Yum ....on FC4

linmix · 10-28-2005, 04:05 PM

Did you change timeout and retry variables in your yum.conf?

Mine looks like this:

Code:

[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=4
timeout=15

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

Even so, I sometimes have to try again to get the data...

FLOODS · 10-28-2005, 08:47 PM

change the timeout=15 to something more reasonable, like timeout=45 or timeout=60 even. If that doesn't work, you may want to change the timeout to something extreme like 300 as mentioned.

linmix · 10-29-2005, 04:13 AM

yeah, you're right. Timeout is in seconds, isn't it?

johnball · 10-30-2005, 02:26 PM

Before i upgraded to the fedora 4 i searched out all documentation and this seems to be the most reliable that i have found
http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_cor...ion_notes.html

follow his yum configuration and you have this problem solved. he gives two repositories for the configuration files

hakukani · 10-30-2005, 06:16 PM

I've been following this thread with some interest. I'm having a similar problem to Pavi's.

I have used Mr. Finley's site to set up yum update. It worked fine for several months. For about three weeks I've been getting this:

# 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.
Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from livna: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

I've tried resetting my timeout to 300 as per above; it does not matter. I have tried using other repositories (dag, dries, freshrpms), and disabling livna in my etc/yum.repos.d -that just messes up around the 'fedora updates'.

I'm really not sure why it no longer works.

johnball · 10-31-2005, 07:49 PM

I noticed that too...but what i did notice, there seems to a time cycle when the two repositoires work. I just simply move from one to the other when needed. I hope that helps. i dont know why i, just know it works for me. like i said i am only 1 yr old to the linux operating systems so im still a newbie. please tell me what everyone finds out

smfinley · 11-04-2005, 12:02 PM

See this bug report.

bartonski · 12-29-2007, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linmix

There's a good yum.conf at the unofficial fedora FAQ (www.fedorafaq.org)

Thank you, this just saved my bacon:

here was my situation:

trying to install dnsmasq:

Code:

# yum install dnsmasq

yielded the following error message:

Code:

Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
http://apt.sw.be/fedora/4/en/i386/dag/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: HTTP Error 404: Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:10:18 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.6 (Unix)
Content-Length: 310
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Trying other mirror.
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: dag
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from dag: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

here's /etc/yum.conf:

Code:

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
retries=20
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1

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

[dag]
name=Dag RPM Repository for Fedora Core
baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1

I followed your link, found instructions for FC4 here

I followed the instructions verbatim; the only hitch was that when I reran

Code:

 # yum install dnsmasq

I got the following:

Code:

Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: livna

I edited /etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo and uncommented the line

#baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.lvn/

in the section

[livna]

Code:

[livna]
name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (stable)
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.lvn/
mirrorlist=http://rpm.livna.org/mirrorlist
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
enabled=1


[livna-testing]
name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (testing)
#baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.lvn-testing
mirrorlist=http://rpm.livna.org/mirrorlist-testing
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
enabled=0

After I made this change, yum installed the package, apparently correctly (I haven't configured dnsmasq yet)