Re: Yum not updating

From: Dotan Cohen (dotancohen_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/04/05

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    On 11/4/05, Tony Nelson <tonynelson@georgeanelson.com> wrote:
    > At 9:10 AM -0500 11/4/05, Gene Heskett wrote:
    > >On Friday 04 November 2005 08:44, Temlakos wrote:
    > >>Dotan Cohen wrote:
    > >>> On 11/4/05, akonstam@trinity.edu <akonstam@trinity.edu> wrote:
    > >>>>On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 12:28:08AM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
    > >>>>>I just tried twice to yum update, but I get this error:
    > >
    > >[...]
    > >
    > >>If I might add my own two cents/pence/centimes/pfennigen/dinars/etc:
    > >>
    > >>THis morning I attempted my morning update using smart. I could not
    > >>raise livna by any channel whatsoever--not by a repo-metadata channel,
    > >>and not by the apt-rpm channel that installs with the atrpms version of
    > >>smart. Fortunately, when smart has a problem with any given channel, it
    > >>just moves on. I suspect, however, that livna has had a bunch of
    > >> crashes.
    > >>
    > >>Temlakos
    > >
    > >You are not alone, livna.org has also died here. I assumed the machine
    > >was down and that it would get elbowed in the ribs to wake it up, but
    > >after
    > >2+ days of no contact, during the week, that seems a less likely
    > >situation.
    > >
    > >Here, yum hangs for an extended time before erroring out while
    > >attempting to access livna.org. Several minutes.
    > >
    > >So we are wondering when it will be restored as I understand there is
    > >gtk2 update because of serious security concerns.
    >
    > I don't use Livna much, but I've been able to reach it every time I've
    > tried, including just now.
    >
    > There have been many complaints for a week or so about various repos not
    > being available. The common thread seems to be yum, not the repos. Some
    > people report eliminating repos one at a time and having the problem move.
    > Search the list archives for yum problems.
    >
    > It's possible that there are connectivity problems on the Internet, though
    > the Level3/Cogent spat has been resolved.
    >
    > Searching the list archives does not work. Here's a list mirror to search:
    >
    > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&r=1&w=2
    >
    > or use Google:
    >
    > <search terms> site:www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list
    > ____________________________________________________________________
    > TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@georgeanelson.com>
    > ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>

    Thanks, Tony. I am very familiar with the aims group archive, and of
    course google. As the problem seems to be wide-spread, and not just on
    my machine, I'll just disable the repro and update everything else.

    Thanks all for your input.

    Dotan Cohen
    http://technology-sleuth.com/technical_answer/how_can_i_be_safe_online.html 

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