There was no network problem, I could access this url through my web browser. It was instead a yum configuration problem. There wasn't any proxy information in the yum.conf file. I had to add the parameters: proxy, proxy_username and proxy_password. It started working then. Please don't close any issue in such a haste next time. Programmers all over the world rely on your help. I'm a programmer myself but fairly new to linux. I went through some of the yum faqs but couldn't find anything useful. I got the solution to my problem on linux.duke.edu
Thanks, ~Pratiksha On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 15:49 -0400, Pete Graner wrote: > On 9/17/07, Pratiksha Powar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > > Machine: i686 > > OS: linux-gnu > > Compiler: gcc > > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' > > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-redhat-linux-gnu' > > -DCONF_VENDOR='redhat' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' > > -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -D_GNU_SOURCE > > -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -g -pipe -Wall > > -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector > > --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic > > -fasynchronous-unwind-tables > > uname output: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-8.el5 #1 SMP Thu Mar 15 > > 19:57:35 EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > Machine Type: i686-redhat-linux-gnu > > > > Bash Version: 3.1 > > Patch Level: 17 > > Release Status: release > > Yum Version : 3.0.5 > > > > Description: > > Yum not able to access url through bash > > > > Repeat-By: > > Following is the sequence of commands and the results: > > > > 1. [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# yum install gcc > > 2. Loading "installonlyn" plugin > > 3. Setting up Install Process > > 4. Setting up repositories > > 5. Could not retrieve mirrorlist > > http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge error was > > 6. [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (110, 'Connection timed out')> > > 7. Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: rpmforge > > > > I don't know whether it is a problem with Bash or yum. > > I suppose it is bash only. Also, if I need to upgrade to the > > latest version of Bash where would I get a reliable binary > > for the above stated architecture. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > Pratiksha > > > > > > > > > > This is a not even a yum problem, its a network/upstream server > problem. If you cut an paste the URL into your browser you will get > the information. > > ~p
