Before doing "yum update" on system which has CentOS5.3, I gave "yum list updates" but the following message comes: Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Determining fastest mirrors Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=x86_64&repo=os error was [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (110, 'Connection timed out')> Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20101016/a4b19807/attachment-0002.html>
On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Ritika Garg <ritikagarg25 at gmail.com> wrote:> Before doing "yum update" on system which has CentOS5.3, I gave "yum list > updates" but the following message comes: > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror > Determining fastest mirrors > Could not retrieve mirrorlist > http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=x86_64&repo=os error was > [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (110, 'Connection timed out')> > Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base > >Check whether the system has internet connectivity, verify if the nameservers have been listed in /etc/resolv.conf and if the system connects to the net through a proxy server, specify proxy settings in /etc/yum.conf. These could be the basic reasons for this error to appear. -- Manish Kathuria
On 10/16/2010 08:51 AM, Ritika Garg wrote:> Before doing "yum update" on system which has CentOS5.3, I gave "yum > list updates" but the following message comes: > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror > Determining fastest mirrors > Could not retrieve mirrorlist > http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=x86_64&repo=os > <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=x86_64&repo=os> error was > [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (110, 'Connection timed out')> > Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: baseYou can just give a yum update. Before any update starts you are asked for a confirmation. If network connection is not the problem, try a "yum clean all" and try to update again. Theo