Errno 256 No more mirrors to try

[selco]

Hi everyone!

I installed Fedora 14 (specifically 2.6.35.12-88.fc14.i686) last 31Mar on my pentium desktop. Recently, I always get the Errno 256 problem whenever I download or request for updates thru either yum or at the system's Add/Remove Software, as follows:

System->Administration->ADD/REMOVE SOFTWARE:

Errors were encountered while downloading packages.
libgssglue-devel-0.1-8.fc12.i686: failure: Packages/libgssglue-devel-0.1-8.fc12.i686.rpm from fedora: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
nfs-utils-lib-devel-1.1.5-3.fc14.i686: failure: nfs-utils-lib-devel-1.1.5-3.fc14.i686.rpm from updates: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
beesu-2.7-3.fc14.i686: failure: beesu-2.7-3.fc14.i686.rpm from updates: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
system-config-nfs-docs-1.0.9-1.fc14.noarch: failure: Packages/system-config-nfs-docs-1.0.9-1.fc14.noarch.rpm from fedora: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
nfs4-acl-tools-0.3.3-6.fc13.i686: failure: Packages/nfs4-acl-tools-0.3.3-6.fc13.i686.rpm from fedora: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

I've tried breezing threads on different Linux foras but could not find a replica of my problem. There are some common follow-up feedback and thus I am posting them right now for completeness:

In SYSTEM --> ADMINISTRATION --> SOFTWARE SOURCES
Enabled the following: Fedora 14 - i386 and Fedora 14 - i386 - Updates

And at the Bash terminal:

[root selco]# vi -r /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo
E305: No swap file found for /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo

[root selco]# vi -r /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo
E305: No swap file found for /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo

[root selco]# yum update
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Adding en_US to language list
Setting up Update Process
No Packages marked for Update

#vi /etc/yum.conf

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
installonly_limit=3
color=never

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
"/etc/yum.conf" 24L, 825C

Could anyone please tell what and how to solve this problem !

[atreyu]

i hate fedora mirrors. try this (as root):

0. first of all, make sure you can see this repo:

host download.fedora.redhat.com

You should see "blah has address blah". In case your system cannto find the host command, it is part of the bind-utils package.

1. back up your old repo files

cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
mkdir DISABLED
mv *.repo ./DISABLED/

2. create a "test" repo file

cat ->  fedora14.repo
[fedora14]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch
failovermethod=priority
baseurl=h*t*t*p://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch
[CTRL]+[D]   (<--- press this key combo to finish typing and save the file)

Remove the asterisks from the baseurl above to make the URL legit. Not sure about the path to the gpgkey file, make sure it exists on your system in /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/ or wherever.

3. see if you can see your new repo

yum repolist

4. test it

yum list available

Note: you can always put things back they way they were with:

rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora14.repo
mv /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/

hth