On Saturday, 2009-02-07 at 01:57 +0530, Jay Mistry wrote:
(I forgot to send this email)
Is it possible to decrease the time (defaults 30 secs or so) for the repo timeout (i.e. when a particular package/rpm can't be got in a repo, during online update or software installation) -perhaps by editing a system file ?
The above thread says - | echo "connect-timeout = number-of-seconds-you-want" >> /root/.curlrc This is to be typed into console as root ? (su -) ? My problem (OP) is similar to the one mentioned in this thread in openSUSE Mail List archive: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2009-01/msg01626.html. As Basil says in his reply (http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2009-01/msg01742.html), the problem is not from the ISP side, i.e. _in spite of a proper functional connection to the Net _, YaST (am talking about the YaST GUI interface, not zypper CLI ... - YAST --> Software --> Software Management / Online Update ... same timeout message appears in both cases). The timeout message says "Retrying in _30 secs_" (I think default is 30 secs, but before this message pops-up, the RPM/package download window kind-of 'hangs' mid-way between an incomplete download (not due to ISP problem, but most likely due to some error/ repo server-side issue; this is *before* the timeout window pops-up). Is there a way to decrease the timeout for - (a) while the rpm/package download hangs & _before_ the pop-up window appears. (b) after the pop-up window has appeared (the timeout for this, as given in the 'Retrying after ____ secs ... defaults at 30 secs, I think) This is my basic question. It is a bit difficult to explain (perhaps a screenshot would help & will post one when I next do an update & when this behaviour occurs), but I hope I have been able to convey gist of the problem. PS: About my question to Carlos' reply (quote above), I am relatively new to Linux (about 4 mo) and have used CLI infrequently, so not too familiar with it. Thanks, Jay -- Registered Linux User # 483705 @ http://counter.li.org/ (openSUSE 11.1, i386) Smolts Profile: http://www.smolts.org/client/show/?uuid=pub_b541a450-9bc1-45fd-beab-d46ee43a... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org