yum was working great then im not sure what i did to mess it up but it happened.

i get:

yum list available
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up repositories
livna [1/7]
flash [2/7]
core [3/7]
Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core


# 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



yum.repos.d:

total 160
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 2 00:13 ./
drwxr-xr-x 107 root root 12288 Aug 2 00:34 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 603 May 1 02:47 atrpms.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 320 May 1 03:24 dag.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 175 May 1 02:47 dries.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 840 Mar 14 15:20 fedora-core.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1549 Mar 14 15:20 fedora-development.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 780 Mar 14 15:20 fedora-extras-development.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 763 Mar 14 15:20 fedora-extras.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 486 Mar 14 15:20 fedora-legacy.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 790 Mar 14 15:20 fedora-updates.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 865 Mar 14 15:20 fedora-updates-testing.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 219 May 9 08:46 flash.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 270 May 1 02:47 freshrpms.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1064 May 1 03:24 jpackage.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1602 May 1 02:47 kde-redhat.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1904 Jul 18 14:49 livna-devel.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1808 Jul 18 14:49 livna.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2003 Jul 18 14:49 livna-testing.repo

after looking into the problem the best i could, i guess i just need a list of the mirrors in the yum.conf

if thats true then can someone paste for me a list of their mirrors. i dont know if there are different mirrors for the kind of distro i have so ill specify just in case: i use FC5 x86_64

thanks for any help

common guys. i really think this problem is easy to fix. i just cant find good updated mirrors online. could someone please just post their yum.conf if they believe its a good one? thats all i really need i believe.

I was having the exact problem yesterday. I was going to fix it just now but until i saw this thread. I just started yumex and its fine again. I'd like to tell you how i fixed it but i don't know. The only things that happened was two system reboots and my router/modem was rebooted.

Sorry i read in another thread that they were working on the site. I might look like quite the fool. Anyway it should be fine now if you didnt already know.

I just had this same problem and finally resolved it. My network connection has always been working and I kept on getting the error where it can't get a valid url for: core. I disabled the SE just in case. My network connection has always been working and I kept on getting the error where it can't get a valid url for: core. I disabled the SE just in case. What was wierd was after my base FC5 install, the baseurls in each repo file were commented out within the /etc/yum.repos.d directory: fedora-core.repo, fedora-updates.repo, fedora-extras.repo, fedora-development.repo,...etc. Just make sure you uncomment the baseurl so it can be visible again.

run yum right away and if it doesn't report any errors, you're good to go

Sound Man that works. You know your stuff.

It worked for me also!!

now it's fixed......many thnx!

i just tried to update after FC6 was released and i had errors with core about how the baseurl didnt work. then i did this and it really helped me.

thanx a lot

Sorry I'm so late to the party . . . 3/07

FTR, I run FC5.

I've been having trouble with yum *IF* the livna repository was enabled. Disable it and yum worked fine.

I started tinkering with it, decided to get a fresh copy of the livna.repo file; put that in, all was well. Then, decided I better download the rpm key from livna . . . yum couldn't find the base url. I did this several times -- you know, if once helps, eight times is twice as good (ddd)

Tried all kinds of things; figured Livna was down for a rest, etc. Tried later, same thing.

I just took a look at the livna.repo file: ALL urls were deleted. I KNOW they were there.

I put them in, ran yum ---- no problems.

Could the rpm key be doing this?

Ken

rsanluis

Thanks for the information but, please let people know what SE is:

"I disabled the SE just in case. ". Is it defined as "Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux)"

Thank you