Hi! > Ok, nevermind, > > I somehow fixed it. 3 problems mostly with the .repo - still strange, but > just for reference: > > mirrorlist= does not work, I have to use a valid baseurl > the name= requires the addition of the word "Base" at the end > cannot su to root, must login in as root? does su not really make you > root? > just admin? No, su doesn't make you root. $USER still remains the same and if some application uses $USER as reference to check authenticity , it'll fail. > > Thanks! > > Diego > > On 9/9/07, Diego Martinez <admar505@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> no! and I just checked all the dependencies, so I am pretty sure that I >> did not somehow break python, >> sooooo, I am still clueless. >> >> thanks for replying! >> >> Diego >> >> On 9/8/07, Tim Lauridsen <tla@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> > Diego Martinez wrote: >> > >> > Hello, >> > >> > I am having massive trouble with yum, before and after upgrade to >> fedora >> > 7 >> > >> > here is the output: >> > >yum update yumex >> > Setting up Update Process >> > Could not retrieve mirrorlist >> > http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-7&arch=x86_64error >> was >> > [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')> >> > http://mirror.nuvio.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml >> > : [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')> >> > Trying other mirror. >> > Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: fedora >> > >> > >> > I know I am pointing at a certain repository, but it is sane, and if I >> > use the mirror list, and cant read it, with a similar error - that is >> the >> > first set. so it kind of looks like there is some communication >> error, but >> > I have no clue why. this happens with or without the firewall, and >> the urls >> > work - I am totally stuck! this is the first time in >10yrs of using >> linux >> > I have had a problem I cannot fix myself! >> > >> > I appreciate any suggestions! Thank you! >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------ >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Yum mailing list >> > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum >> > >> > Are you using a proxy ?? >> > >> > Tim >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Yum mailing list >> > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum >> > >> > > > -- > A----T > T--------A > G---------C > C-------G > G----G > KiddoMics.CoM > T--A > G-----C > A--------T > A---------T > T--------A > T-----A > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > ------------------------------------------------------- Thank you, Kulbir Saini, Computer Science and Engineering, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderbad, India - 500032. ("`-/")_.-'"``-._ . . `; -._ )-;-,_`) (v_,)' _ )`-.\ ``-' _.- _..-_/ / ((.' ((,.-' ((,/ fL My Home-Page: http://students.iiit.ac.in/~kulbirsaini/ My Institute: http://www.iiit.ac.in/ My Web-Blog: http://kulbirsaini.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
