Repo problem

English Hardware
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Not sure what is going on here. But when I try and update my daughters netbook through LXTerminal I get this:

- Download (curl) error for 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/lua/openSUSE_13.1/repodata/repomd.xml':
Error code: Connection failed
Error message: Could not resolve host: download.opensuse.org

I get the same when I go through YaST. But the odd thing is I don’t get this when I use the Xterm.

I’m using 13.1 with LXDE. So far it all seems to work fine. But it just getting a little annoying. Any ideas of what is going on would be great.

2

Well the error is pretty clear, curl tries to lookup d.o.o and fails so the issue is with name resolving - what DNS servers do you use?

Also do you use a proxy server?

3

I agree wiith you, but the strange thing is that he reposrts that doing it from xterm he does not get the error.

4

I was thinking that maybe there is a proxy server in use but xterm does not honour/use the http_proxy parameter or then there is a temporary issue with DNS resolving.

Just a guess :slight_smile:

5

On 2014-07-18 11:06, hcvv wrote:
>
> Miuku;2654644 Wrote:
>> Well the error is pretty clear, curl tries to lookup d.o.o and fails so
>> the issue is with name resolving - what DNS servers do you use?
>>
>> Also do you use a proxy server?
> I agree wiith you, but the strange thing is that he reposrts that doing
> it from xterm he does not get the error.

Thee is another strange thing:


Error message: Could not resolve host: download.opensuse.org]

Why is there a bracket at the end of the message? Where is the opening
bracket? Is this just a paste error, or is it indicative of “something”?

I would pipe the environment on both terminals to files, and compare
them, and see the difference, if any.

I use a laptop with LXDE, I think, and I have a little problem with it
that might be related: if I use “su -” in the terminal and call a
graphical program it fails, no X. The trick I found is, instead of “su
-”, use:


ssh -X root@localhost

which works perfectly.

Is this related? Not sure. Maybe LXDE does weird things with the
environment…

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.

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

6

That ] was the result of sloppy addition of CODE tags. It is repaired in the meantime.

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On 2014-07-18 14:46, hcvv wrote:

> That ] was the result of sloppy addition of CODE tags. It is repaired in
> the meantime.

Ah, ok, noted.

I can’t check the web side at the moment, I’m temporarily on a 1
GB/month cap.

Still, the comments about learning about the differing environment are
valid - so please JudasDisciple, find out :wink:

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.

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

8

Sorry guys for the late reply. It’s all a bit odd. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn’t. I never get this problem on my laptop that runs 13.1 with KDE. So it has got be wondering whether it could actually be a hardware problem rather then a software problem.

As it is it seems to be running fine… ish. I’ll let you guys know for any further development.

Edited: I am still learning all these different codes so bear with me.

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Okay. Now I used zypper through LxTerminal with no problem. But when I try and install new software via YaST I get the same problem.

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And now that I’ve installed the same program via lxterminal it works straight away. What… The…

First time I’ve ever installed anything via zypper as well.