In the beginning of configuration of yum working i installed the livna.
such as the following copied from yum.conf on my platform:



# 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=0
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





in /etc/yum.repos.d directory, has my linva repos.

well,then typing this command line: "yum install mplayer",so any message like "[Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out> " present mean that is to change another mirror to try .actually, the messages attached url is connectable.i don't known what's wrong configuration with yum?

the command lines and messages receiving:


yum install mplayer
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
livna 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00
core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for mplayer to pack into transaction set.
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/i386/m...lvn6.i386.rpm: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/6/i3...lvn6.i386.rpm: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux...lvn6.i386.rpm: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub...lvn6.i386.rpm: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedor...lvn6.i386.rpm: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livn...lvn6.i386.rpm: [Errno 4] IOError: [Errno ftp error] timed out
Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: mplayer-1.0-0.73.20070612svn.lvn6.i386.rpm from livna: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

I'm confused are you using Fedora Core 5 or 6? In either case neither is likely to be supported any more, hence the time outs.

thank you. I' m using FC 6, that head script commented and others is my copying from web.

The most likely problem is that the repos simply don't exist any more.

thank you.But i can download those rpms directly with url exposed on terminal of progressing "yum install mplayer" manually

one of those
[livna]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
baseurl=
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
failovermethod=priority
#mirrorlist=http://rpm.livna.org/mirrorlist-6
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna

[livna-debuginfo]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Debug
baseurl=
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
gpgcheck=1

[livna-source]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Source
baseurl=
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
gpgcheck=1

one of those:
[livna]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
baseurl=
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
failovermethod=priority
#mirrorlist=http://rpm.livna.org/mirrorlist-6
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna

[livna-debuginfo]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Debug
baseurl=
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
gpgcheck=1

[livna-source]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Source
baseurl=
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
gpgcheck=1

Fair point!

Why don't you try upping the value of "timeout" in yum.conf Default is 30 seconds. Perhaps try timeout=60 instead

i had also upped this value before.no effect.

try to install another repos(freshrpms) ,the same error as above present . I don't know how to do somehow any more!


Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for mplayer to pack into transaction set.
http://ayo.ie.freshrpms.net/fedora/l....fc6.i386.rpm: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error >
Trying other mirror.
http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linu....fc6.i386.rpm: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error >
Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: RPMS/mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386.rpm from freshrpms: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.


thank you!

Do you access the internet through a proxy or directly?

no proxy .i can access internet directly by getting through user-authentication(epa protocol).is there the problem?

You need to use the replacement repos rpmfusion http://rpmfusion.org/, assuming you can get stuff that old. The current Fedora versions are 10 & 11 I believe

Thank you,where can i find rpmfusion for fedora 6?

maybe has a special mechanism in yum.finally,gone over the problem using apt! thank all!