On 8/1/06, Ric Moore <wayward4now@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 16:56 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > On 8/1/06, david walcroft <david_walcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > david walcroft wrote: > > > polka wrote: > > >> When I run yum I receive the following error. Has there been a change in > > >> the URL addresses? > > >> [root@localhost yum.repos.d]# yum install nedit > > >> Loading "installonlyn" plugin > > >> Setting up Install Process > > >> Setting up repositories > > >> core > > >> [1/3] > > >> Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core > > >> Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core > > >> > > >> > > > Please post your 'core' repo including yum.conf and the repo headings > > > in yum.repos.d > > > > > > david > > > > > Sorry I need the 'ls /etc/yum.repos.d' output' > > this error occurs when you have no internet access. yum doesn't > provide a very useful error, unfortunately. Lonnie, i'm having the same problem, tossing email no sweat now, using firefox no sweat... it's yum alone complaining. I did nothing! I swear!
To elaborate, it happens when yum can't connect to the server. In most cases, that's cause you have no internet access. In this particular case, its because the server is b0rk3n. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org
