On 2011/03/28 06:44 (GMT+0200) Carlos E. R. composed:
Felix Miata wrote:
Any suggested URLs explaining generally how to go about finding "regional" mirrors? Does region generally refer to a continent? Country? Other?
Open in a browser, for example:
Hit the "details" link of any file. That's the info that mirrorbrains provides, and you can see the list of available mirrors, by country, continent, and worldwide.
Good to know. I can't recall ever having opened one of those links before.
By the way: if a download doesn't work, it is not mirrorbrain fault, but zypper or yast. Those programs have enough info to select a mirror, or several. If one fails, select another one, automatically, till it works.
That behavior is why I started the thread. I know that's how it's _supposed_ to work. It just doesn't here. I edit my repos to use specific mirrors to get around the problem, but every now & then I do a fresh install and forget to make those edits before trying to access repos. Those times remind me the system as I find it is broken. Lately I've taken to including ipv6.disable=1 on my Grub cmdlines, but I'm not yet convinced what if any impact that's had.
They can create a local black/white list of mirror server to use / not to use.
Is that something zypper clean clears? I typically clean before running a lengthy dup. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org