Updates: Main repository keeps failing (time out)

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I can’t update my openSUSE 11.1 properly anymore, as the Main repository fails to respond: time out. It has been like that for days.

How can I switch to a mirror server?

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First post the terminal output from:

zypper lr -d

We could do with seeing the setup of your repo’s first.

Make sure you have disabled IPv6: Disable IPv6 - openSUSE Forums

Here is a list of mirrors: openSUSE Download Mirrors - Overview

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The problem is only with repo-oss. My repo list is pretty clean, I think:

pjotr@linux-6yl6:~> zypper lr -d
# | Alias              | Naam                  | Ingeschakeld | Vernieuwen | Prioriteit | Type   | URI                                                          | Service
--+--------------------+-----------------------+--------------+------------+------------+--------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | Packman Repository | Packman Repository    | Ja           | Ja         |   99       | rpm-md | http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/                  |        
2 | repo-non-oss       | openSUSE-11.1-Non-Oss | Ja           | Ja         |  100       | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1/repo/non-oss/ |        
3 | repo-oss           | openSUSE-11.1-Oss     | Ja           | Ja         |  100       | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1/repo/oss/     |        
4 | repo-update        | openSUSE-11.1-Update  | Ja           | Ja         |   20       | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/                    |        
pjotr@linux-6yl6:~>

I’ll try disabling IPv6, but the problem is only with repo-oss…

Thanks for the mirrors list: how do I change to a mirror?

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I disabled IPv6 and rebooted. But the problem with repo-oss remains.

How can I change to a mirror? And how can I see which mirror (if any) my openSUSE is currently using for repo-oss?

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pjotr123 wrote:

> How can I change to a mirror? And how can I see which mirror (if any)
> my openSUSE is currently using for repo-oss?

If you are using a redirector (download.opensuse.org), the mirror is
auto-selected by means of some parameters. Explanation on how this works,
here:

http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service/Redirector

If you are facing problems with a specific mirror, select a static server
close to your location:

http://mirrors.opensuse.org/list/all.html

Greetings,

–
Camaleón

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OK, this worked! Thanks.

Switching to fixed mirrors solved the problem. I selected the Heidelberg University mirror. Not because it’s closest, but because it seems reliable. And I like Heidelberg. Dem lebendigen Geist. :slight_smile:

I had to change not just repo-oss, but all three openSUSE repo’s: oss, non-oss and update.