YUM: Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora

betsubetsu · #1 11th June 2009, 04:28 PM

I installed F11 from scratch on a desktop and now I have trouble using yum

Code:

# yum repolist all
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again
# yum info kernel
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again
# yum list installed
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again

I have been looking around but cannot find a solution.

Hope someone can help me.

Thanks,
BB

IloChab · #2 11th June 2009, 10:10 PM

I had your same problem just now, with a fresh install of Fedora 11 from KDE-Live CD.
Googling I find out that that error depends on the fact that yum is not able to get the file from the repository.
So, if your network connection is ok (like mine) the cause could be the fact that, due to traffic overload, yum can't get the mirror list from fedora server (that is its default conf on F11)
So I commented in .repo definitions the mirrorlist line and I substituted it whith a baseurl to a speedy server near me; I'm in europe so I choose :
baseurl=http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/x86_64/os/

I hope this could be of help for you.
ciao
Licia

betsubetsu · #3 12th June 2009, 08:04 AM

I commented the mirrorlist and uncommented the baseurl (see yum repo below) and

Code:

[fedora]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch
failovermethod=priority
baseurl=ftp://ftp.cru.fr/pub/linux/fedora/releases/11/Everything/x86_64/os/
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/
#mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
metadata_expire=7d
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

this works but for livna and rpmfusion repositories, I can't make them work.

For rpmfusion-free, i have:

Code:

[rpmfusion-free]
name=RPM Fusion for Fedora $releasever - Free
baseurl=http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/rpmfusion/free/fedora/releases/11/Everything/x86_64/os/
#baseurl=http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/
#mirrorlist=http://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/mirrorlist?repo=free-fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-$releasever-$basearch

I get this error now. I have a connection and I can browse websites with firefox but yum still doesn't work properly:

Code:

# yum repolist all
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/rpmfusion/free/fedora/releases/11/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rpmfusion-free. Please verify its path and try again

If i open http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/rpmfusi...ata/repomd.xml in firefox, i get the xml file. So why does it say "name or service not known"?

BB

***glennzo*** · #4 12th June 2009, 10:56 AM

You can try

Code:

yum clean all

and then

Code:

yum info kernel

or any other yum command as a test. If that doesn't work you can try

Code:

yum clean all
rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
rpm --rebuilddb

then try any yum command again.

Edit: The only file in the Livna repository is libdvdcss so once you get that file you don't need to have Livna enabled.

betsubetsu · #5 12th June 2009, 11:29 AM

Here is what you suggest.

Code:

# yum clean all
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Cleaning up Everything

Code:

# yum info kernel
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again

Code:

# rm -rf __db.00* 
# yum clean all
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Cleaning up Everything
# rpm --rebuilddb
# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again

I think this is related to ipv6 (see my post here: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=223585).
I disabled ipv6 but still cannot resolve names.

***glennzo*** · #6 12th June 2009, 11:36 AM

I didn't suggest this

Code:

rm -rf __db.00*

It was this

Code:

rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*

stallenlu · #7 12th June 2009, 11:36 AM

I have the same problem.
When I changed the *.repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d,it works.
"change all 'https' to 'http' in each *.repo file"
such as:
-------------------------------------------------------------
[fedora]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch
failovermethod=priority
baseurl=ftp://ftp.cru.fr/pub/linux/fedora/releases/11/Everything/x86_64/os/
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/
#mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
metadata_expire=7d
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearchthe
--------------------------------------------------------------
change is like this
--------------------------------------------------------------
"mirrorlist=https:"--->"mirrorlist=https:"

betsubetsu · #8 12th June 2009, 12:18 PM

I know using

Code:

baseurl=ftp://ftp.cru.fr/pub/linux/fedora/releases/11/Everything/x86_64/os/

in fedora.repo works but for rpmfusion-free.repo, i get the same problem anyway:

Code:

# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/rpmfusion/free/fedora/releases/11/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rpmfusion-free. Please verify its path and try again

betsubetsu · #9 12th June 2009, 04:13 PM

It turned out that my local DNS server was the problem so I stopped it and added in /etc/hosts these 2 lines:

Code:

80.239.156.215          mirrors.fedoraproject.org
213.129.242.84          mirrors.rpmfusion.org

Doing so also solved the wget problem. (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=223585)

***glennzo*** · #10 12th June 2009, 04:15 PM

Nice! I'll have to add that solution to my notes...

pooanaji · #11 14th June 2009, 10:21 PM

Hi,
thanks a lot to 'betsubetsu' .Now my yum is working perfectly.

YeOK · #12 19th June 2009, 11:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by betsubetsu

It turned out that my local DNS server was the problem so I stopped it and added in /etc/hosts these 2 lines:

Code:

80.239.156.215          mirrors.fedoraproject.org
213.129.242.84          mirrors.rpmfusion.org

Doing so also solved the wget problem. (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=223585)

Good find, I just got this issue. Fix worked great.

rastanja · #13 22nd June 2009, 10:27 PM

hi,

I have the same problem, but i TURN OFF service NetworkManager ... and it work

alexuk · #14 4th July 2009, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by betsubetsu

It turned out that my local DNS server was the problem so I stopped it and added in /etc/hosts these 2 lines:

Code:

80.239.156.215          mirrors.fedoraproject.org
213.129.242.84          mirrors.rpmfusion.org

Doing so also solved the wget problem. (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=223585)

How do you stop it? Thanks.

manojm · #15 10th July 2009, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rastanja

hi,

I have the same problem, but i TURN OFF service NetworkManager ... and it work

Hi, How can we stop that? thanks