I did indeed use the installation number, and my machine registered on RHN. Thanks, anyway. Regards, Marshall >-----Original Message----- >From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Bacchi >Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 2:01 PM >To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list >Subject: Re: RHEL5 yum problem > >I don't have any RHEL 5 machines of my own at the moment, but I asked >someone who does. He said you likely didn't provide the >Installation ID >number for your RH license. You should look on the rhn >website for it, >it's a long number probably around 16 or more characters. > > > >McDougall, Marshall (FSH) wrote: >> This is my first foray into RHEL5 and so far change is not >so good. I >> was quite comfortable with up2date, but alas it is not part of 5. >> Locate doesn't seem to work very well either, but that is >another story. >> >> >> I am having some problems getting yum to run at all and I am >not quite >> sure if it's yum or python, as I am familiar with neither >one. This is >> compounded by the fact that I am behind a proxy and I am not >completely >> sure that I am getting through it with what ever yum is using to get >> there. Currently, when I run yum I get the following: >> >> [root@fsh1166db07x Server]# yum update >> Loading "installonlyn" plugin >> Loading "rhnplugin" plugin >> Setting up Update Process >> Setting up repositories >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ? >> yummain.main(sys.argv[1:]) >> File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 102, in main >> result, resultmsgs = do() >> File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 359, in doCommands >> return self.yum_cli_commands[self.basecmd].doCommand(self, >> self.basecmd, self.extcmds) >> File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py", line 150, in doCommand >> return base.updatePkgs(extcmds) >> File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 628, in updatePkgs >> self.doRepoSetup() >> File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 102, in doRepoSetup >> yum.YumBase.doRepoSetup(self, thisrepo=thisrepo) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", >line 299, in >> doRepoSetup >> repo.setup(self.conf.cache) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", >line 503, in >> setup >> self._loadRepoXML(text=self) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", >line 530, in >> _loadRepoXML >> cache=self.http_caching == 'all') >> File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/rhnplugin.py", line 208, in >> _YumRepository__get >> start, end, copy_local, checkfunc, text, reget, cache) >> File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/rhnplugin.py", line 276, in >> _noExceptionWrappingGet >> http_headers=headers, >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line >> 927, in urlgrab >> return self._retry(opts, retryfunc, url, filename) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line >> 845, in _retry >> r = apply(func, (opts,) + args, {}) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line >> 913, in retryfunc >> fo = URLGrabberFileObject(url, filename, opts) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line >> 1001, in __init__ >> self._do_open() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line >> 1072, in _do_open >> fo, hdr = self._make_request(req, opener) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line >> 1172, in _make_request >> fo = opener.open(req) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 358, in open >> response = self._open(req, data) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 376, in _open >> '_open', req) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 337, in _call_chain >> result = func(*args) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 573, in <lambda> >> lambda r, proxy=url, type=type, meth=self.proxy_open: \ >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 597, in proxy_open >> return self.parent.open(req) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 358, in open >> response = self._open(req, data) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 376, in _open >> '_open', req) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 337, in _call_chain >> result = func(*args) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/M2Crypto/m2urllib2.py", line >> 66, in https_open >> h.request(req.get_method(), req.get_full_url(), >req.data, headers) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 804, in request >> self._send_request(method, url, body, headers) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 827, in _send_request >> self.endheaders() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/M2Crypto/httpslib.py", line >> 145, in endheaders >> HTTPSConnection.endheaders(self) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 798, in endheaders >> self._send_output() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 679, in _send_output >> self.send(msg) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 646, in send >> self.connect() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/M2Crypto/httpslib.py", line >> 161, in connect >> self._start_ssl() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/M2Crypto/httpslib.py", line >> 176, in _start_ssl >> self.sock.connect_ssl() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/M2Crypto/SSL/Connection.py", >> line 149, in connect_ssl >> return m2.ssl_connect(self.ssl, self._timeout) >> M2Crypto.SSL.SSLError: unknown protocol >> >> As I said before, I am not familiar with either yum or >python. I have >> read the faqs and docs and wiki at DUKE and been through RH >KB and am no >> further ahead. I really don't want to open a ticket with RH until I >> have to because that in itself is kinda painful. If anyone >can point me >> in a proper direction I would appreciate. Thanks. >> >> Regards, Marshall > >-- >veritatis simplex oratio est > -Seneca > >Andrew Bacchi >Systems Programmer >Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute >phone: 518.276.6415 fax: 518.276.2809 > >http://www.rpi.edu/~bacchi/ > >-- >redhat-list mailing list >unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
