Yast won’t install due to time out

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#1

Hi, after installing openSUSE 11.0, I am no longer able to install additional packages with yast.

It worked for a while, but now I am getting an error like

Download failed:
Download (curl) error for ‘http://download.opensuse.org/…’
Error code: User abort
Error message: connect() timed out!

This now happens for most any package I want to install, with different urls. I have checked my network settings, they are fine. Proof is that I am browsing here at this right moment.

Zypper said something from the update repo being outdated, but disabling it didn’t change anything.

Help much appreciated, H.

#2

Somehow, the problem seems to have solved itself. It suddenly started working. My guess is that I first had my hostname misconfigured, that this confused the DNS server, and that it took a while for it to refresh once I fixed my hostname.

#3

Could also be the repository was heavily used or had a temporary glitch…
Does happen sometimes.

Wj

#4

I had the same problem yesterday. All the repositories from download.opensuse.org where out or very slow. Loads of time outs. Seems to be ok today. Just a glitch I would say.