up2date problem - usual solutions don't seem to help

[Alex White]

Lets Go Canes wrote:

> Hi all.
> 
> I've got a brand-spanking-new install of FC2 that I'm trying to run
> up2date on.  It goes through the first two urls:
> 
> http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/fedora-core-2
> http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/updates-released-fc2
> 
> and then sits there for a while, and finally performs what looks like a
> python stack trace, and finally says:
> 
> urllib2.URLError: <urlopen open (110, 'Connection timed out')>
> 
> I've searched the archives of this list, and found suggestions for
> editing the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources file and trying different
> mirrors.  I have now tried 4 different mirrors, and all of them seem to
> behave the same.
> 
> Usual questions:
> Behind a firewall?  yes
> Configured valid proxy url, user, and password?  yes
> Net connection working?  yes - mozilla browsing works without trouble
> 
> Any suggestions on what to try next?

Firstly, please do not hijack foreign threads. That blows. 
Just create a new mail. A true new mail, not a reply and then 
erasure, that causes headers to be left behind that thread 
your question into another thread.

Secondly, what mirrors did you try?