yum issues on FC3

[indygreen]

I just finished an install of Core 3 on my T30 laptop and cannot seem to get Yum working. I've downloaded the latest yum.conf and configured the repos that I want to use. Following is the error that I receive when running 'yum update':

Repository updates-released already added, not adding again
Repository base already added, not adding again
Setting up Update Process
Setting up Repo: dag
repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
Setting up Repo: fedora-unstable
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: fedora-unstable
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from fedora-unstable: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

I didn't have this problem with any Yum repos on Core 2.

Thanks for the help.

[ilja]

http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=26564
have you read it?
copy and paste the fedora-unstable line here please.

[indygreen]

Thanks for the quick response. I did a search before posting this but didn't find any issues like my specific issue. Looks like I missed one, though. I'll take a look at it.

Thanks!

[indygreen]

Again, thanks for your help. Unfortunately, I'm even more confused now after reading that post. I've been trying to get this working for a couple of days and it's really starting to get frustrating. I may try for another day or so but then I'll need to install a different distro. I have a lot of work that I need to get done.

Is there a reason why yum is configured differently in Core 3 than in Core 2? It worked so well in Core 2. I was really quite happy with Core 2 but Core 3 has done nothing but frustrate me.

Thanks.

[ilja]

Ok, it can work in the old manner.
So please do what I asked you and copy your unstable lines from your yum.conf here, so I can see where the problem is. The new yum need a directory called repodata. If it's not there yum won't work.
Copy&paste the relevant part of yum.conf or uncomment the fedora-unstable part!

[indygreen]

Are these the unstable lines that you're asking about?

[fedora-unstable]
name=Fedora.us Extras (Unstable)
baseurl=http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
#gpgcheck=1

#[livna-unstable]
#name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (unstable)
#baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/unstable
# http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/unstable
#gpgcheck=1

[ilja]

yes there are.
I have a quiz for you:
Find RPMS.unstable here: http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fed...fedora/3/i386/
If you have sucess, then you'll get a cookie

To be serious: uncomment this lines.

[indygreen]

Originally Posted by ilja

yes there are.
I have a quiz for you:
Find RPMS.unstable here: http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fed...fedora/3/i386/
If you have sucess, then you'll get a cookie

To be serious: uncomment this lines.

ilja:

Thanks for your help. What lines do I uncomment? Am I to uncomment the unstable lines?

I apologize for being such a pain in the ass about this.....I'm just not understanding how all of this works. I came from Slackware where we didn't have any package management to speak of.......

[ilja]

[fedora-unstable]
name=Fedora.us Extras (Unstable)
baseurl=http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
#gpgcheck=1

this lines. Put a # in front of each of this lines.

[indygreen]

Oh, you want me "comment" the lines. I thought you wanted me to "uncomment" the lines.

Thanks.

[indygreen]

oh, well......

After doing that, it still errors out. I've spent too much time trying to get this to work. I may install FC3 on a test machine and play around with it a little more (maybe). I'm going to install slackware on this machine because I need to get some work done.

I'm still not sure why yum configuration was changed? It worked so well on FC2, why change it?



Thanks for all the help.

[onegear]

This site helped me figure this all out:

http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_cor...ion_notes.html