GNOME Desktop Environment won't install

[IrishCereal]

Hey, so I just spent hours installing Fedora 9 on my secondary computer and now I want to install the GNOME Desktop Environment. So I type

yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"

into the terminal and I get an error saying it can't find the file.
I installed using CDs as that computer does not have a DVD drive. I am a first time user of Fedora. What could be the problem?

[Nokia]

Try

su -
yum -vv groupinstall GNOME

Post here full output in case of error.

What is the exact error?

Did you type:

su

and give the root password first? you could have used the Gnome LiveCD and installed everything else from the net later...

Also, it might be a good idea to update the system first:

yum update

Wayne

[IrishCereal]

Ok. So basically the error comes up because it's trying to retrieve the mirror from the internet and I'm not connected on that computer. But if you want the error it's this.

Could not retrieve mirror list http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora&arch=i1386 error was [error 4] IO Error: <urlopen (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>

So how do I install it without being connected to the net?

P.S Thanks for the fast response!

Are the CDs you installed from listed in the Repo Manager (Sorry, don't know the exact name as I don't have PackageKit installed) Check that they are and disable the online mirrors and hopefully it will prompt you for the install CDs... But without a connection you're going to have problems installing some stuff, multimedia programs and codecs especially! Trying to download and do an offline install is going to be a pain. Also, F9 freshly installed is a bit flaky You'll definitely need to update it!

Wayne

[IrishCereal]

Thanks for the support! I am a HUGE Linux nub, so I hate to ask, but how to I disable the online mirrors?

[Nokia]

Do you have internet access in Fedora ? I suspect not. Post

cat /etc/resolv.conf

[IrishCereal]

I typed that and it said No such file or directory.

[Nokia]

So no internet access ? If not, do this

 su -
echo -e nameserver 208.67.222.222 \\n nameserver 208.67.220.220 >> /etc/resolv.conf

[IrishCereal]

It just gave me the same error.
No such file or directory.

[Nokia]

What's the output of

/sbin/ifconfig

[IrishCereal]

Link ecap: Local Loopback
inet addr: 127.0.0.1 Mask: 255.0.0.0
inett6 addr: ::1/125 Scope: Host

Up LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436 Metric: 1
RX Packets: 32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX Packets: 32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Collisions:0 txquelen:0
RX bytes:5751 (5.6 KiB) Tx bytes: 5751(5.6KiB)
You have mail in /var/spool/mail/root

[Nokia]

And

/sbin/lspci

please

[IrishCereal]

You're going to kill me
Jk

00:00.0 Host Bridge: Intel Corporation 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX Host Bridge (Rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI Bridge: Intel Corporation 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX APG Bridge (Rev 03)
00.07.0 ISA Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PII X4 ISA(Rev 02)
00.07.1 IDE Interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PII X4 IDE (Rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PII X4 UBS (Rev 01)
00.07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PII X4 ACPI (Rev 02)
00:06.0 Multimedia Audio Controller: CirrusLogic CS 4614/22/24/30 (rev 01)
00:12.0 Communication Controller:Lonexant HSF 56k Data/Fax/Modem (rev 01)
00:13.0 VGA Compatible Controller: 3dFX Voodoo4/Voodoo 5 (rev 01)
01:00.0 Display Controller: ATI Technology INC 3D rage Pro AGP 1x/2x (rev 5c)

[Nokia]

Sorry, but you only have a Conexant modem in that old box, and no ethernet/wireless card. How do you expect us to guess that ? Furthermore, how do you plan to connect to the internet ? On dial-up ?