On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 11:01:31AM +0530, Deboo Geek wrote: > Nothing happens for several minutes after this and I have to press > Ctrl-C. yum --help also doesn't tell anything much or there is no > verbose option either. What should I do? > I'm using a proxy, is that the problem? Where do I configure that? > /etc/yum.conf doesn't have any such mention Yep, that could be it. There's a man page for yum.conf which should explain how to set up the proxy. Plus, I believe the default repo list includes mirrors all over the world -- it might be worthwhile to trim it down to ones you know are fast and close. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 75 degrees Fahrenheit.
