Felix Miata wrote:
On 2008/11/26 13:34 (GMT+1100) Basil Chupin composed:
Felix Miata wrote:
Dunno about 11.0. I've not run into the timeouts with it. In Factory, I run zypper from runlevel 3 as root. The timeouts happen _much_ more quickly there.
If you're using download.opensuse.org for the standard repos, try switching to an alternate mirror for those, such as mirrors.kernel.org or gwdg.de.
Thanks for this, but moving to some other source/mirror doesn't really solve the problem because if zypper strikes a problem with the download it will still "hang" for some prescribed period before announcing that there has been error.
What I was suggesting was a workaround for the problem of the openSUSE download redirector redirecting to servers that are missing files. When your repo configs specify one specific mirror that isn't missing files, you don't get the repeated timeouts.
Yes, I understand this but I get disconnected from the Internet sometimes when zypper is doing upgrades so switching to different servers isn't going to solve my "problem". If I am downloading a file using Firefox and I get a glitch with my ISP I can continue with the download within seconds because I can Pause the download and then Resume as soon as the reconnection to my ISP occurs. There is no such capability using zypper but worse still zypper just remains in the "hung" state for ages before I am able to make it continue - which is why I want to alter its preconfigured timeout period. Ciao. -- Be nice to people on your way up - you'll see the same people on your way down. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org