Re: Problems with RHN repository in RHEL Desktop v.5 x86_86

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Bruno Martins <[email protected]> wrote:
> Good night mates,
>
> I'm currently unable to update or install any packages from my system
> (RHEL Desktop v. 5 x86_64) because of this error:
>
> [user@machine ~]# yum check-update
> Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
> rhel-x86_64-client-5 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 | 1.4 kB =A0 =A0 00:00
> rhel-x86_64-client-5/primary =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 | =A0 10 B =A0 =A0 00:00
> rhel-x86_64-client-5/primary =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 | =A0 10 B =A0 =A0 00:00
> rhel-x86_64-client-5/primary =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 | =A0 10 B =A0 =A0 00:00
> rhel-x86_64-client-5/primary =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 | =A0 10 B =A0 =A0 00:00
> Error: failed to retrieve
> repodata/4d9b8fc1779a8bd59019ff7a315439c417ffd402-primary.xml.gz from
> rhel-x86_64-client-5
> error was [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
>
> Have you guys ever faced this problem, and possibly know a solution?
>
> I've tried commands like...
>
> yum clean metadata
> yum clean all
> rm -rf /var/cache/yum/*
> rm -rf /var/spool/up2date/loginAuth.pkl
>
> ... but with no success, unfortunately.
>
> Thanks for your cooperation.

Try disabling location aware updates in RHN and see if that clears it up?

John