2005/11/22, Hrishikesh Ballal <hballal@xxxxxxxxx>: > The problem might be the fact that you are trying to install too many > packages at once. I tried to install using xmms* and bmp* and it > installted fine. A lot of the dependencies were already installed on > my computer. You can try going step by step by first installing xmms > then installing the skins then the plugins. I could not replicate the > error so I am just guessing. > Hrishi > > > > > > Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:04:38 +1000 > > From: david walcroft <david_walcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: Yumex error > > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Message-ID: <4382B4F6.5000106@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > david walcroft wrote: > > > Hrishikesh Ballal wrote: > > > > > >> Hello David, Can you please tell me what package are you trying to > > >> install? Hrishi > > >> > > >> On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 06:43 -0500, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>> Message: 1 > > >>> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:46:23 +1000 > > >>> From: david walcroft <david_walcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >>> Subject: Yumex error > > >>> To: Fedora List <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > >>> Message-ID: <4381976F.1090403@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > >>> > > >>> Would anybody know what this error means "error in transaction" > > >>> its happening every time I try downloading a file and the 'output' > > >>> screen says nothing,so I get no downloads. > > >>> Yum works but not Yumex > > >>> Thanks david > > > > > > > > > > > > I tried to d/l bmp* and xmms* (15 or so files) so I don't know which it > > > is causing trouble,yum itself is running well,which makes me think it's > > > Yumex. > > > > > > david > > > > > Seems ridiculous but it took 3hrs before the first reply logged hence a > > second mail,sorry > > > > david > > > > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > sounds like a bug to me. while a workaround might be to do it "step by step" its still a bug and should be reported upstream if theres really a limit of the packages that can be handled at once. bugs like that should be fixed not just worked around. regards, Rudolf Kastl
