Can't update packages

Summary:

sudo ipkg update says "wget: ipkg.nslu2-linux.org: Unknown host"

Can't update packages

morda4u 27 Jul 2010 09:45

Hey,

I tried to update my packages and get

sudo ipkg update
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mbwe-bluering/cross/unstable/Packages.gz
wget: ipkg.nslu2-linux.org: Unknown host
An error ocurred, return value: 1.
Collected errors:
ipkg_download: ERROR: Command failed with return value 1: `wget    -q -P /opt/ipkg-Vgiq6E http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mbwe-bluering/cross/unstable/Packages.gz'

The key here is: wget: ipkg.nslu2-linux.org: Unknown host
I tried sudo ping ipkg.nslu2-linux.org: Unknown host
Same thing with IP: sudo ping 140.211.169.169: No problems, works fine

Looks like some DNS settings are screwed up, but I haven't touched anything. All other machines including mu router work fine.
Are there some settings I can fix? Any other tips? Help pls!

Thanks,
m

Re: Can't update packages

Silver Knight 27 Jul 2010 12:11

I think this is purely server side meaning optware maintainers might be updating/changing web servers or doing maintenance, there is nothing wrong with your box as this has been recurring for the last month or so, just try to update again in a few hours or maybe even a day.

Hope this helps.

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Re: Can't update packages

morda4u 27 Jul 2010 12:32

Hi Silver Knight,

thanks for your reply. It didn't work for a couple of days, but I tried once again right now and.. bingo:)
Funny thing I've also pinged other domains e.g. www.wp.pl and it din't work, so it wasn't purely optware server. Now everything's back to normal. Strange..

Thanks anyway.

m.

Re: Can't update packages

andijames 29 Jul 2010 10:00

Yep i'm having problems updating from optware at the moment seems the ipkg2.nslu2-linux.org link is down according to the DNS. I hope they fix this soon as i've had to remove my optware directory and need to re-install it.