Thanks Craig; On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 11:23 -0700, Craig White wrote: > 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 It is working this afternoon ??? Did a 'yum clean all' just in case. > ---- > > > > 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 [snip] > ---- > 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 Sorry, I was sure that I had looked at it earlier and it was running. My mistake; 'service mysqld start' started it just now. I must be going cross-eyed. > ---- > > > > 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. > OK, I'll create a new bugzilla after I upgrade, if it isn't resolved by then. Sorry to take your time for stupid stuff, but I could feel the frustration rising after getting everything else re-setup. Thanks again. -- Regards Bill
