YAST: Unable to create repository?

Why does this happen? I am (this time) trying to install Atmel’s gnu-avr toolchain. Atmel’s web site gives the repository as http:www.atmel.no/avr32/suse/11.0/i586. I put that into YAST2’s repository manager, and it comes back with “unable to create repository from URL…”

Why does this happen? It’s hardly unique to the Atmel repository: in fact, it seems to be YAST’s default behavior on ANYTHING other than the official SUSE repos.

Is there some way to fix this, or bypass it with some other installation tool, so I can get the software I need?

Thanks,
James

Enter the url without the i586. Generally this applies to all repos added to YaST.

Thanks. Looks like it worked: at least it found & downloaded a newer version of avr-gcc. Now to see if it’s new enough…

I would have sworn that I had tried setting the repository name without the i586, because I looked at the link and found files at the URL without it.

You can certainly go there by browser but the repository path must lead to the repository configuration/definition files.

I’m having the same problem with a different. I’m new to linux/opensuse and i’m trying to get my wifi to work by installing the drivers/firmware. I’m trying to follow this guide: BCM43224, BCM43225 and BCM4313 installation guide but when I try to enter the web address to yast I get the error that it is unable to create the repository. I tried:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
git.kernel.org - linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git/summary and
https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git

with no luck. Can anyone help point me in the right direction as to what im doing wrong and what i need to do to install these drivers/firmware?
if im missing any needed info please let me know, im still trying to figure things out. Ive already tried searching for hours before this with no luck.

Thanks

On 2011-05-05 08:36, mkkuntz8 wrote:
> I’m having the same problem with a different. I’m new to linux/opensuse
> and i’m trying to get my wifi to work by installing the

I think you should be asking in the wireless subforum.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

On 05/05/2011 11:20 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>
> I think you should be asking in the wireless subforum.

after going through the three stickies at the top of that forum…


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