On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 13:17 -0500, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > 1) I tried to check for new upgrades this morning and again at noon with > yumex. Yumex couldn't find a mirror. > > "10:42:02 : --> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum > 10:42:02 : Trying other mirror. > 10:42:14 : failure: repodata/comps-f8.xml from updates: [Errno 256] No > more mirrors to try." ---- that seems to be caused by irregular updates by package updater and/or yum-updatesd running in the background. you can always just 'yum clean cache' or 'yum clean all' to start over which will solve this issue ---- > > 2) I keep getting email message from root. I use mutt for this. > > "Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:30:04 -0500 > From: Cron Daemon <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: apache@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Cron <apache@CASE> cd /usr/share/bugzilla && env LANG=C > /usr/share/bugzilla/whine.pl > Auto-Submitted: auto-generated > X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> > X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/var/www> > X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin> > X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=apache> > X-Cron-Env: <USER=apache> > > Can't connect to the database. > Error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > +'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > Is your database installed and up and running? > Do you have the correct username and password selected in > localconfig?" > > I tried to use mySQL Manager to re-setup my mySQL database and got: > "Can't connect to the database. > Error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > +'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > Is your database installed and up and running? > Do you have the correct username and password selected in localconfig? > > Could not connect to host 'CASE'. > MySQL Error Nr. 2003 > Can't connect to MySQL server on 'CASE' (111)" ---- is mysqld installed? if 'rpm -q mysql-server' doesn't confirm that it's installed on your computer, install it (yum install mysql-server) otherwise, start it up service mysqld start chkconfig mysqld on # if you want it to start on each startup ---- > > 3) gnome-keyring-manager keeps asking me for my password. I have tried > all the fixes e.g. fixing /etc/pam.d/gdm, and deleting ~/gnome2/keyrings > etc. Nothing works. I went to bugzilla (I am relatively new at using > bugzilla) and found two or three reported bugs that sound similar but > not the same as my problem. I was unsure whether I should add a bug or > just add my name to those that are close. ?? > > I really want to get on with things, so any quick and dirty advice > appreciated. ---- been 'lots of discussion on this the last few days. If you don't think those bug reports are the same as yours, you should create a new one. Craig
