* Bryan Smith <bryan@theclerk.com> [Feb 21. 2003 18:40]:
doesn't seem to fix the error of hanging while "Initiallizing for HTTP/FTP..."
maybe you did not wait long enough? YOU is not that fast sometimes ... check whether there is ftp traffic going on tcpdump -evX port 21 host <whatever (ht|f)tp server you use>
edit /etc/wgetrc and set "passive_ftp = on"
Is this a hint, a workaround OR the official solution/recommendation?
more a hint/recommendation if you run behind a firewall. if you YOU as root, /root/.wgetrc may be the plave to put it.
Pardon me for being to slow to wake up but... I've reproduced the same thing here. YaST2 breaks up and all kinds of error messages begin to appear all over the console. Adding the line "passive_ftp=on" what kind of error messages??
doesn't make a difference. Still doesn't download the updates. hm.
Lars