I am getting the following message when updating:
Timeout exceeded when accessing 'ftp://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_Leap_42.3/repodata/repomd.xml'.
Not sure why… Does anyone know what is causing this?
thanks.
Hi
I would think just a transient error, network or perhaps an update to the mirror taking place. Try a force refresh on all your repositories and see if that helps;
zypper ref -f
Thank you Malcom but that doesn’t help
Forcing raw metadata refresh
Retrieving repository 'Main Repository (OSS)' metadata .....................................................[done]
Forcing building of repository cache
Building repository 'Main Repository (OSS)' cache ..........................................................[done]
Forcing raw metadata refresh
Retrieving repository 'Main Update Repository' metadata ....................................................[done]
Forcing building of repository cache
Building repository 'Main Update Repository' cache .........................................................[done]
Forcing raw metadata refresh
Retrieving repository 'google-chrome' metadata .............................................................[done]
Forcing building of repository cache
Building repository 'google-chrome' cache ..................................................................[done]
Forcing raw metadata refresh
Retrieving repository 'libdvdcss' metadata .................................................................[done]
Forcing building of repository cache
Building repository 'libdvdcss' cache ......................................................................[done]
Forcing raw metadata refresh
Retrieving repository 'packman' metadata ----------------------------------------------------------------------\]
Timeout exceeded when accessing 'ftp://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_Leap_42.3/repodata/repomd.xml'.
**Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (r): **
Trying again...
Timeout exceeded when accessing 'ftp://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_Leap_42.3/repodata/repomd.xml'.
**Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (r): **
Trying again...
Retrieving repository 'packman' metadata ----------------------------------------------------------------------\]
Timeout exceeded when accessing 'ftp://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_Leap_42.3/repodata/repomd.xml'.
**Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (r): **
Trying again...
any other suggestions?
When I use my browser to go to ftp://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_Leap_42.3/repodata/ , I can access without problems.
And then clicking on repomd.xml shows the file.
Did you do that obvious and simple test?
Try running
zypper clean
zypper ref
If the issue persists, remove and readd the Packman repo.
As already indicated, transient errors could be the cause. It was happening to me routinely at refresh time, and I was getting timeouts while the Packman package updates were trying to download, so I switched mirrors.
Ok my situation is the same after removing and trying to re-add the repository.
In Yast the following message results:
Unable to create repository
from URL ‘ftp://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_Leap_42.3/repodata/repomd.xml’.
I also seem to be getting the message that the server is not accessible.
Here’s my current Packman.repo file from /etc/zypp/repos.d/:
[Packman]
autorefresh=0
baseurl=http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_42.3/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_42.3/repodata/repomd.xml.key
keeppackages=0
name=Packman
type=rpm-md
that you can add directly instead of using YaST. While you’re there, delete any *.repo files already present that point to packman.
This has been going on too long for you. Other folk don’t seem to be having problems.
There’s a good chance that there is a firewall or filter of some kind that is blocking your access. You can maybe try a different packman mirror.
OK. Problem is solved. Every thing working correctly. Still not sure what happened. Thanks to all that replied.