For some reason I am not able to add packman repository.I can certainly connect to host and browse the files using any web browser or ftp client.These log portions may be of some help: =================================================================================================== 2005-12-30 23:23:23 <1> linux(11151) [ui-shortcuts] YShortcutManager.cc(checkShortcuts):82 Shortcut conflict: 'S' used for YRadioButton "&SMB/CIFS" 2005-12-30 23:23:23 <1> linux(11151) [ui-shortcuts] YShortcutManager.cc(checkShortcuts):82 Shortcut conflict: 'S' used for YTextEntry "&Share" 2005-12-30 23:23:23 <1> linux(11151) [ui-shortcuts] YShortcutManager.cc(checkShortcuts):96 No valid shortcut for YTextEntry "Workgroup or Domain" 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrcManager.cc(scanMedia):451 scanMedia http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaAccess.cc(open):113 Opened: http(http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ not attached; localRoot "/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/tmp") 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaHandler.cc(attach):169 Attached: http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ attached; localRoot "/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/tmp" 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess++] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):379 dest: /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/tmp/media.1/products 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess++] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):380 destNew: /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/tmp/media.1/products.new.yast.37456 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess++] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):388 URL: http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/media.1/products 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [liby2util++] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):276 unlink /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/tmp/media.1/products.new.yast.37456 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <3> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):432 curl error: 7: couldn't connect to host 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <2> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaHandler.cc(provideFile):283 provideFile(/media.1/products): ERROR(Media:connection failed)[couldn't connect to host] 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess++] MediaAccess.cc(~MediaAccess):62 http(http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ attached; localRoot "/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/tmp") 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaHandler.cc(disconnect):214 Disconnected: http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ attached; localRoot "/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/tmp" 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaHandler.cc(release):241 Released: http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ not attached; localRoot "/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/tmp" 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaAccess.cc(close):152 Close: http(http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ not attached; localRoot "/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/tmp") (OK) 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrcManager.cc(scanMedia):545 scanMedia http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ (/) 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(vconstruct):1317 Create InstSrc type AUTODETECT from media http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ (/) using cache /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(InstSrc):90 New InstSrc InstSrc(<-0)((NULL)|(NULL)) 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(_init_newCache):643 InstSrc create new cache /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [liby2util++] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):276 mkdir /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001 00755 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(_init_newMedia):706 Look for InstSrc type AUTODETECT on media http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaAccess.cc(open):113 Opened: http(http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ not attached; localRoot "/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA") 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaHandler.cc(attach):169 Attached: http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ attached; localRoot "/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA" 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(_init_newMedia):736 Try InstSrc type UnitedLinux 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrcDataUL.cc(tryGetDescr):76 InstSrcDataUL::tryGetDescr(/) 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess++] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):379 dest: /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/media.1/media 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess++] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):380 destNew: /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/media.1/media.new.yast.37456 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess++] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):388 URL: http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/media.1/media 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [liby2util++] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):276 unlink /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/media.1/media.new.yast.37456 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <3> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):432 curl error: 7: couldn't connect to host 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <2> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaHandler.cc(provideFile):283 provideFile(/media.1/media): ERROR(Media:connection failed)[couldn't connect to host] 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <3> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrcDataUL.cc(tryGetDescr):92 Media can't provide '/media.1/media' ERROR(Media:connection failed)[couldn't connect to host] 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <2> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(_init_newMedia):769 No InstSrc type UnitedLinux found 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(_init_newMedia):736 Try InstSrc type YUM 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [Repodata] YUMRepodata.cc(Repodata):50 Loading repodata from '/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/DATA' 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <2> linux(11151) [Repodata] YUMRepodata.cc(Repodata):56 /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/DATA/repomd.xml{does not exist} 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [Repodata] YUMRepodata.cc(Repodata):72 /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/DATA/repomd.xml has data ID '' 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [Repodata++] YUMRepodata.cc(update):92 START http(http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ attached; localRoot "/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA") /repodata 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess++] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):379 dest: /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/repodata/repomd.xml 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess++] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):380 destNew: /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/repodata/repomd.xml.new.yast.37456 2005-12-30 23:23:29 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess++] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):388 URL: http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/repodata/repomd.xml 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [liby2util++] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):276 unlink /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/repodata/repomd.xml.new.yast.37456 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <3> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):432 curl error: 7: couldn't connect to host 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <2> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaHandler.cc(provideFile):283 provideFile(/repodata/repomd.xml): ERROR(Media:connection failed)[couldn't connect to host] 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <2> linux(11151) [Repodata] YUMRepodata.cc(update):121 Media can't provide '/repodata/repomd.xml' ERROR(Media:connection failed) [couldn't connect to host] 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <3> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrcDataYUM.cc(tryGetDescr):130 Failed to create cache! ERROR(1) 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <2> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(_init_newMedia):769 No InstSrc type YUM found 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(_init_newMedia):736 Try InstSrc type PlainDir 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess++] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):379 dest: /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/IS_PLAINcache.gz 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess++] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):380 destNew: /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/IS_PLAINcache.gz.new.yast.37456 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess++] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):388 URL: http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/IS_PLAINcache.gz 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [liby2util++] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):276 unlink /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/IS_PLAINcache.gz.new.yast.37456 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <3> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):432 curl error: 7: couldn't connect to host 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <2> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaHandler.cc(provideFile):283 provideFile(/IS_PLAINcache.gz): ERROR(Media:connection failed)[couldn't connect to host] 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <2> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrcDataPLAIN.cc(tryGetDescr):315 Media can't provide '/IS_PLAINcache.gz' ERROR(Media:connection failed)[couldn't connect to host] 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess++] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):379 dest: /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/IS_PLAINcache 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess++] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):380 destNew: /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/IS_PLAINcache.new.yast.37456 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess++] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):388 URL: http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/IS_PLAINcache 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [liby2util++] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):276 unlink /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/IS_PLAINcache.new.yast.37456 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <3> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopy):432 curl error: 7: couldn't connect to host 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <2> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaHandler.cc(provideFile):283 provideFile(/IS_PLAINcache): ERROR(Media:connection failed)[couldn't connect to host] 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <2> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrcDataPLAIN.cc(tryGetDescr):328 Media can't provide '/IS_PLAINcache' ERROR(Media:connection failed)[couldn't connect to host] 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <3> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrcDataPLAIN.cc(tryGetDescr):343 FTP/HTTP package scan supported. Create IS_PLAINcache! 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <2> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(_init_newMedia):769 No InstSrc type PlainDir found 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <3> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(_init_newMedia):774 No InstSrc type AUTODETECT found on media http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(~InstSrc):103 Delete InstSrc InstSrc(<-0)((NULL)|(NULL)) (delete /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001) 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaHandler.cc(disconnect):214 Disconnected: http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ attached; localRoot "/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA" 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaHandler.cc(release):241 Released: http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ not attached; localRoot "/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA" 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess] MediaAccess.cc(close):152 Close: http(http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ not attached; localRoot "/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA") (OK) 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [mediaaccess++] MediaAccess.cc(~MediaAccess):62 MediaAccess( closed ) 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [liby2util++] ExternalProgram.cc(start_program):163 recursive_rmdir /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001 Executing '/bin/rm' '-rf' '--preserve-root' '--' '/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001' 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [liby2util++] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):276 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <3> linux(11151) [packagemanager] InstSrc.cc(vconstruct):1348 Unable to detect an InstSrc on http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ ERROR(InstSrc:E_no_instsrc_on_media) 2005-12-30 23:23:30 <1> linux(11151) [packagemanager++] InstSrcManager.cc(scanMedia):529 scanMedia http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ found 0 InstSrc(es) 2005-12-30 23:23:34 <1> linux(11151) [ui-shortcuts] YShortcutManager.cc(checkShortcuts):82 Shortcut conflict: 'S' used for YRadioButton "&SMB/CIFS" 2005-12-30 23:23:34 <1> linux(11151) [ui-shortcuts] YShortcutManager.cc(checkShortcuts):82 Shortcut conflict: 'S' used for YTextEntry "&Share" 2005-12-30 23:23:34 <1> linux(11151) [ui-shortcuts] YShortcutManager.cc(checkShortcuts):96 No valid shortcut for YTextEntry "Workgroup or Domain" ========================================================================================================================== thanks.