Re: unable to install with yum in fc6 xp_64

balaji v wrote:
> On 7/3/07, David Timms <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> balaji v wrote:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I have done a fresh installation of fc6. While trying to update with 
>> yum
>> i
>> > am getting the following error
>> >
>> > [root@balaji yum.repos.d]# yum list
>> > Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>> > 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 yum.repos.d]#
>> Open a command prompt.
>> dig {or ping} the sites you are trying to connect to:
>> dig rpm.livna.org
>> It seems like you don't have domain name to ip address resolution
>> working properly.
 > I did a dig rpm.livna.org. the follwing is the message I got
 >
 > [root@balaji run]# dig rpm.livna.org
 >
 > ; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> rpm.livna.org
 > ;; global options:  printcmd
 > ;; Got answer:
 > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 38166
 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
 >
 > ;; QUESTION SECTION:
 > ;rpm.livna.org.                 IN      A
 >
 > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
 > rpm.livna.org.          65094   IN      CNAME   benden.crazyfrogs.org.
 > benden.crazyfrogs.org.  65095   IN      A       193.28.235.40
 >
 > ;; Query time: 2 msec
 > ;; SERVER: 10.200.1.11#53(10.200.1.11)
 > ;; WHEN: Tue Jul  3 21:33:47 2007
 > ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 79
Well, that looks normal.
If you use your web browser to try to view the links that yum is having 
trouble with, does it work ?

You need a bit of debug info from yum:
yum -d 15 check-update
might give enough debug to see what isn't working  ?

DavidT.