Original yum.conf?

haymann · #1 17th August 2005, 03:24 PM

I hope this isn't already posted somewhere... I saw a few online, but I am not sure any of them are for the ppc platform...

I seem to have hosed my yum.conf file, it was working fine after the install, but something I did seemed to mess it up. If someone would be willing to post a working yum.conf for ppc I would greatly appreciate it!

haymann · #2 17th August 2005, 03:25 PM

I suppose that I should add that I am using Fedora Core 4...

tejas · #3 17th August 2005, 03:26 PM

I think you can use regular yum.confs

as it uses variables.

Particularly

$basever (not server, it is base - version.)

It will be i386 or x86_64 or ppc accordingly

bitrain · #4 17th August 2005, 03:33 PM

from www.fedorafaq.org

haymann · #5 17th August 2005, 03:46 PM

I have tired following the directions found at http://www.fedorafaq.org/#yumconf, but I get this error:

Code:

Setting up repositories
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: livna
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from livna: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

sayeeth · #6 17th August 2005, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by haymann

I have tired following the directions found at http://www.fedorafaq.org/#yumconf, but I get this error:

Code:

Setting up repositories
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: livna
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from livna: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

Try doing this,
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/R...2.4.noarch.rpm

It will automatically add livna into your repositories for you.

haymann · #7 17th August 2005, 03:59 PM

Code:

Retrieving http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/R...2.4.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.jqPfBO: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID a109b1ec
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
        file /etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo from install of livna-release-4-0.lvn.2.4 conflicts with file from package yum-fedorafaq-4-2005.07.25a

Should I "clear everything out" and try this again?

sayeeth · #8 17th August 2005, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by haymann

Code:

Retrieving http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/R...2.4.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.jqPfBO: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID a109b1ec
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
        file /etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo from install of livna-release-4-0.lvn.2.4 conflicts with file from package yum-fedorafaq-4-2005.07.25a

Should I "clear everything out" and try this again?

Geez, okay ignore the livna rpm stuff. Just try yum update again.

haymann · #9 17th August 2005, 04:05 PM

Forgive me for sounding dense, but what exactly do you mean by "try yum update again"? I should have probably mentioned, if it wasn't already obvoius, that I am fairly new to Linux (as well as Mac...).
Thanks!

sayeeth · #10 17th August 2005, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by haymann

I have tired following the directions found at http://www.fedorafaq.org/#yumconf, but I get this error:

Code:

Setting up repositories
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: livna
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from livna: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

Hmm okay, how did you get to see this screen? You opened up a terminal as root and typed yum update, right?

haymann · #11 17th August 2005, 04:13 PM

Correct. This was after I tried the steps listed on the fedorafaq page. Before that I was getting a different error, but I didn't write that one down...

sayeeth · #12 17th August 2005, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by haymann

Correct. This was after I tried the steps listed on the fedorafaq page. Before that I was getting a different error, but I didn't write that one down...

Okay, now I want you to try yum update again. See if the same error appears.

haymann · #13 17th August 2005, 04:23 PM

OK, yum update yields

Code:

yum update
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: livna
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from livna: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

sayeeth · #14 17th August 2005, 04:31 PM

Hmmmm ... perhaps you could post the output of your yum.conf here?
From terminal, cat /etc/yum.conf. Once the information is displayed, just copy and paste the output here.

haymann · #15 17th August 2005, 04:36 PM

Code:

# Note: This file is no longer the entire yum configuration
# for fedorafaq.org. See http://www.fedorafaq.org/#yumconf
# for details on how to set up your system with the new
# yum configuration.

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
# We don't want to gpg-check local, unsigned packages
#gpgcheck=1
# Changed this because some mirrors go down and then
# re-trying takes forever.
retries=1
timeout=10

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d

Doesn't look right to me, but according to the fedorafaq site it was updated in late July...