ac_dispatcher Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 I have gone the the PLF site and tried about 8 different "contrib" sites. after I install Ill goto install any program. I get a message: medium "contrib" uses an invalid list file: mirror is probably not up-to-date, trying to use alternate method any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 have you tried this, at least you have a bunch of ftp contrib sources to choose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylizard Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 I have been getting the same thing. And yes, I have used easy urpmi and every site that I try I keep getting an error that the contrib list is invalid. I have had to remove my contrib source all together. This is on a Mandrake 9.2 install using the mandrake 9.2 settings with easy urpmi. Anyone else getting this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeeDubb Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 i have gottern the same error, but it hasn't actualy affected my ability to install software. I have been able to insstall everything I've tried so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chin808 Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 i have gottern the same error, but it hasn't actualy affected my ability to install software. I have been able to insstall everything I've tried so far. ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 Yep, I'm getting that error too. And have been getting it regardless of what server I try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kuchwas Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Official word from Mandrake in a couple lists that I follow is that a- mirrors are hammered since 9.2 isos just released, B) b- mirrors are hammered since Cooker just unfroze from 9.2 and is very active, c- mirrors are hammered because Fedora Core 1 just released, d- many mirrors are at University which restrict access during their daytime. I have three different mirrors defined around the world for each repository. I'm in USA and try Australia in US am, Europe in US pm, etc. Try using urpmi on command line with --wget switch, since curl has no ability to hang in there with the current mirror onslaught.... Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durvish Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Same problem here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 I get the same message, but it still manages to get the necessary files. So my guess is, something is slightly wrong, but it's ok to ignore. They should fix it though, this thread shows that it confuses people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglafata Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 I was having problems after I downloaded the update for rpmdrake. What I did was follow the paths in a browser and found that the path in rpmdrake was incorrect and I manually edited the sources to the correct location of the hdlists. I also had set up shorewall and had to open port 21 for rpmdrake to connect to the FTP sites to download the updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kuchwas Posted December 13, 2003 Report Share Posted December 13, 2003 They should fix it though, this thread shows that it confuses people. It is the mirrors that Mandrake has no control over. This has been discussed ad nausem in Newbie, Expert, Cooker, every forum in all corners of the world. Mandrake is trying to get the mirror maintainers to get it cleaned up. In the meantime, try this when you update your media: "urpmi.update -a -c -f --no-md5sum --wget" -a = all media -c = clear header cache -f = force --no-md5sum = ignore md5sum files on local machine and mirror, just sync them --wget = use wget protocol (far more robust than curl) Then you should not see the errors as you install software, and the mirror will not tell you it has a program that is is supposed to have but does not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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