yum error -- cannot retrieve metalink on xo 12.1.0 build 21016o2.zd

Peter Robinson pbrobinson at gmail.com
Fri Jul 6 10:38:17 EDT 2012


On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 3:30 PM, George Hunt <georgejhunt at gmail.com> wrote:
> That was it! thanks,

A lot of ARM devices don't come with a RTC battery to keep time when
the power is off, I suggest "yum install ntpdate; systemctl enable
ntpdate.service" to set the time automatically on boot.

Peter

> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 12:29 PM, George Hunt <georgejhunt at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > On a XO-1.75 with a new install of  build 21016o2.zd:
>> >
>> > "yum install mlocate" returns the error: cannot retrieve metalink for
>> > repository fedora.
>> >
>> > Issuing URLGRABBER_DEBUG=1 "yum check-update" returns  lots of stuff --
>> > most
>> > interesting seems to be "remote certificate has expired" message.
>> >
>> > Has anyone experienced, and dealt with this error?
>>
>> It generally means your clock is incorrect. "date" will tell you pretty
>> quickly.
>>
>> Peter
>
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