On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:50:57 -0400, Beartooth wrote: [...] > Then I ran yum update again, and got the same errors as before. > > I tried the little yellow stuffed animal updater -- and got the same > errors. [....] > In yum.conf, I see nothing odd : > > [root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/yum.conf > [main] > cachedir=/var/cache/yum > keepcache=0 > debuglevel=2 > logfile=/var/log/yum.log > pkgpolicy=newest > distroverpkg=redhat-release > tolerant=1 > exactarch=1 > obsoletes=1 > gpgcheck=1 > plugins=1 > metadata_expire=1800 > > # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo > # in /etc/yum.repos.d > [root@localhost ~]# > > So here's the repos -- should I go through them all? Looking for what?? > > [root@localhost ~]# ls /etc/yum.repos.d > fedora-core.repo fedora-extras.repo > fedora-development.repo fedora-legacy.repo > fedora-devel.repo fedora.repo > fedora-extras-development.repo fedora-updates.repo > fedora-extras-devel.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo > [root@localhost ~]# I thought to try yum upgrade wine instead of yum update wine, and similarly for abiword. Same result. Finally the big hammer : yum remove wine (which appeared to work, and took away a *.fc4), followed by yum install wine -- which looked normal, *at* *first* -- and then went into chaos : Reading repository metadata in from local files Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for wine to pack into transaction set. http://ftp.chg.ru/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/extras/4/i386/wine-0.9.11-2.fc4.i386.rpm: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (101, 'Network is unreachable')> Trying other mirror. wine-0.9.11-2.fc4.i386.rp 100% |=========================| 59 kB 00:00 ---> Package wine.i386 0:0.9.11-2.fc4 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: /usr/X11R6/bin/xmessage for package: wine --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for xorg-x11-tools to pack into transaction set. xorg-x11-tools-6.8.2-37.F 100% |=========================| 81 kB 00:03 ---> Package xorg-x11-tools.i386 0:6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: xorg-x11 for package: xorg-x11-tools --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for xorg-x11 to pack into transaction set. xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.49. 100% |=========================| 167 kB 00:07 ---> Package xorg-x11.i386 0:6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: libdps.so.1 for package: xorg-x11 --> Processing Dependency: /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth for package: xorg-x11 --> Processing Dependency: xinitrc for package: xorg-x11 --> Processing Dependency: xorg-x11-libs = 6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 for package: xorg-x11 --> Processing Dependency: base-fonts for package: xorg-x11 --> Processing Dependency: xorg-x11-xfs = 6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 for package: xorg-x11 --> Processing Conflict: initscripts conflicts xorg-x11 --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for xinitrc to pack into transaction set. xinitrc-4.0.18.1-1.noarch 100% |=========================| 21 kB 00:00 ---> Package xinitrc.noarch 0:4.0.18.1-1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for xorg-x11-libs to pack into transaction set. xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-37.FC 100% |=========================| 108 kB 00:04 ---> Package xorg-x11-libs.i386 0:6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for fonts-xorg-base to pack into transaction set. fonts-xorg-base-6.8.2-1.n 100% |=========================| 54 kB 00:00 ---> Package fonts-xorg-base.noarch 0:6.8.2-1 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Conflict: initscripts conflicts xorg-x11 --> Processing Dependency: /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth for package: xorg-x11 --> Processing Conflict: fontconfig conflicts fonts-xorg-base --> Processing Dependency: xorg-x11-xfs = 6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 for package: xorg-x11 --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth is needed by package xorg-x11 Error: Missing Dependency: xorg-x11-xfs = 6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 is needed by package xorg-x11 Error: initscripts conflicts with xorg-x11 Error: fontconfig conflicts with fonts-xorg-base [root@localhost run]# I run wine only as part of CrossoverOfficePro 5.0.1; I can try uninstalling that and reinstalling it, and hoping it will find a consistent wine assemblage. But what of abiword?? -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD Neo-Redneck Linux Convert FC5; CXO 5.0.1; Pine 4.64, Pan 0.14.2.91; Privoxy 3.0.3; Dillo 0.8.5, Galeon 2.0.1, Opera 8.54, Firefox 1.5, etc. Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.