After fresh install, equo update fails. [Solved]

[osoloco]

I have done a fresh install first of Sabayon 9 KDE 64 and then CoreCDX KDE 64. In both cases when I try to run (as su) equo update (or equo update --force, for the matter), I get the following error (is in spanish but i think it is self explanatory):

# equo update
>> El repositorio sabayonlinux.org no ha sido descargado aún.
>> Repositorio sabayonlinux.org no está disponible. No se puede validar
>> RepositoryError()
>> !!! Por favor, actualiza los repositorios para hacer que este mensaje desaparezca.
>> # Sabayon Linux Official Repository
>> # Repository URL: http://pkg.sabayon.org/standard/sabayon ... e/x86_64/5
>> # Repository local path: /var/lib/entropy/client/database/x86_64/sabayonlinux.org/standard/x86_64/5
>> # Repository API: 2
>> Downloading repository ...
>> : 0.0/0.0 kB <-> 0% [> ] => 0.0b/seg : Tiempo Estimado:
(here it stops for a while, an then:)
>> Atención: repository does not exist online.
>> El repositorio sabayonlinux.org no ha sido descargado aún.
>> Repositorio sabayonlinux.org no está disponible. No se puede validar
>> RepositoryError()
>> !!! Por favor, actualiza los repositorios para hacer que este mensaje desaparezca.

I have already done the following things:
- Reviewed http://wiki.sabayonlinux.org/index.php? ... t_to_do.3F
- Checked that repositories.conf and entropy_sabayonlinux.org are fine.
- My Internet conection is working (i can browse and download with wget)
- Verified de MD5 sum of the iso is correct
- Burned the DVD/CD at low speeds.
- In that computer I have successfully installed PCLinuxOS, Mageia 2 and Mint 13, but I had in the past Sabayon 7 in another computer and I really like this distro and want to use it again. First I installed Sabayon 9, and thinking that could be a version problem I went for the daily Oct. 14 CoreCDX, but the problem keeps.

Any hint on what can be the problem?

By the way the computer is a 2.4 GHz Intel 64 proc, 4 GB Memory, Samsung 1TB 7200 HD, Intel MoBo.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[wolfden]

what is the error in English?

did you try the --force option ?

equo update --force

[osoloco]

In short, the error in english is that the repository was not found. But if I go via a browser to the repository URL I can see it. I even was able to manage to download from the browser the repository.

Yes I did equo update --force aswell, with no luck.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Heve you tried the following?

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equo repo mirrorsort sabayon-weekly

[osoloco]

Yes, I did also the mirrorsort command. Someting strange was that only 3 mirrors had conection of about 65kbps, all the rest had 0.00.

[Fitzcarraldo]

What bandwidth is your Internet connection? 2 Mbps or higher?

[osoloco]

It is 1.5Mbps.

[Fitzcarraldo]

I suggest you check your MTU -- see the blog post Why can’t I access a specific Web site?.

You could also try forcing TCP MTU probing, also discussed in the aforementioned post:

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echo 2 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_mtu_probing

or:

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echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_mtu_probing

0 Do not perform PLPMTUD (Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery)
1 Perform PLPMTUD only after detecting a ‘blackhole’.
2 Always perform PLPMTUD.

[osoloco]

Many thanks Fitzcarraldo, your solution did de trick! Not to blame Sabayon
Now I have my shiny updated Sabayon up and running.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Which of the two different solutions I suggested solved the problem? Making sure your PC uses the correct MTU, or forcing PLPMTUD?