Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1213 mails)

[Ricardo Chung <ricardo.a.chung@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, April 05, 2012 09:35:30 AM phanisvara das wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 03:00:08 +0530, Ricardo Chung
>
> <ricardo.a.chung@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > actually, i can access the URL in a browser, including the .xml file
> > > zypper/YAST claim isn't available. the error zypper throws is this:
> > >
> > > -----------
> > > Download (curl) error for
> > > 'http://packman.inode.at/suse/12.1/repodata/repomd.xml':
> > > Error code: Unrecognized error
> > > Error message: Empty reply from server
> > > -----------
> > >
> > > has anybody seen this before? it's new to me...
> > >
> > > --
> > > phani.
> >
> > Phani,
> > Not sure if this command can help you.
> > su -
> > password:
> > as root type
> > # rpm -v --rebuilddb
> > When it finish try again su -c "zypper patch" or su -c "zypper up"
> > according what you are trying to do.
>
> i've used "rpm --rebuilddb" before, when the rpm DB got messed up, usually
> because of a system crash due to power outage that the UPS (cheap one,
> off-line) didn't catch.
>
> i didn't think this would help in this case, and it didn't. "rpm -v
> --rebuilddb" returned immediately, without any output in spite of the -v
> option -- means the rpm DB was ok. and i'm still getting the same error
> when zypper tries to refresh the packman repo.
>
> it's weird, "empty reply from the server," even though i can see the
> contents of the file
> (http://packman.inode.at/suse/12.1/repodata/repomd.xml ) in a browser.
>
> next thing i'll remove the packman repo & all it's cached contents, then
> re-add it. if that doesn't help, i'll try packman from a different URL.
>
> many thanks for trying though,
>
> --
> phani.
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Phani,

You are wellcome.

In any case try another url or packman mirror before going to something 
harder.

Check  out one of these packman mirrors that works better for you (closer to 
your region)
http://packman.links2linux.org/mirrors

Regards,
-- 
Ricardo Chung | Panama
openSUSE Linux Ambassador

openSUSE 11.4 | KDE 4.7 | Mesa-Nouveau 3D
Linux for Education
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