On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:51:03 +0000 g <geleem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 01/09/2013 05:38 PM, FMcCormick wrote: > > > > Hi > > I am relatively new to Fedora and to YUM...so I guess that's why I am having > > these problems > > welcome to a whole new world. Thanks....sure is different :) > > > > I noticed recently that 18 wasn't updating very often..there was little > > being updated so I went through the repository list in /etc/yum.repos.d and > > enabled some rawhide repositories that were disabled. > > rawhide is cause of your problems. > > > Now when I yum check-update and yum update...I get a bunch of dependency > > errors because yum is trying to pull in fedora 19 files ?? > > I sort it out by running yum --skip-broken update....but I'd like to fix > > what I messed up . > > very easy. remove rawhide repos. > Done....BUT I dunno whether I am going to reinstall right now...I have done a lot of customization....we'll see how it goes and whether and how much it's messed up :) > > > > because you are new to linux and fedora, i would suggest a complete > wipe of hdd and fresh new install of f18. Now new to Linux (8 years) but definitely new to Fedora (17 & 18)....takes some getting used to. > > much luck. Thanks...I may need it. -- Frank McCormick <beacon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org