Hi all, I was trying to install clam antivirus and installed a few things. No yum is not working. I get:

Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: crash-hat


How do I change the repositories again or update them?


thanks
Z

I'm guessing here that you are running Fedora Core 6 and have done something like the following to get the Crash-hat repo on your system...(I'm going through the same problem!)

wget http://crash.fce.vutbr.cz/crash-hat.repo

then you will have used the resulting file to update the repo list. The file you got with "wget" has the following content:

[crash-hat]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - CrashHat
baseurl=http://crash.fce.vutbr.cz/crash-hat/$releasever
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/Petr.Kristof-GPG-KEY

and the problem lies in the second line, which specifies a baseurl which is specific to the release version ($releasever). The problem is that the release version in this case (again I am guessing!) is "6" for Fedora 6, and the crash-hat site doesn't have files for Fedora 6, it goes as far as 5 and stops. (Look at http://crash.fce.vutbr.cz/crash-hat, you'll see what I mean)

To get yum going again, go into the /etc/yum.repos directory and remove the crash-hat file, and at least yum should work again.

I'm still trying to get a resolution to the overall problem, so if I get a sensible resolution, I'll post it up, but the way I'm approaching this is that if you look deeper into the site, there is an area:

http://crash.fce.vutbr.cz/crash-hat/testing/live/

which has a Fedora 6 area. I'm a bit concerned by the .../testing/live , but when I get a chance I'm going to do some investigation and see if by modifying the file above with this line, I may get it to work.


HTH
Jimbo

yes, that's what I did. I took it out though per your instructions. thanks

the truth is, I've been going around trying to install support for .mpg and wav formats but no success yet! there's not enough support out there.

I have been looking about, and other folk have found the same problem. I found some good info on:

http://www.savs.hcc.edu.tw/~chuavv/a...ClamAV-en.html

I haven't tried it yet, but I figured I'd get the URL on here, 'cos if I wait till I have time to sit down an d try it, we could be a week down the line.

You hinted at problems with .wav and .mpg formats, but with no info... have you posted the other problems elsewhere?

HTH

Jimbo