Re: ahh! painful error! [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>

I never knew that!  thanks!

so does everyone have the problem of yum not working unless you go in as
root?  I didnt think in fc5 that was the case,
but maybe I am wrong.

thx,

Diego

On 9/9/07, Kulbir Saini <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> > Ok, nevermind,
> >
> > I somehow fixed it. 3 problems mostly with the .repo - still strange,
> but
> > just for reference:
> >
> > mirrorlist= does not work, I have to use a valid baseurl
> > the name= requires the addition of the word "Base" at the end
> > cannot su to root, must login in as root?  does su not really make you
> > root?
> > just admin?
>
>   No, su doesn't make you root. $USER still remains the same and if some
> application uses $USER as reference to check authenticity , it'll fail.
>
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Diego
> >
> > On 9/9/07, Diego Martinez <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> no!  and I just checked all the dependencies, so I am pretty sure that
> I
> >> did not somehow break python,
> >> sooooo, I am still clueless.
> >>
> >> thanks for replying!
> >>
> >> Diego
> >>
> >> On 9/8/07, Tim Lauridsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >  Diego Martinez wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > I am having massive trouble with yum, before and after upgrade to
> >> fedora
> >> > 7
> >> >
> >> > here is the output:
> >> > >yum update yumex
> >> > Setting up Update Process
> >> > Could not retrieve mirrorlist
> >> >
> http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-7&arch=x86_64error
> >> was
> >> > [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
> >> >
> http://mirror.nuvio.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml
> >> > : [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not
> known')>
> >> > Trying other mirror.
> >> > Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: fedora
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I know I am pointing at a certain repository, but it is sane, and if
> I
> >> > use the mirror list, and cant read it, with a similar error - that is
> >> the
> >> > first set.  so it kind of looks like there is some communication
> >> error, but
> >> > I have no clue why.  this happens with or without the firewall, and
> >> the urls
> >> > work - I am totally stuck!  this is the first time in >10yrs of using
> >> linux
> >> > I have had a problem I cannot fix myself!
> >> >
> >> > I appreciate any suggestions!  Thank you!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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