On 11/4/05, Tony Nelson <tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 9:10 AM -0500 11/4/05, Gene Heskett wrote: > >On Friday 04 November 2005 08:44, Temlakos wrote: > >>Dotan Cohen wrote: > >>> On 11/4/05, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>>On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 12:28:08AM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > >>>>>I just tried twice to yum update, but I get this error: > > > >[...] > > > >>If I might add my own two cents/pence/centimes/pfennigen/dinars/etc: > >> > >>THis morning I attempted my morning update using smart. I could not > >>raise livna by any channel whatsoever--not by a repo-metadata channel, > >>and not by the apt-rpm channel that installs with the atrpms version of > >>smart. Fortunately, when smart has a problem with any given channel, it > >>just moves on. I suspect, however, that livna has had a bunch of > >> crashes. > >> > >>Temlakos > > > >You are not alone, livna.org has also died here. I assumed the machine > >was down and that it would get elbowed in the ribs to wake it up, but > >after > >2+ days of no contact, during the week, that seems a less likely > >situation. > > > >Here, yum hangs for an extended time before erroring out while > >attempting to access livna.org. Several minutes. > > > >So we are wondering when it will be restored as I understand there is > >gtk2 update because of serious security concerns. > > I don't use Livna much, but I've been able to reach it every time I've > tried, including just now. > > There have been many complaints for a week or so about various repos not > being available. The common thread seems to be yum, not the repos. Some > people report eliminating repos one at a time and having the problem move. > Search the list archives for yum problems. > > It's possible that there are connectivity problems on the Internet, though > the Level3/Cogent spat has been resolved. > > Searching the list archives does not work. Here's a list mirror to search: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&r=1&w=2 > > or use Google: > > <search terms> site:www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list > ____________________________________________________________________ > TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> Thanks, Tony. I am very familiar with the aims group archive, and of course google. As the problem seems to be wide-spread, and not just on my machine, I'll just disable the repro and update everything else. Thanks all for your input. Dotan Cohen http://technology-sleuth.com/technical_answer/how_can_i_be_safe_online.html
