CentOS

Thanks for the reply! Well I tried it and I still got the same result: [root@localhost ~]# yum -d6 update Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Config time: 0.023 Yum Version: 3.2.29 Setting up Package Sacks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.o...

Is there a way to check why yum fails, or a way to trace what's happening during the process. Still stuck unable to use yum because of the error. I tried searching and done all these different methods of disabling IPv6 and rebooting but I still get the same error. I check the router and it seems to ...

I did add the following lines to
/etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:

IPV6INIT=no
IPV6_AUTOCONF=no

did a reboot but still no go. Same error. I thought it was disabled already since I didn't see the IPv6 address in ifconfig.

I tried rebooting the server and I noticed I don't see anymore a IPv6 address when I use ifconfig, although I still am getting an error when I try to use yum. [root@localhost ~]# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:C9:F6:3F inet addr:192.168.10.238 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255...

Hi avij, Thanks for the reply! I was not intending to use IPv6, so I've decided to try to disable it. I checked your list and tried using: sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1 sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=1 to disable IPv6. I entered the commands and tried running: yum -y updat...

Hi, I just installed CentOS server and I've been trying to run yum for updates and to install mysql, but I am unable to progress because I get the following error: [root@localhost ~]# yum -y update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Determining fastest mirrors Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorl...