up2date and yum not working?

[Michael Schwendt]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:03:01 -0500 (CDT), Hongwei Li wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a fc1 linux system.  A few days ago, I changed its hostname and ip
> address from a test system to a normal system.  The up2date and yum were
> working well before this change.  After the change, they don't work any
> more.  I can launch up2date from KDE, but it just hangs there.  IF I run
> yum, is shows, e.g.:
> 
> # yum list mysql
> Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
> Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base
> 
> then, just hangs there.  The "normal system"'s hostname and ip address
> were used by a rh7.3 system.  Now, I took that down and put changed the
> new fc1 from "test" to "normal".  Did I miss anything?  Should I do
> anything to let up2date and yum work normally?

How long did you wait? And can you access the servers listed in
/etc/yum.conf with other download tools?