More FC3 install problems 'Assertion (heads >0)' Workaround

[Graeme Nichols]

Rick Stevens wrote:

> Stuart Sears wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 02:56, Graeme Nichols wrote:
>>
>>> Rick Stevens wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>> Yum will fix that.  :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Rick, is there a difference in the databases, or whatever, that 
>>> up2date and yum use? I ran up2date immediately after installing FC3 
>>> and there were only 4 updates available, can't remember what they 
>>> were but I think they were libraries, and OOo 1.1.3 was not among 
>>> them. I will try yum later when I have the time. My yum.conf was not 
>>> updated at FC3 upgrade time but it would appear that its not 
>>> necessary as it has variables for the version and release. Am I 
>>> correct in assuming that yum.conf doesn't need updating for FC3?
>>
>>
>> it depends on where you wish to get your packages from!
>> I believe the default yum.conf (also read the files in /etc/yum.repo.d
>> or was it repos.d? can't remember. one of them anyway!) uses mirror
>> lists at redhat. In my experience, you cna achieve better performance by
>> change this to point to a specific server, closer to your location.
>> You can also add repos for third-party packagers, who will have software
>> not available on the RH mirrors (or more recent versions, compiled wiht
>> support for things that RH can't build against for legal reasons)
>> common yum repositories for extra packages are
>> http://dag.wieers.com
>> http://freshrpms.net
>> http://kde-redhat.sf.net
>>
>> if you visit those sites you can find information on what to add to your
>> /etc/yum.conf (or the repos directory) to enable the repositories.
>>
>> they just happen to be the three that i use.
>> Other common repos are http://www.fedora.us
>> http://rpm.livna.org - specifically NVidia drivers for various kernels
>
>
> I use the following FC3 /etc/yum.conf:
>
> [main]
> cachedir=/var/cache/yum
> debuglevel=2
> logfile=/var/log/yum.log
> pkgpolicy=newest
> distroverpkg=fedora-release
> tolerant=1
> exactarch=1
> gpgcheck=1
>
>
> [base]
> name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
> # The first line is the primary server, the remainder are mirrors...
> baseurl=http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/$releasever/os/$basearch
>         http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/$releasever/$basearch/os
>         http://mirror.web-ster.com/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/os
>
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os 
>
>
>
> [updates-released]
> name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
> # The first line is the primary server, the remainder are mirrors...
> baseurl=http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/$releasever/updates/$basearch 
>
>         
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch
>         http://mirror.web-ster.com/fedora/updates/$releasever/$basearch
>
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch 
>
>
>
> #[updates-testing]
> #name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Unreleased Updates
> #baseurl=http://fedora.redhat.com/updates/testing/fedora-core-$releasever

Thank you Rick, much appreciated. I will compare it against mine, which 
I think I got from you originally anyway :-)

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Kind regards,

Graeme.
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Vitamin C deficiency is apauling.