OK. I sent you my /etc/yum.repos.d/* in a tarball. Jeremy R Schmidt writes: > 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 at rednote.net> > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
