problem wih media configuration (media.cfg missing)

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problem wih media configuration (media.cfg missing)

Postby jgflores » Apr 16th, '13, 16:57

Hi there. I would need some help around media configuration on mageia 2. There has been some time I have installed mageia 2 in a virtual machin on my job. Right now I need to update a package, but I really can't get to configure update media. When I got to MCC and then to media settings I get

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Impossible d'ajouter le média, erreurs rapportées :

mirror list not found
... échec de la récupération :
impossible d'accéder au média de distribution (pas de fichier media.cfg trouvé)

Média : distrib ()


No difference when I try it with wget or curl:

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Impossible d'ajouter le média, erreurs rapportées :
mirror list not found
... échec de la récupération :
impossible d'accéder au média de distribution (pas de fichier media.cfg trouvé)

Média : distrib ()


I tried as well from the command line, with no success

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[root@flores ~]# urpmi.addmedia --distrib --mirrorlist 'http://mirrors.mageia.org/api/mageia.2.x86_64.list' --debug
getting exclusive lock on urpmi
parsing: /etc/urpmi/mediacfg.d/Stable-2-x86_64
not using metalink since requested downloader does not handle it
récupération de la liste des miroirs depuis http://mirrors.mageia.org/api/mageia.2.x86_64.list
récupération de http://mirrors.mageia.org/api mageia.2.x86_64.list
'/usr/bin/curl' '-q' '-s' '--location-trusted' '-R' '-f' '--disable-epsv' '--connect-timeout' '60' '--anyauth' '--stderr' '-' '-O' 'http://mirrors.mageia.org/api/mageia.2.x86_64.list'
mirror list not found
géolocalisation trouvée FR 48.87 2.33 du fuseau horaire Europe/Paris
... échec de la récupération :
impossible d'accéder au média de distribution (pas de fichier media.cfg trouvé)
impossible d'ajouter le média
unlocking urpmi database
EXITING (pid=2580)


Furthermore, when I go to CCM/Installation media settings/File/Add a media and I try to manually add the URL
onnalisé) je rajout

Name: Core Release
URL: http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/p ... re/release

I get

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ajout du média « Core Release »
/bin/cp: impossible d'évaluer «  »: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
récupération du fichier media.cfg...
Error: ... échec de la récupération : curl a échoué : sortie avec 7

Error: impossible d'accéder au média de distribution (pas de fichier media.cfg trouvé)


Thanks in advance!
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Re: problem wih media configuration (media.cfg missing)

Postby r0b0tl0ve » Apr 17th, '13, 04:52

try:

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ls -l /var/cache/urpmi


media.cfg should be there. If it isn't, here's mine:

http://pastebin.com/NnNDyfGS
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Re: problem wih media configuration (media.cfg missing)

Postby jgflores » Apr 18th, '13, 13:43

Thanx... but it doesn't work... it still

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[sudo] password for garciaflores:
getting exclusive lock on urpmi
parsing: /etc/urpmi/mediacfg.d/Stable-2-x86_64
not using metalink since requested downloader does not handle it
récupération de la liste des miroirs depuis http://mirrors.mageia.org/api/mageia.2.x86_64.list
récupération de http://mirrors.mageia.org/api mageia.2.x86_64.list
'/usr/bin/curl' '-q' '-s' '--location-trusted' '-R' '-f' '--disable-epsv' '--connect-timeout' '60' '--anyauth' '--stderr' '-' '-O' 'http://mirrors.mageia.org/api/mageia.2.x86_64.list'
mirror list not found
géolocalisation trouvée FR 48.87 2.33 du fuseau horaire Europe/Paris
... échec de la récupération :
impossible d'accéder au média de distribution (pas de fichier media.cfg trouvé)
impossible d'ajouter le média
unlocking urpmi database
EXITING (pid=6217)
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Re: problem wih media configuration (media.cfg missing)

Postby jgflores » Apr 18th, '13, 14:42

Here's what I get when using aria2 for download (the message is much more explicit)

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[garciaflores@flores ~]$ sudo urpmi.addmedia --distrib --mirrorlist 'ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/mageia/distrib/2/x86_64/' --debug
getting exclusive lock on urpmi
parsing: /etc/urpmi/mediacfg.d/Official-2-x86_64
parsing: /etc/urpmi/mediacfg.d/Stable-2-x86_64
loading mirrors cache
using mirror ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/mageia/distrib/2/x86_64/
récupération du fichier media.cfg...
récupération de ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/mageia/distrib/2/x86_64/  media/media_info/media.cfg
'/usr/bin/aria2c' '--log' '/var/cache/urpmi/partial/.aria2.log' '--auto-file-renaming=false' '--ftp-pasv' '--follow-metalink=mem' '--metalink-enable-unique-protocol=false' '--max-tries=1' '--lowest-speed-limit=20K' '--timeout' '3' '--metalink-servers=3' '--uri-selector=adaptive' '--server-stat-if=/root/.aria2-adaptive-stats' '--server-stat-of=/root/.aria2-adaptive-stats' '--max-file-not-found=3' '--connect-timeout=6' '-Z' '-j1' '--allow-overwrite=true' '/var/cache/urpmi/.metalink'
aria2c:
aria2c: 2013-04-18 14:34:49.762062 WARN - --metalink-servers option is deprecated. Use --split option instead.
aria2c:
aria2c: 2013-04-18 14:34:49.762647 WARN - --metalink-servers option is deprecated. Use --split option instead.
aria2c:
aria2c: 2013-04-18 14:34:49.931080 ERROR - Failed to open ServerStat file /root/.aria2-adaptive-stats for read.
aria2c:
aria2c: 2013-04-18 14:34:49.933040 ERROR - CUID#6 - Download aborted. URI=ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/mageia/distrib/2/x86_64/media/media_info/media.cfg
aria2c: Exception: [AbstractCommand.cc:858] errorCode=1 Failed to establish connection, cause: No route to host
aria2c:
aria2c: 2013-04-18 14:34:49.933325 NOTICE - Download GID#1 not complete: /var/cache/urpmi/partial/media.cfg
aria2c:
aria2c: 2013-04-18 14:34:49.933542 NOTICE - ServerStat file /root/.aria2-adaptive-stats saved successfully.
aria2c:
aria2c: Download Results:
aria2c: gid|stat|avg speed  |path/URI
aria2c: ===+====+===========+===========================================================
aria2c:   1| ERR|       0B/s|/var/cache/urpmi/partial/media.cfg
aria2c:
aria2c: Status Legend:
aria2c: (ERR):error occurred.
aria2c:
aria2c: aria2 will resume download if the transfer is restarted.
aria2c: If there are any errors, then see the log file. See '-l' option in help/man page for details.
... échec de la récupération : aria2 a échoué : sortie avec 1

impossible d'accéder au média de distribution (pas de fichier media.cfg trouvé)
impossible d'ajouter le média
unlocking urpmi database
EXITING (pid=2101)
[garciaflores@flores ~]$ sudo urpmi.addmedia --distrib --mirrorlist 'http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/distrib/2/x86_64/' --debug
[sudo] password for garciaflores:
getting exclusive lock on urpmi
parsing: /etc/urpmi/mediacfg.d/Official-2-x86_64
parsing: /etc/urpmi/mediacfg.d/Stable-2-x86_64
loading mirrors cache
cached mirror list uses an old format, invalidating it
URPMI_ADDMEDIA_REASON reason=upgrade
using mirror http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/distrib/2/x86_64/
récupération du fichier media.cfg...
récupération de http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/distrib/2/x86_64/  media/media_info/media.cfg
'/usr/bin/aria2c' '--log' '/var/cache/urpmi/partial/.aria2.log' '--auto-file-renaming=false' '--ftp-pasv' '--follow-metalink=mem' '--metalink-enable-unique-protocol=false' '--max-tries=1' '--lowest-speed-limit=20K' '--timeout' '3' '--metalink-servers=3' '--uri-selector=adaptive' '--server-stat-if=/root/.aria2-adaptive-stats' '--server-stat-of=/root/.aria2-adaptive-stats' '--max-file-not-found=3' '--connect-timeout=6' '-Z' '-j1' '--allow-overwrite=true' '/var/cache/urpmi/.metalink'
aria2c:
aria2c: 2013-04-18 14:40:02.229226 WARN - --metalink-servers option is deprecated. Use --split option instead.
aria2c:
aria2c: 2013-04-18 14:40:02.229519 WARN - --metalink-servers option is deprecated. Use --split option instead.
aria2c:
aria2c: 2013-04-18 14:40:02.297978 NOTICE - ServerStat file /root/.aria2-adaptive-stats loaded successfully.
aria2c:
aria2c: 2013-04-18 14:40:02.300588 ERROR - CUID#6 - Download aborted. URI=http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/distrib/2/x86_64/media/media_info/media.cfg
aria2c: Exception: [AbstractCommand.cc:858] errorCode=1 Failed to establish connection, cause: No route to host
aria2c:
aria2c: 2013-04-18 14:40:02.300876 NOTICE - Download GID#1 not complete: /var/cache/urpmi/partial/media.cfg
aria2c:
aria2c: 2013-04-18 14:40:02.301191 NOTICE - ServerStat file /root/.aria2-adaptive-stats saved successfully.
aria2c:
aria2c: Download Results:
aria2c: gid|stat|avg speed  |path/URI
aria2c: ===+====+===========+===========================================================
aria2c:   1| ERR|       0B/s|/var/cache/urpmi/partial/media.cfg
aria2c:
aria2c: Status Legend:
aria2c: (ERR):error occurred.
aria2c:
aria2c: aria2 will resume download if the transfer is restarted.
aria2c: If there are any errors, then see the log file. See '-l' option in help/man page for details.
... échec de la récupération : aria2 a échoué : sortie avec 1

impossible d'accéder au média de distribution (pas de fichier media.cfg trouvé)
impossible d'ajouter le média
unlocking urpmi database
EXITING (pid=2113)
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Re: problem wih media configuration (media.cfg missing)

Postby jgflores » Apr 18th, '13, 14:49

The message

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aria2c: Exception: [AbstractCommand.cc:858] errorCode=1 Failed to establish connection, cause: No route to host


makes me think that it might be a security problem of the virtual machine network, which belongs to the university network...
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Re: problem wih media configuration (media.cfg missing)

Postby doktor5000 » Apr 20th, '13, 15:54

Can you ping one of the mirrors from http://mirrors.mageia.org/ directly, or dowload from it? The use urpmi --distrib to point directly at a mirror.
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