package manager cant connect to fedora

i have advance desktop mode
can someone pls help me with this repos problem

hi i also have a problem with the add- remove software (package manager)

here is my error message :
unable to retrieve software information
Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again

here is my repository manager infos onfedora 8-i386

mirror :http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-8&arch=i386
key :file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora, file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

 

STill doe not work, even if i plug by ethernet directly to the modem :|


i found this answer wich may help some of you :
Sorry for triple post but it's worked finally!! Those who still have this problem with the repomd.xml file should try to open up ports 21 and 80 on their router. This should allow yum to access Fedora's repositories which should allow you to install new programs. I'm so happy after 2 days of frustration trying to figure it out. At least from all this I've learnt how the .repo files work :lol:

For those who want to know how to open up those ports on their router:
http://www.portforward.com/english/rout ... rindex.htm

but still my add remove app,, cant- connect to repositories.
everything is stock for repository management files .

: (
pls HELP!

 

Fixed!

HERE IS THE SOLUTION :
WHEN THE MESSAGE SHOWS UP, GO TO THE REPOSITORY MANAGEMENT AND UN CHECK ALL THE ITEMS ON THE LIST.


BECAUSE ASPIRE IS ALREADY USING A FILE IN

Look in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo

THAT CONNECTS TO THE FEDORA REPOS

IF YOU CHECK ITEMS IN THE REPOSITORY MANAGEMENT IT COMES IN CONFLICT WITH THE FILE ALREADY IN YOU
/etc/yum.repos.d/

That's it!! : ) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

here is a little bit of text to explain :
and confirm that the "baseurl=" entry is commented in
and points to the valid place for the fedora repository.
my "fedora.repo" has the baseurl at:

baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/


yum repositories are really just web pages, so try the url:

(note I've replaced the releasever and basearch variables with their
respective values: "7" for Fedora 7 and i386 for 386 instead of x86-64
which are my values)

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/f ... g/i386/os/

Usually when a yum baseurl makes sense, you will land in a web page
containing a directory called "repodata" that has a file called repomd.xml

Note, if baseurl is used, then mirrorlist should not be used
and vis versa.

 

I suspect that you did a "sudo yum update" (shouldn't be done!) which updated the version of Fedora you were running and hence the variable "releasever" was pointing to the wrong repos. Linpus is based on Fedora 8, btw. I've also seen this happen a while back when the livna repo was being used and some people mistakenly chose Fedora 9 instead of Fedora 8 to add that additional repo.

Cheers.