from digest (sorry if already answered): > From: Vincent von Kaenel <vincent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [Yum] Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from base: [Errno > 256] No more mirrors to try. > To: Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: > <Pine.LNX.4.63.0603270958350.15980@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > I have a FC4 linux box and used yum regularely until approximately a month > ago. I have similar issue than Siddharth Seth. When I run yum update I > get: > > when I had this problem it was to do with yum (and wget) not being able to make successful dns lookups. (possible a problem with my router fireware) setting the dns address in /etc/resolv.conf to my isp's dns address instead of the router solved the problem. if this doesn't work for you, others report this problem to be due to an out of date /etc/nsswitch. updating Glibc should fix it. Liam
