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Hi
I have 12.1. Yesterday i added two more repositories, the packman essentials and mulimedia using zypper.
Then i searched using zypper for a program and i got a message saying it could not find the device i used to install,
thats fine, because it was a usb stick, so i skipped it and then i got these messages

Retrieving repository ‘packman essentials’ metadata (error)
Retrieving repository is invalid
vital metadata not found at url …/suse/inode.at/openSUSE12.1
Disabling repository ‘packman essentials’ because of above error

This was repeated for the packman multimedia. Basically I got nothing

As always thank you for your help

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Show us the results of

zypper lr -d
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here is what uou requested chief_sealth, thanks

| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh

–±-----------------------------------±-----------------------------------±--------±-------
1 | Updates-for-openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4 | Updates for openSUSE 12.1 12.1-1.4 | Yes | Yes
2 | openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4 | openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4 | Yes | Yes
3 | packman-essentials | packman-essentials | Yes | Yes
4 | packman-multimedia | packman-multimedia | Yes | Yes
5 | repo-debug | openSUSE-12.1-Debug | No | Yes
6 | repo-debug-update | openSUSE-12.1-Update-Debug | No | Yes
7 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-12.1-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes
8 | repo-oss | openSUSE-12.1-Oss | Yes | Yes
9 | repo-source | openSUSE-12.1-Source | No | Yes

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Please include the ‘-d’ (details) option, and post the results in CODE tags.

zypper lr **-d**
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ok

# | Alias                              | Name                               | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                             | Service
--+------------------------------------+------------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | Updates-for-openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4 | Updates for openSUSE 12.1 12.1-1.4 | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.1/                                       |        
2 | openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4             | openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4             | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | hd:///?device=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-SanDisk_Cruzer_200443244309CAF27AF1-0:0-part1 |        
3 | packman-essentials                 | packman-essentials                 | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_12.1/Essentials                           |        
4 | packman-multimedia                 | packman-multimedia                 | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_12.1/Multimedia                           |        
5 | repo-debug                         | openSUSE-12.1-Debug                | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/12.1/repo/oss/                  |        
6 | repo-debug-update                  | openSUSE-12.1-Update-Debug         | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/12.1/                                 |        
7 | repo-non-oss                       | openSUSE-12.1-Non-Oss              | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.1/repo/non-oss/                    |        
8 | repo-oss                           | openSUSE-12.1-Oss                  | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.1/repo/oss/                        |        
9 | repo-source                        | openSUSE-12.1-Source               | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/12.1/repo/oss/                 |
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Please do the following

su -

zypper rr 4

zypper rr 3

zypper ar -f http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_12.1/ packman

zypper ref
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Thank you for replying to my thread
i done as you requested, now all the repositories time out tryng to connect

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Please remove the repo called:

2 | openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4 | openSUSE-12.1-12.1-1.4 | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | hd:///?device=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-SanDisk_Cruzer_200443244309CAF27AF1-0:0-part1 |

Try again

Post your repo list

zypper lr -d
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Hi
I have not been able to log into this forum in the past few days.

I have managed to get the repositories working, but not very well.

I started downloading a file and regularly during the download this would happen

Download(Curl) error for 'http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.1/repo/oss/content':
Error code: Connection failed
Error message: Resolving host timed out: download.opensuse.og

Each time asking me to Abort, Retry, Ignore

Thanks

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But you can use a browser and look at those repos, for Eg:
Index of /distribution/12.1/repo/oss

Is browsing ok generally? I note your forum issue, but we have issues ATM.

You are in Down Under? Correct?
You could try mirrors openSUSE Download Mirrors - 12.1
Disable all current repos and try adding one in local (more local) to you.

A DNS lookup on your IP brought all kind of errors BTW

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Browsing is OK
I understand that openSUSE redirect to a mirror closer to the country your in, anyway.
I am interested in the DNS lookup, would’nt that be my ISP rather than my computer. I can’t see
what i can do about it, I am no network guru
Thank you

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Correct.
Google offers free DNS that you could try:
8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4

I’m no network guru either

When you start making changes to like this, make a note/copy/backup of the original.

Applying the google DNS can be done in openSUSE or perhaps even better, in your router (But I’m not sure)