Zypper update: "Network is unreachable" ERROR

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Hi there,
Every time I’m trying to update my system it gives me (repeatedly, many times during the process) this error message:

Download (curl) error for 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/repodata/repomd.xml':
Error code: Connection failed
Error message: Failed to connect to download.opensuse.org port 80: Network is unreachable

NOTE: this error is not specific for this repository only. It can give the same error for any of my repositories during the update and i have to repeatedly enter R-Retry and if i am lucky enough it will succeed and continue downloading updates until the next very same ERROR.
Any ideas?

OS:

aram@linux-gn3o:~> lsb-release -a
LSB Version:    n/a
Distributor ID: SUSE LINUX
Description:    openSUSE Leap 42.1 (x86_64)
Release:        42.1
Codename:       n/a
aram@linux-gn3o:~> uname -r
4.1.15-8-default

NOTE: this happens even with tumbleweed

Repos:

aram@linux-gn3o:~> zypper repos
#  | Alias                               | Name                                    | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh
---+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+---------+-----------+--------
 1 | KDE_Frameworks_5                    | KDE Frameworks 5                        | No      | ----      | No     
 2 | MEGAsync                            | MEGAsync                                | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
 3 | download.opensuse.org-oss           | Main Repository (DEBUG)                 | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
 4 | fonts                               | fonts                                   | No      | ----      | No     
 5 | google-talkplugin                   | google-talkplugin                       | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
 6 | http-download.opensuse.org-69a7a5cf | KDE:Extra                               | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
 7 | http-download.opensuse.org-870ec8b8 | KDE:Extra                               | No      | ----      | No     
 8 | http-download.opensuse.org-a9e5ec54 | home:deltafox                           | No      | ----      | No     
 9 | http-download.opensuse.org-af77c528 | openSUSE:Leap:42.1:NonFree              | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
10 | http-download.opensuse.org-c57b6024 | home:walery                             | No      | ----      | No     
11 | packman.inode.at-suse               | Packman Repository                      | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
12 | repo-debug                          | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Debug                | No      | ----      | Yes    
13 | repo-debug-non-oss                  | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Debug-Non-Oss        | No      | ----      | Yes    
14 | repo-debug-update                   | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update-Debug         | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
15 | repo-debug-update-non-oss           | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update-Debug-Non-Oss | No      | ----      | No     
16 | repo-non-oss                        | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Non-Oss              | No      | ----      | Yes    
17 | repo-oss                            | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Oss                  | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
18 | repo-source                         | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Source               | No      | ----      | Yes    
19 | repo-update                         | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update               | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
20 | repo-update-non-oss                 | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update-Non-Oss       | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
21 | vlc                                 | vlc                                     | No      | ----      | No     
22 | wine                                | wine                                    | No      | ----      | No

THANKS

2

Can you connect to anything else on the Internet using any other app… like a web browser or mail?

The error you’re posting “network unreachable” typically means that the IP address your machine is using is not part of a logical network with a default gateway.
This can happen a number of different ways, but you need to narrow down possibilities by trying other apps, possibly running a traceroute.

Some possibilities…

  • A network proxy may need to be configured.
  • A basic network configuration error.
  • Connecting to multiple networks simultaneously.
  • A zypper configuration error (less likely)

TSU

3

everything seems to be working normally, im using internet without any problem, everything just worked out of the box… :sarcastic:

4

Hi
Then it maybe the mirror your being directed to was/is incomplete…

Pick a mirror close to your locale/region from the list of mirrors;
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/repodata/repomd.xml.mirrorlist

Either remove the existing one and re-add with the fixed URL, or just edit the repo link.

5

hard to decide which mirror to use… even after testing the download speed and choosing one i encountered the same issue…

6

Hi
Hmm, just tried one here, seems to be fine?


zypper ar -f http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/ TEST

Adding repository 'TEST' ........................................................................................................[done]
Repository 'TEST' successfully added
Enabled     : Yes                                                                         
Autorefresh : Yes                                                                         
GPG Check   : Yes                                                                         
Priority    : 99                                                                          
URI         : http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/

zypper ref

Refreshing service 'spacewalk'.
Retrieving repository 'TEST' metadata ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\]

New repository or package signing key received:

  Repository:       TEST                                        
  Key Name:         KDE OBS Project <KDE@build.opensuse.org>    
  Key Fingerprint:  4E8E6DE2 961F3083 EAC50086 27C07017 6F88BB2F
  Key Created:      Sun Aug 31 09:06:11 2014                    
  Key Expires:      Tue Nov  8 08:06:11 2016                    
  Rpm Name:         gpg-pubkey-6f88bb2f-54032bd3                


Do you want to reject the key, trust temporarily, or trust always? [r/t/a/? shows all options] (r): a
Retrieving repository 'TEST' metadata ...........................................................................................[done]
Building repository 'TEST' cache ................................................................................................[done]
7

The problem is that this error isnt constantly there… and there is no way to 100% reproduce it. in some cases i am able to do update without encountering this issue and sometimes it just appears… very nasty one… actually you have to sit behind your pc to perform an update with this… every time hitting R-retry for retrying … sort of a manual update haha

8

Hi
Then I would guess it’s a mirror/mirrorbrain issue with redirection as well as the mirror being updated. See if you can find a mirror that has all your repos on (probably the one in my example is pretty reliable), modify your repo url’s and see how that goes.

9

I got the same problem and finally found that it was the DNS IP address. I assigned the DNS of the ISP to the name server in Yast network settings then zypper works fine.