On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 12:23 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 12:01 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > > > >> Craig White wrote: > >> > >>> On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 11:40 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Craig White wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> I'm starting to getting to confused with so many emails > >>>> > >>>> > >>> ---- > >>> there's only 1 e-mail with instructions that you haven't responded to > >>> yet. > >>> > >>> if you don't know which it is, let me know > >>> > >>> Craig > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Please let me know. > >> > > ---- > > you need to be root so if you aren't already root on command line... > > > > su - > > > > then do this (you can paste this) > > rpm -ivh --replacepkgs \ > > http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/fedora/linux/updates/8/i386/fedora-release-8-5.noarch.rpm > > rpm -ivh --replacepkgs \ > > http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fedora/8/i386/livna-release-8-1.noarch.rpm > > yum clean all > > yum update > > > > and let us know the outcome > > > > Craig > > > > > > > [david@reddwarf ~]$ su - > Password: > [root@reddwarf ~]# rpm -ivh --replacepkgs \ > > > http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/fedora/linux/updates/8/i386/fedora-release-8-5.noarch.rpm > Retrieving > http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/fedora/linux/updates/8/i386/fedora-release-8-5.noarch.rpm > Preparing... ########################################### > [100%] > 1:fedora-release ########################################### > [100%] > [root@reddwarf ~]# rpm -ivh --replacepkgs \ > > > http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fedora/8/i386/livna-release-8-1.noarch.rpm > Retrieving > http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fedora/8/i386/livna-release-8-1.noarch.rpm > Preparing... ########################################### > [100%] > 1:livna-release ########################################### > [100%] > [root@reddwarf ~]# yum clean all > Cleaning up Everything > [root@reddwarf ~]# yum update > > Then it hangs at yum update ---- I don't understand 'hangs' - it might take a while to do things...please clarify 'hangs' Craig
