Jim Cunning wrote:

Dave,

I tried the link you graciously provided and got a list of 5 mirrors, from which I chose:

http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/home:/dgege:/fprint/openSUSE_1... and http://widehat.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/dgege:/fprint/openSUSE_10.3/h...

If I include the "home:dgege:fprint.repo" in the repository path, yast says the repository cannot be created. Omitting the "home:dgege:fprint.repo" works as far as configuring the repository, but using either mirror still results in the original error message. Any other ideas anyone? TIA.

Sorry being late getting back to you Jim, but the real world called. The way I do it when I need to add a repo from a mirror is just to go to the mirror in your web browser and get to the place where you see the i586, repodata and , x86_64 directories, then either right-click and 'copy link location' or just cut and paste the address from the browser into the command line like: zypper ar http://cut&pasted_link In the links you gave above, if you go there in your browser you get: [home_dgege_fprint] name=fprint project (openSUSE_10.3) type=rpm-md baseurl=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/dgege:/fprint/openSUSE_10.3/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/dgege:/fprint/openSUSE_10.3/... enabled=1 That's the repo data not the address you need. You should have grabbed: http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/home:/dgege:/fprint/openSUSE_1... and done zypper ar http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/home:/dgege:/fprint/openSUSE_1... drege That would have added the repo correctly for you ;-) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org