On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 15:48:57 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:35:39 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote: > >> > >>>well, i don't use a proxy at the moment, > >>>this is a direct connection > >>>should i use a proxy to solve it or what ? > >> > >>Can you retrieve either of the following files using your regular browser? > >>http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/fedora-core-3 > >>http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/updates-released-fc3 > >> > >>These are what up2date appears to be having problems with. > >> > >>I only asked about the proxy because I thought you might be behind a > >>firewall that was blocking your attempted connection to fedora.redhat.com. > >> > > > > > > well, i tried to access the two links from the web browser and they > > worked with no problems at all. > > i still don't see the reason prventing the update > > Neither do I; could you try: > # up2date-nox --list > > and if that fails, you could always give yum a try: > # yum check-update > and if that works: > # yum update > > Paul. well, i tried yum but i didn't get anything at all not even error messages -- Ahmed Abdel-Aliem Web Developer www.ApexScript.com 0101108551 registered Linux user number 382789
