Hi wish i could be more help but this is what i get when i did what you said. there are no packages in cache to clean,i checked this by going to cache and looking myself.i know there is no updates needed.if there was it would keep going untill it updated or timed out with this error . Loading "changelog" plugin Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "installonlyn" plugin Cleaning up Packages 0 packages removed [root@localhost ~]# yum update Loading "changelog" plugin Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories updates [1/3] updates 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 core [2/3] core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 extras [3/3] extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 255 kB 00:01 http://less.cogeco.net/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/5/x86_64/repodata/primary.x ml.gz: [Errno -1] Trying other mirror. primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 224 kB 00:01 updates : ################################################## 715/715 Added 0 new packages, deleted 107 old in 0.93 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.0 MB 00:07 http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/5/x86_64/repodata/prim ary.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum Trying other mirror. http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/fedora/linux/extras/5/x86_64/repoda ta/primary.xml.gz: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out> Trying other mirror. primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 940 kB 00:06 ftp://fedora.mirrors.tds.net/pub/fedora-core-extras/5/x86_64/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum Trying other mirror. primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 765 kB 00:05 extras : ################################################## 2163/2163 Added 161 new packages, deleted 849 old in 3.46 seconds No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion [root@localhost ~]# __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp
