Failed to retrieve download mirrors

[skeniver]

Hi there,

I have just installed xbian and am trying to install the Download package (with Transmission, SickBeard, etc), but am getting the error "Failed to retrieve download mirrors, therefore a local (possibly outdated) list will be used."

General networking seems fine: I can update, get weather, ping 8.8.8.8 and http://www.google.com.

Any one have any clues as to what might be wrong and how I can update the mirror list?

Thanks

[mk01]

at first one address is picked up from http://apt.xbian.org/mirror.txt

currently providing:
http://xbian.brantje.com/
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/apt.xbian.org
http://xbian.dehakkelaar.nl/

then this path is added to the address
/dists/wheezy/main/binary-armhf/Packages

so for instance http://xbian.brantje.com/dists/wheezy/main/binary-armhf/Packages is formed. and this is Package list.

this one works. can you try from browser ?

[skeniver]

(29th Sep, 2013 08:19 PM)mk01 Wrote:  at first one address is picked up from http://apt.xbian.org/mirror.txt

currently providing:
http://xbian.brantje.com/
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/apt.xbian.org
http://xbian.dehakkelaar.nl/

then this path is added to the address
/dists/wheezy/main/binary-armhf/Packages

so for instance http://xbian.brantje.com/dists/wheezy/main/binary-armhf/Packages is formed. and this is Package list.

this one works. can you try from browser ?

Thanks,

I am able to view http://apt.xbian.org/mirror.txt from my browser and it contains the URLs you listed. And I was able to download the Packages.bin file from the package list link you provided.

My RPi doesn't have a /dists directory though and so there is no Packages list (yet).

Would it be possible to just create the directory /dists/wheezy/main/binary-armhf/Packages and save the contents manually for now?

Or what file could I check to make sure the xbian-config is checking for the package list at the correct URL?

[mk01]

/dists ..... path is just added to the http address. it is not used for local storage.

the pkglist is saved into /usr/local/include/xbian-config/config/pkglist

can you just from terminal run

Code:

stat /usr/local/include/xbian-config/config/pkglist

and post results. I have such strange feeling maybe you are only wrongly informed, but package list is updated.

let's see.

[skeniver]

I couldn't get anything to work, so thought I would try using beta 1.1 (seems I was on beta 1.0) and it works OK now...

[mk01]

thanks for reporting back!

[cell]

hello and welcome (my 1st post here).
now a few days later,

Code:

apt-get update

gives me something like:

Code:

W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: mirror://apt.xbian.org wheezy Release: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2
W: Failed to fetch mirror://apt.xbian.org/mirror.txt/dists/wheezy/Release
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

any idea? just downloaded beta 1.1
tx.