Yum problem!!!

[George N. White III]

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Strong wrote:

> # yum install wesnoth wesnoth-tools wesnoth-server
> Setting up Install Process
> Setting up repositories
> updates-released          100% |=========================|  951 B
> 00:00
> extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB
> 00:00
> base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB
> 00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 104 kB
> 00:26
> http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/i386/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] Socket Error: timed out
> Trying other mirror.
> primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================|  72 kB
> 00:19
> http://fedora.mirrors.tds.net/pub/fedora-core/updates/4/i386/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] Socket Error: timed out
> 
> How to fix this?!!

I often see this too.  If you can locate a reliable mirror that is close 
in network terms put that in the configuration file.

-- 
George N. White III  <aa056 at chebucto.ns.ca>