Hello everybody.
For several weeks now my Fedora 7 x86_64 system has been experiencing a really annoying problem. I use GNOME, and when I log in I am promptly informed about the updates available, however when I allow pup to install them it takes ages to load. There already is a thread here dealing with "pup loading slow", but I made a little bit more of research.
If I load yumex (after closing pup) I notice it also starts very slow because it usually attempts to download a presumably corrupted file:
This time I was not lucky and did not get any file to work (so I am without updates). I believe that comps-f7.xml file carries information about packages and its download is necessary each time yumex starts, but then I wonder, why, if it is that important, are only corrupted copies hosted?09:20:24 : Yum Config Setup
09:20:25 : Yum Version : 3.2.5
09:20:25 : GUI Setup Completed
09:20:25 : Setup Yum : Transaction Set
09:20:27 : Setup Yum : RPM Db.
09:20:27 : Setup Yum : Repositories.
09:20:27 : Setup Yum : Package Sacks
09:20:27 : Setup Yum : Updates
09:20:40 : Loaded update Metadata from updates
09:20:40 : Setup Yum : Groups
09:20:54 : Failure getting ftp://ftp.uci.edu/mirrors/fedora/lin...6_64/repodata/comps-f7.xml:
09:20:54 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
09:20:54 : Trying other mirror.
09:21:07 : Failure getting http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu.../comps-f7.xml:
09:21:07 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
09:21:07 : Trying other mirror.
09:21:18 : Failure getting http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/upd.../comps-f7.xml:
09:21:18 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
09:21:18 : Trying other mirror.
09:23:29 : Failure getting http://mirror.newnanutilities.org/pu.../comps-f7.xml:
09:23:29 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
09:23:29 : Trying other mirror.
09:23:41 : Failure getting http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/dist.../comps-f7.xml:
09:23:41 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
09:23:41 : Trying other mirror.
09:23:53 : Failure getting http://mirror.cogentco.com/pub/linux.../comps-f7.xml:
09:23:54 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
09:23:54 : Trying other mirror.
09:24:06 : Failure getting http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub/fedora/l.../comps-f7.xml:
09:24:06 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
09:24:06 : Trying other mirror.
09:24:19 : Failure getting http://limestone.uoregon.edu/ftp/fed.../comps-f7.xml:
09:24:19 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
09:24:19 : Trying other mirror.
09:24:33 : Failure getting http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/fedora/lin.../comps-f7.xml:
09:24:33 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
09:24:33 : Trying other mirror.
09:26:08 : Failure getting http://mirror.web-ster.com/fedora/up.../comps-f7.xml:
09:26:08 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
09:26:08 : Trying other mirror.
09:26:09 : Failure getting ftp://mirror.cs.princeton.edu/pub/mi.../comps-f7.xml:
09:26:09 : --> [Errno 4] IOError: [Errno ftp error] 421 Sorry, mirror already has 31 users logged on. Try again in 10 minutes.
09:26:09 : Trying other mirror.
09:26:24 : Failure getting http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/li.../comps-f7.xml:
09:26:24 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
09:26:24 : Trying other mirror.
09:26:55 : Failure getting http://mirror.nuvio.com/pub/fedora/l.../comps-f7.xml:
09:26:55 : --> [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
09:26:55 : Trying other mirror.
09:27:07 : Failure getting http://mirror.stanford.edu/fedora/li.../comps-f7.xml:
09:27:07 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
09:27:07 : Trying other mirror.
09:27:18 : Failure getting http://fedora.ifc.unam.mx/updates/7/.../comps-f7.xml:
09:27:18 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
09:27:18 : Trying other mirror.
09:27:32 : Failure getting http://fedora.mirror.iweb.ca/updates.../comps-f7.xml:
09:27:32 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
09:27:32 : Trying other mirror.
09:27:45 : Failure getting http://mirror.steadfast.net/fedora/u.../comps-f7.xml:
09:27:45 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
09:27:45 : Trying other mirror.
09:27:59 : Failure getting http://www.muug.mb.ca/pub/fedora/lin.../comps-f7.xml:
09:27:59 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
09:27:59 : Trying other mirror.
09:28:11 : Failure getting http://mirror.hiwaay.net/pub/fedora/.../comps-f7.xml:
09:28:11 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
09:28:11 : Trying other mirror.
09:46:45 : failure: repodata/comps-f7.xml from updates: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
Is it a common problem or just my system?
Assuming it is my system's problem, how can I make yumex ignore checksum?
Fortunately I have broadband, but imagine the pain in the @$# to download a 1.1MB file multiple times just to figure out it is corrupted and does not work.
Thanks.
Joe.