Re: yum not working in fc6

On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 11:28:38PM +0530, balaji v enlightened us:
> I have a done a fresh fc6 installation. I am unable to go ahead with yum
> update and I get the following errors while doing yum update
> 
> 
> 
> [root@balaji /]# yum -y update
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Setting up Update Process
> Setting up repositories
> http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError:
> <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
> Trying other mirror.
> http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/6/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4]
> IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
> Trying other mirror.
> http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/6/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml:
> [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
> Trying other mirror.
> http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml:
> [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
> Trying other mirror.
> http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/6/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno
> 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
> Trying other mirror.
> ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml:
> [Errno 4] IOError: [Errno ftp error] timed out
> Trying other mirror.
> Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: livna
> [root@balaji /]#
> 
> 
> I doubt my repository configuration has some problem. Please help me
> 

'Name or service not known' would seem to indicate a broken DNS setup on
that machine. I'd start by making sure you have basic network connectivity.

Matt

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