On Sunday 08 October 2006 21:02, Scott Berry wrote: > Hello there, > > I am having a problem where yum says that there is not a correct baseurl > for yum. However I have turned the repo off to see if updates would work > correctly with no luck. Does anyone have any idea what is going on here? > Also what is the baseurl for this too be? Here is the log of yum updates: > > root@localhost:/etc/yum.repos.d > [root@localhhost yum.repos.d]# yum update > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > Setting up Update Process > Setting up repositories > legacy-updates [1/8] > kde-redhat-all [2/8] > flash [3/8] > kde-redhat [4/8] > core [5/8] > jpackage-generic [6/8] > Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: jpackage-generic > Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: jpackage-generic > [root@localhost yum.repos.d]# As Kam has said, there is a problem with the Jpackage repo. the best thing to do, is on the CLI as root, edit /etc/yum.repos.d, changing the repo for Jpackage to enabled=0, then run yum again. I don't have this problem as I use Apt, and Apt if it has a problem with a repo, just bypasses it. Yum seems to get confused if it can't find a repo, and decides to go out to lunch, leaving you waiting forever. Nigel.
