Why is YUM not working?
 

[root@localhost etc]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 #1 Tue Mar 14 15:48:33 EST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost etc]# cat yum.conf
# This is the fedorafaq.org yum.conf for Fedora Core 5.
#
# Note that you also need the rest of the configuration
# as described at http://www.fedorafaq.org/#yumconf
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
# Don't check keys for localinstall
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
metadata_expire=1800
# Changed this because some mirrors go down and then
# re-trying takes forever.
timeout=7


# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d
[atrpms]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - ATrpms
baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/fc$releasever-$basearch/atrpms/stable
gpgkey=http://ATrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms
gpgcheck=1


[freshrpms]
name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - freshrpms
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/freshrpms
gpgcheck=1


[root@localhost etc]#
[root@localhost etc]#
[root@localhost etc]# yum check-update
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up repositories
atrpms [1/5]
core [2/5]
updates [3/5]
freshrpms [4/5]
http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linu...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: freshrpms
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from freshrpms: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from freshrpms: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
[root@localhost etc]#


Any ideas??

Thanks,

Ray

the moment when u do check updates the freshrpms server was down or have problem
sometimes ppl make error updating the updated packages into the server


u can try later to see whether they've fixed it already

Have you imported GPG keys?