Hi, Can you tell me what repos you use, or can you attach your .repo files in a message to me? My yum didn't appear to work, gave errors when I ran it. Think my .repo files may have been old. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 6:42 PM Subject: Re: yum repo > No, you're way off base. > > Extras is not for updates. There are separate repos for updates. Extras > are just that, extra rpms not part of Fedora base. > > You should have repos defined in /etc/yum.repos.d, unless your yum is > very old. Your first action, in any case, should be: > > yum upgrade yum > > In particular, be sure to put: > exclude=kernel kernel-smp kernel-doc > > in your /etc/yum.conf, or you'll be wondering what happened to your > Speakup Modified kernel. > > > he yum FAQ is at: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq > > Jeremy R Schmidt writes: >> Anyone know of a good yum repo to use? >> I'm going to try: >> ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/4/i386/ >> >> Is this all I need if I want to install updates? >> I'm using fc4, and my kernel is a 2.6.13.x (the speakup modified one). >> The url I mentioned above appears to just be for extras, so wil I need >> to >> use a different site? >> >> If so, any recommendations? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jeremy >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.240.715.1272 > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and > Canada--Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
