On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 08:47 -0700, Alberto M R Davila wrote: ... > [root@server2 download]# yum update > Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) > Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base > retrygrab() failed for: > > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/1/i386/os/headers/header.info > Executing failover method > failover: out of servers to try > Error getting file > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/1/i386/os/headers/header.info > [Errno 7] HTTP Error (CannotSendRequest): > > Curiously I also cannot use apt-get or synaptic, looks like cannot > connect > to any RPM repositories at all... From others machines, I can acces my > webpages in the apache server of that machine, and also connect to the > local network, but not outside.. any tips to solve this ? Not enough information provided to clearly see if you may have a networking/routing problem. In any case, configure /etc/yum.conf and/ or /etc/apt/sources.list for a mirror near you from the list at http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html The redhat site is very busy and often times out. Phil
