On Tuesday 15 November 2005 12:08, Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote: > i have just installed fedora core 4 on my new laptop, > the installation went smooth > now i am using yum to update the system. > and while yum downloading the headers i got this error : > > php-5.0.4-10.5.i386.rpm 100% |=========================| 18 kB 00:03 > ---> Package php.i386 0:5.0.4-10.5 set to be updated > ---> Downloading header for ghostscript to pack into transaction set. > ghostscript-7.07-41.i386. 100% |=========================| 88 kB 00:18 > http://ayo.us5.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/4/i386/updates/RPMS/ghostscript-7 >.07-41.i386.rpm: [Errno 4] Socket Error: timed out > Trying other mirror. > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/yum", line 15, in ? > yummain.main(sys.argv[1:]) > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 113, in main > (result, resultmsgs) = base.buildTransaction() > File "__init__.py", line 319, in buildTransaction > File "depsolve.py", line 170, in resolveDeps > File "depsolve.py", line 130, in populateTs > File "__init__.py", line 639, in downloadHeader > File "repos.py", line 605, in get > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/mirror.py", line > 414, in urlgrab > return self._mirror_try(func, url, kw) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/mirror.py", line > 392, in _mirror_try > mirrorchoice = self._get_mirror(gr) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/mirror.py", line > 290, in _get_mirror > return gr.mirrors[gr._next] > IndexError: list index out of range > [root@localhost doublea]# > > > > can anyone help me with that and tell me what's wrong or how i will fix it? > > any help would be appreciated, > thanks in advance. > > -- > Ahmed Abdel-Aliem > Web Developer > www.SafariStudio.net > +20101108551 > registered Linux user number 382789 just a guess. Have you tried running: yum clean all and then yum update ?