F10: xfig and YUM issues

[glennzo]

I'm confused! Let's try this. Create a new repository file.

vi /etc/yum.repos.d/esslingen.repo

Paste the following into that file and save.

[Esslingen]
name=Esslingen - $releasever - $basearch - Esslingen Base
baseurl=http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archive.fedoraproject.org/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/

Open the fedora repo file and set enabled=0 (it should currently read enabled=1). Do yum clean all and then yum check-update. If those both work try yum install xfig. I think the Esslingen repository is the same as the archived Fedora repo.

[njpcX]

i have done as per your instructions, here is the error again....
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# yum check-update
Setting up Repo: updates-released
http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
Trying other mirror.
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: updates-released
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from updates-released: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

[glennzo]

Dunno. I'm out of ideas. Are you using a proxy? Are you having any other trouble with Internet at all?

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by glennzo

Dunno. I'm out of ideas. Are you using a proxy? Are you having any other trouble with Internet at all?

Give up, do we really need insecure O/S like F3 on the net ?

[glennzo]

No. We don't. Just trying to be helpful.

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by njpcX

[njpc@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo
[base]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
baseurl=http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/
#mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-$releasever
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

thanks
njpcX

Try this as you appear to have a DNS issue ( This is one of many problems that you will face using F3, don't even bother asking about multimedia )

name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
baseurl=http://209.132.176.69/pub/archive/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/
#mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-$releasever
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

[leigh@localhost ~]$ host archive.fedoraproject.org
archive.fedoraproject.org is an alias for secondary1.fedoraproject.org.
secondary1.fedoraproject.org has address 209.132.176.69
[leigh@localhost ~]$

[njpcX]

i believe that i have given u lot of pain..anyway i am using a proxy, and i do not have any problem accessing the internet..but youtube does not open; it says that: get the latest flash player...when i try to do so...after choosing the option: YUM for linux, nothing is displayed...hence i cannot download/install the latest flash player....actually i do not have a dvd drive...hence am not able to install FC11...if i replace my cd-rom with a dvd drive,can i freshly install FC11?...your comments please..
tia
njpcX

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by njpcX

i believe that i have given u lot of pain..anyway i am using a proxy, and i do not have any problem accessing the internet..but youtube does not open; it says that: get the latest flash player...when i try to do so...after choosing the option: YUM for linux, nothing is displayed...hence i cannot download/install the latest flash player....actually i do not have a dvd drive...hence am not able to install FC11...if i replace my cd-rom with a dvd drive,can i freshly install FC11?...your comments please..
tia
njpcX

In that case download the CD version



http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/...dora/i386/iso/

[njpcX]

now i get this:
[root@localhost njpc]# yum check-update
Setting up Repo: base
http://209.132.176.69/pub/archive/fe...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized
Trying other mirror.
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: base
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

[glennzo]

Installing an up-to-date release is really the best option, for many reasons, not the least of which is security. Replace the DVD drive or try out a LIVE CD. That way, you can give Fedora 11 or 12 (due to be released Tuesday) a test run without touching your hard disk. If it works well, back up important data and go for the install. You will find it a lot easier to maintain a current release. Look what we've gone through just trying to get yum working properly for your Fedora 3 system. Plus the fact that there will NEVER be any updates for it. All you can do is install packages that are currently available, and even those are outdated. Consider the problems you said you're having with YouTube, Flash, etc. Who wants to deal with that all the time? I'm running pre-release Fedora 12 on my laptop and can do anything I want in terms of actually using the OS save for a few small hiccups.

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by njpcX

now i get this:
[root@localhost njpc]# yum check-update
Setting up Repo: base
http://209.132.176.69/pub/archive/fe...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized
Trying other mirror.
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: base
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

I believe this error is due to the proxy

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by glennzo

Installing an up-to-date release is really the best option, for many reasons, not the least of which is security. Replace the DVD drive or try out a LIVE CD. That way, you can give Fedora 11 or 12 (due to be released Tuesday) a test run without touching your hard disk. If it works well, back up important data and go for the install. You will find it a lot easier to maintain a current release. Look what we've gone through just trying to get yum working properly for your Fedora 3 system. Plus the fact that there will NEVER be any updates for it. All you can do is install packages that are currently available, and even those are outdated. Consider the problems you said you're having with YouTube, Flash, etc. Who wants to deal with that all the time? I'm running pre-release Fedora 12 on my laptop and can do anything I want in terms of actually using the OS save for a few small hiccups.

Or use the CD version ( 5 disks )


http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/...dora/i386/iso/