router is down near the destination site (however gwdg.de connects to the Internet).
Usually the first thing to do is see if you can connect with other sites. I presume that you can, since you were able to connect to this forum. Next step would be to wait a few hours to see if it corrects itself. If that does not help, then look for an alternate packman mirror.
The Internet is imperfect. Sites go down; sites are hacked; routers fail. It usually work, because there’s a lot of redundancy. But sometimes one has to wait.
Then better start your own thread with a title that describes your problem. That is the best way to draw the attention of the best people. They will not find your post in someone others thread.
It could be local (your own connection to your ISP), or it could be that the destination site “ftp.gwdg.de” is down. It could be that a router is down near you (one of your ISP’s routers). It could be that a router is down near the destination site (however gwdg.de connects to the Internet).
Usually the first thing to do is see if you can connect with other sites. I presume that you can, since you were able to connect to this forum. Next step would be to wait a few hours to see if it corrects itself. If that does not help, then look for an alternate packman mirror.
The Internet is imperfect. Sites go down; sites are hacked; routers fail. It usually work, because there’s a lot of redundancy. But sometimes one has to wait.
Thanks that’s very helpful, was asking for a friend I’d recommended suse 13.1 to, she only has small laptop so suggested gnome would work better than KDE which I use and find connecting to “ftp.gwdg.de” for updates no problem but have different ISP which suggests you’re right but she’s been experiencing this for month now! So please forgive ignorance but where do I look for packman mirror for her? thanks for your help
I realise the wording of my post probably wasn’t clear. Obviously there was a problem with the repositories and in my post my intention was to highlight that I was seeing an example of this too (whereas some previous posters were exploring the possibility that the OP’s issue might be a local connection or ISP issue). I expect the issue will be resolved soon if it hasn’t been already.
It is hard to say that it was a problem with my ISP because the issue occurred while I was on our corporate network and I know for certain that we do not block download.opensuse.org. It is also strange that I could download most of the files manually but the specific files mentioned would start to download and then freeze. I ended up switching to CentOS because I had work to do. It feels weird using CentOS after using openSUSE for a few yearsbut I am adapting quickly. Thanks for looking at the issue and I hope the repos are not broken because I think openSUSE is a great distro and repository issues can be a pain, especially when work needs to be done.
