Update Errors and Errors When Installing New Software

[fluxxuate]

Greetings,

I'm brand new and although I am finally thrilled to have a functioning Linux version up and running I am recieving some really cyptic errors when I go to update my software (See Below):

Component: Software Updater
Summary: TB8a9160cb comps.py:143arse_package_listompsException

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 659, in ?
main()
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 655, in main
pup.run()
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 494, in run
self.doRefresh()
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 269, in doRefresh
self.reposSetup(pbar)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 153, in reposSetup
self.doGroupSetup()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 408, in doGroupSetup
self.comps.add(groupfile)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py", line 339, in add
group = Group(elem)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py", line 57, in __init__
self.parse(elem)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py", line 133, in parse
self.parse_package_list(child)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py", line 143, in parse_package_list
raise CompsException
CompsException

Local variables in innermost frame:
genre: optinoal
self: Graphics
package: digikam
packagelist_elem: <Element 'packagelist' at 0x95b4068>
child: <Element 'packagereq' at 0x9593f68>

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I gotta be honest I know that this is going to take a while to get used to, but does anyone have any idea what this is telling me, better still can anyone explain it to me in plain english. I hope to be improving at the conversating with time and exposure, but I have had the system up and running for two days now so I wasn't really planning on getting something like this. The Software/Add Remove feature is also giving me an error, but lets see how I do on this first.

Thanks,

Fluxxate

[Seve]

Hello:
See this thread regarding services and the disabling thereof :

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...d.php?t=145648

Seve

[solarisman]

I'm getting exactly the same error as fluxxuate. reduced and stopped services per suggested link(s), rebooted and problem persists. breaks on "digikam" with a typo
in "genre: optinoal". (sic) this doesn't look right. any ideas?

[Seve]

Hello:
Can you post the output of:
chkconfig --list | grep 5:on
and
yum check-update

Seve

[solarisman]

[FWIW

root@localhost ~]# chkconfig --list|grep 5:on
acpid 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
autofs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
haldaemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
ip6tables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
irqbalance 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
mdmonitor 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
messagebus 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
nvidia-glx 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
readahead_early 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
readahead_later 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off
sshd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
yum-updatesd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
[root@localhost ~]#

and

[root@localhost ~]# yum check-update
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up repositories
dries 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
livna 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
macromedia 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00
freshrpms 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files

coreutils.i386 5.97-12.3.fc6 updates
cups.i386 1:1.2.7-1.7.fc6 updates
cups-libs.i386 1:1.2.7-1.7.fc6 updates
device-mapper.i386 1.02.13-1.fc6 updates
elfutils.i386 0.125-1.fc6 updates
elfutils-libelf.i386 0.125-1.fc6 updates
elfutils-libelf-devel.i386 0.125-1.fc6 updates
elfutils-libs.i386 0.125-1.fc6 updates
hpijs.i386 1:1.6.12-1.fc6 updates
hplip.i386 1.6.12-1.fc6 updates
kernel.i686 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 updates
kernel-devel.i686 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 updates
kernel-headers.i386 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 updates
kmod-nvidia.i686 1.0.9746-1.2.6.19_1.28 livna
libgpod.i386 0.4.2-0.1.fc6 updates
libsane-hpaio.i386 1.6.12-1.fc6 updates
libselinux.i386 1.33.4-2.fc6 updates
libselinux-devel.i386 1.33.4-2.fc6 updates
libselinux-python.i386 1.33.4-2.fc6 updates
libxslt.i386 1.1.20-1.fc6 updates
libxslt-devel.i386 1.1.20-1.fc6 updates
logrotate.i386 3.7.4-9.fc6 updates
lvm2.i386 2.02.17-1.fc6 updates
man.i386 1.6d-2.fc6 updates
rhythmbox.i386 0.9.7-1.fc6 updates
selinux-policy.noarch 2.4.6-27.fc6 updates
selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 2.4.6-27.fc6 updates
spamassassin.i386 3.1.7-4.fc6 updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.i386 1.0.9746-7.lvn6 livna
xorg-x11-server-Xorg.i386 1.1.1-47.4.fc6 updates
[root@localhost ~]#

so my system is pretty quiet, and I only touch livna for my nvidia and X. there is a similar post to this that indicates it's
a recent failure, possibly something corrupt at the repo?

[solarisman]

the post I was referring to is

http://forum.fedoraforum.org/forum/s...d.php?t=145659

and we are all seeing the same thing. It's been a while since I've read python, but it looks like it breaks
while parsing the package list, which lead me to the typo I saw in the frame variables.

[Seve]

Originally Posted by solarisman

[FWIW

so my system is pretty quiet, and I only touch livna for my nvidia and X. there is a similar post to this that indicates it's
a recent failure, possibly something corrupt at the repo?

Hello:

You could be right I am not sure, however, you have one service running that you need to disable.

yum-updatesd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

Open a terminal and log in as root using
su -
your password
then type
chkconfig yum-updatesd off

You also have incompatible repos enabled at the same time
livna + [freshrpms + dries] = problems
livna + either fresh or dries = problems
livna on it's own is fine
[freshrpms + dries] together is fine
http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_cor...s.html#Warning
My suggestion is to disable both freshrpms and dries and leave livna enabled [however, it's up to you]
to do so
gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/freshrpms.repo
and set
enabled=1
to
enabled=0
[same for dries]
or do the same for livna if you want to use freshrpms and dries
You can always install a package from the disabled repo by using
yum --enablerepo=disabledrepo isntall packagename

then
type
yum clean all
and then you can run
yum -y update
or use whatever you were using before to update your system
and you should be good to go

Seve

[solarisman]

Hi Seve,

I disabled fresh and dries--thanks for reminding me of smfinley's site--and still breaks. guess I'll wait and see what bugzilla comes back with...

Thanks!

[Seve]

Originally Posted by solarisman

Hi Seve,

I disabled fresh and dries--thanks for reminding me of smfinley's site--and still breaks. guess I'll wait and see what bugzilla comes back with...

Thanks!

Hello:
Does yum work for you ?

Seve

[solarisman]

ouch,

yum on CLI does work. so much for the corrupt repo theory...