Why can't I install anything?

Everything from the package manager ends up saying error resolving dependancies. But I try to download the dependacies and they depend on something else or don't exist...Why can't I download and intall anything?

 

You have updated the repositories, have you? In a terminal, do:

Code:

sudo yum update fedora-release

This sorts out a lot of dependency problems.

 

Yes I've done that. No change.

 

Same problem here. Seems there are a lot of other people starting to have this same issue. It's too bad, cause I actually like Linpus but I think I am going to have to try something else...probably Ubuntu of some form (OneLinux, Ubuntu eee, etc).

 

I would switch in a second to if it weren't for how fast linpus starts up.

 

OK, now I'm within reach of my AAO, let's gather some data on this.

First: give me an example of a package you're trying to install and I'll see if it installs on mine. If mine works but yours doesn't, then we know it's something in the setup.

Second: repositories lists. In a terminal, do

Code:

cd /etc/yum.repos.d
ls
cat *

The ls and cat commands will provide output: copy & paste it here or save it in a text file and attach it to a post. I'll then compare with mine and see if we can see a problem.

I'm in and out a bit this evening, so responses may not be immediate.

 

Most things I try to install end up in error. Clicking sound and video and trying to install the packages that are selected by default results in error. xmms specifically is one I wanted to get but wouldn't work.

Thanks for your help by the way, I really appreciate it.


fedora-development.repo.rpmsave fedora-updates-testing.repo
fedora-rawhide.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo.rpmnew
fedora.repo livna-devel.repo
fedora.repo.rpmnew livna.repo
fedora-updates.repo livna-testing.repo
fedora-updates.repo.rpmnew

 

I thought I'd post here instead of starting a new topic. I got my aspire one yesterday, I'm no linux pro but I've successfully used ubuntu and its package manager numerous times. Saying that, it seems even after running the above commands I still can't get anything to install! I've tried VLC aswell as numerous development tools (which was my primary use for this tiny terror).
I ran the above commands and got the following:

Code:

fedora-development.repo.rpmsave  fedora-updates-testing.repo
fedora-rawhide.repo              fedora-updates-testing.repo.rpmnew
fedora.repo                      livna-devel.repo
fedora.repo.rpmnew               livna.repo
fedora-updates.repo              livna-testing.repo
fedora-updates.repo.rpmnew

aswell as:

Code:

# These packages are untested and still under development. This
# repository is used for updates to test releases, and for
# development of new releases.
#
# This repository can see significant daily turnover and major
# functionality changes which cause unexpected problems with other
# development packages. Please use these packages if you want to work
# with the Fedora developers by testing these new development packages.
#
# [email][email protected][/email] is available as a discussion forum for
# testing and troubleshooting for development packages in conjunction
# with new test releases.
#
# More information is available at [url]http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Testing[/url] 
#
# Reproducible and reportable issues should be filed at
# [url]http://bugzilla.redhat.com/[/url].
#
# Product: Fedora
# Version: devel

[development]
name=Fedora - Development
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/i386/os/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=rawhide&arch=i386
enabled = 1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

[development-debuginfo]
name=Fedora - Development - Debug
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/i386/debug/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=rawhide-debug&arch=i386
enabled = 0
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

[development-source]
name=Fedora - Development - Source
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/source/SRPMS/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=rawhide-source&arch=i386
enabled = 1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

# These packages are untested and still under development. This
# repository is used for development of new releases.
#
# This repository can see significant daily turnover and major
# functionality changes which cause unexpected problems with other
# development packages. Please use these packages if you want to work
# with the Fedora developers by testing these new development packages.
#
# [email][email protected][/email] is available as a discussion forum for
# testing and troubleshooting for development packages in conjunction
# with new test releases.
#
# More information is available at [url]http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Testing[/url] 
#
# Reproducible and reportable issues should be filed at
# [url]http://bugzilla.redhat.com/[/url].
#
# Product: Fedora
# Version: rawhide

[rawhide]
name=Fedora - Rawhide - Developmental packages for the next Fedora release
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/i386/os/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=rawhide&arch=i386
enabled = 0
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test-i386 file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-i386

[rawhide-debuginfo]
name=Fedora - Rawhide - Debug
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/i386/debug/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=rawhide-debug&arch=i386
enabled=0
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test-i386 file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-i386

[rawhide-source]
name=Fedora - Rawhide - Source
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/source/SRPMS/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=rawhide-source&arch=i386
enabled=0
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test-i386 file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-i386

[fedora]
name=Fedora 8 - i386
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-8&arch=i386
enabled = 1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

[fedora-debuginfo]
name=Fedora 8 - i386 - Debug
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/debug/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-debug-8&arch=i386
enabled = 0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

[fedora-source]
name=Fedora 8 - Source
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/source/SRPMS/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-source-8&arch=i386
enabled = 0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY
[fedora]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[fedora-debuginfo]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Debug
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/debug/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-debug-$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[fedora-source]
name=Fedora $releasever - Source
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/source/SRPMS/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-source-$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch
[updates]
name=Fedora 8 - i386 - Updates
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/8/i386/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f8&arch=i386
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

[updates-debuginfo]
name=Fedora 8 - i386 - Updates - Debug
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/8/i386/debug/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-debug-f8&arch=i386
enabled = 0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

[updates-source]
name=Fedora 8 - Updates Source
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/8/SRPMS/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-source-f8&arch=i386
enabled = 0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
[updates]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[updates-debuginfo]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates - Debug
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-debug-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[updates-source]
name=Fedora $releasever - Updates Source
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/SRPMS/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-source-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch
[updates-testing]
name=Fedora 8 - i386 - Test Updates
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/8/i386/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-testing-f8&arch=i386
enabled = 0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test

[updates-testing-debuginfo]
name=Fedora 8 - i386 - Test Updates Debug
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/8/i386/debug/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-testing-debug-f8&arch=i386
enabled = 0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test

[updates-testing-source]
name=Fedora 8 - Test Updates Source
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/8/SRPMS/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-testing-source-f8&arch=i386
enabled = 0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test
[updates-testing]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Test Updates
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/$releasever/$basearch/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-testing-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test-$basearch

[updates-testing-debuginfo]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Test Updates Debug
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-testing-debug-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test-$basearch

[updates-testing-source]
name=Fedora $releasever - Test Updates Source
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/$releasever/SRPMS/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-testing-source-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test-$basearch
[livna-development]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Development Tree
baseurl=
        http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/development/$basearch/
        http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/development/$basearch/
        http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/development/$basearch/
        http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/development/$basearch/
        http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/development/$basearch/
        ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/development/$basearch/
failovermethod=priority
#mirrorlist=http://rpm.livna.org/mirrorlist-development
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna

[livna-development-debuginfo]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Development Tree - Debug
baseurl=
        http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/development/$basearch/debug/
        http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/development/$basearch/debug/
        http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/development/$basearch/debug/
        http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/development/$basearch/debug/
        http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/development/$basearch/debug/
        ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/development/$basearch/debug/
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
gpgcheck=1

[livna-development-source]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Development Tree - Source
baseurl=
        [url]http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/development/SRPMS/[/url]
        [url]http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/development/SRPMS/[/url]
        [url]http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/development/SRPMS/[/url]
        [url]http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/development/SRPMS/[/url]
        [url]http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/development/SRPMS/[/url]
        [url]ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/development/SRPMS/[/url]
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
gpgcheck=1
[livna]
name=Livna for Fedora Core 9.92 - i386 - Base
baseurl=
        [url]http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/9.92/i386/[/url]
        [url]http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/9.92/i386/[/url]
        [url]http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/9.92/i386/[/url]
        [url]http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/9.92/i386/[/url]
        [url]http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/9.92/i386/[/url]
        [url]ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/9.92/i386/[/url]
failovermethod=priority
#mirrorlist=http://rpm.livna.org/mirrorlist-7
enabled = 0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna

[livna-debuginfo]
name=Livna for Fedora Core 9.92 - i386 - Debug
baseurl=
        [url]http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/9.92/i386/debug/[/url]
        [url]http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/9.92/i386/debug/[/url]
        [url]http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/9.92/i386/debug/[/url]
        [url]http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/9.92/i386/debug/[/url]
        [url]http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/9.92/i386/debug/[/url]
        [url]ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/9.92/i386/debug/[/url]
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
gpgcheck=1

[livna-source]
name=Livna for Fedora Core 9.92 - i386 - Source
baseurl=
        [url]http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/9.92/SRPMS/[/url]
        [url]http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/9.92/SRPMS/[/url]
        [url]http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/9.92/SRPMS/[/url]
        [url]http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/9.92/SRPMS/[/url]
        [url]http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/9.92/SRPMS/[/url]
        [url]ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/9.92/SRPMS/[/url]
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
gpgcheck=1
[livna-testing]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Testing
baseurl=
        http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/$releasever/$basearch/
        http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/testing/$releasever/$basearch/
        http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/testing/$releasever/$basearch/
        http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/$releasever/$basearch/
        http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/testing/$releasever/$basearch/
        ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/$releasever/$basearch/
failovermethod=priority
#mirrorlist=http://rpm.livna.org/mirrorlist-testing-6
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna

[livna-testing-debug]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Testing - Debug
baseurl=
        http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
        http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/testing/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
        http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/testing/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
        http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
        http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/testing/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
        ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
gpgcheck=1

[livna-testing-source]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Testing - Source
baseurl=
        http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/$releasever/SRPMS/
        http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/testing/$releasever/SRPMS/
        http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/testing/$releasever/SRPMS/
        http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/$releasever/SRPMS/
        http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/testing/$releasever/SRPMS/
        ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/$releasever/SRPMS/
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
gpgcheck=1

What are my options from here? Currently this is a £250 web browser that should be capable of quite a bit more!

Thanks for the help,

Jon

 

Ok, sorry to be back so late...

Xmms just installed fine on my machine; two dependencies pulled in with no problem.

My list of repositories looks like this:

Code:

fedora-development.repo             fedora-updates-testing.repo
fedora.repo                         livna-devel.repo
fedora-updates-newkey.repo          livna.repo
fedora-updates.repo                 livna-testing.repo
fedora-updates-testing-newkey.repo

Two differences appear. The first is that you both have rawhide repos enabled. As I understand it, these are the Fedora equivalent of Debian Sid - new, potentially unstable packages which don't mix well with the stable repositories and are likely to break toys if allowed to play with the stable release (my main machine runs a Debian derivative based closely on Sid!)

It may be that you are trying to install newer packages which are in Rawhide, and not set up for Fedora 8 at all, relying on dependencies which will fail because they are not comaptible with Linpus (which is derived from Fedora 8).

My first suggestion would be to disable those repos (you can use Edit->Repositories in Pirut) and see if that makes it possible for you to install xmms.

The second difference is that I have two with 'newkey' in the titles, which I believe relates to the issue over key signing on the Fedora repos a month or so ago, and which should have been solved by doing

Code:

sudo yum install fedora-release

However, if you have already done that, something hasn't worked; again I wonder if having the rawhide repos set up might have broken something. Perhaps rerun this after disabling rawhide, and see if that helps (if disabling rawhide hasn't sorted it anyway).


Final option: there is a wiki page about enabling the new signing keys here:

https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?t ... igning_key

If the code lne above didn't sort things out, it may well be worth trying following the instructions for setting up the new Fedora 8 repos manually on that page: perhaps one of you is going to have to try this and report back. With a bit of luck, though, something will, have worked before we get to this stage.

Let me know how it goes.....

 

Installing now works fine for me. I've gotten xmms, kaffeine, vlc and something else with no prolems at all here is what I changed...

I went into edit repositories of the package manager and clicked the remove button on all of the rawhide entries. They were already unchecked which would lead one to believe that removing them from the list would have made no difference, but it does.

Thanks again for the help

 

You're welcome!

Jonny_S and Wankel - any progress on your machines?

 

MIne seems totally knackered I got rid of livna and rawhide and started again. I downloaded livna, ran

Code:

sudo yum update fedora-release

and got the following:

Code:

http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/9.92/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
[url]http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/9.92/i386/repodata/repomd.xml:[/url] [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
[url]http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/9.92/i386/repodata/repomd.xml:[/url] [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
[url]http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/9.92/i386/repodata/repomd.xml:[/url] [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
[url]http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/9.92/i386/repodata/repomd.xml:[/url] [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
[url]ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/9.92/i386/repodata/repomd.xml:[/url] [Errno 4] IOError: [Errno ftp error] 550 Failed to change directory.
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: livna. Please verify its path and try again

So it seems somehow I've broken livina, this happens with all the different version (7, 8 or 9). It seems the version of fedora I'm running is 9.92, is that correct?
I've only had my aao for a few days so I was tempted to go try and start again, but since the pre-req's for system recovery are owning an external dvd drive and 1gb flash drive I'm buggered there aswell :/.

Thanks for the advice and I apologise for my ignorance on this subject.

 

I think that people are experiencing these problems because when they went here ...

http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/

They selected "Fedora 9 repository RPM", where the selection should have been "Fedora 8 repository RPM", since Acer's Linpus is running on Fedora 8. Trying things like "clean all" doesn't appear to fix the problem because essentially the wrong distro files have already been installed when the wrong distro was selected.

There really needs to be a warning posted somewhere around here that really stands out so that people aren't making this mistake. Short of using Acer's Recovery CD, I don't know of a way to fix it. Maybe someone else does, but answers don't seem to be flowing too well on this subject.

Cheers.

 

I don't remember ever installing the fedora 9 RPM, at least not until after the problem began, I could be wrong though as I tried alot of things before finding this post with (what seems like at least) the solution.If anyone has any idea on how to fix this without a full restore that would be great, or if anyone can point me to any alternate means of performing a restore (such as one not requiring an external DVD drive) that would be much appreciated.

cheers for the help,

Jon

[Edit]
Ah I've actually read through the rest of the manual and all I actually need is a 1gb usb drive, I'll get one of those tomorrow and try from fresh :/.

 

I can't guarantee this will work: it's not something I've tried - but it might be worth a go, certainly before doing a full restore (if you're going to have to do one anyway, try this first - if it breaks you're no worse off!). I'm more familiar with the Debian package management system than with yum, but the thinking is this:

1. Delete all the files from /etc/yum.repos.d/ EXCEPT fedora.repo and fedora.updates.repo (i.e disable the repos the hard way)
2. Go to /var/yum/cache and delete all the directories EXCEPT fedora and updates (i.e get rid of anything relating to the other repos which yum might find lying around)
3. Clean everything in the yum system by doing "sudo yum clean all" and "sudo yum clean sqlite" (i.e. use yum's own cleanup system to clear up any mess we've made so far)
4. Do "sudo yum update fedora-release" (to see if we can now update the release repo to the new one)

Now try installing something.

As I say, no guarantees - but it might work and save you a full restore.

 

OK I have got somewhere, although how 'safe' these changes are, and how long they'll last before everything breaks again is unknown . I can now install software from the fedora repo's with no dependency issues, however I do get gpg key errors:
"file:///mnt/home/Downloads/livna-release-8.rpm
" so I deleted that from the repository manager in pirut then I got a gpg key not installed error, so I disabled gpg checking completely :/.

Right, now on to livna when I install that the repos all point to the 9.92 location which doesn't exist, so I have no idea whats going on there (I definitely installed the 8.1 version this time). I changed that manually in pirut to the version 8 location and that fixed that error, however when installing vlc (the only package I've tried from livna) I get dependency errors! So then in an attempt to fix this error, I google and someone suggests running yum clean all and yum update, which now causes the following error:

Code:

Error: Missing Dependency: libpulse.so.0(PULSE_0) is needed by package mplayer
Error: Missing Dependency: libdvdnavmini.so.4 is needed by package mplayer

Soooo I'm thinking I've got rid of a package I shouldn't....I've got my flash drive ready for a fresh install! It's not too bad though, I've only managed to install FF3 so far so I'm not losing much .

Thanks for your help so far though! Hopefully this will help someone in the future who messes up their repos .

[edit]
As if things can't get any worse, the acer recovery cd has caused the usb drive i borrowed to be completely unusable, I've tried several recovery programs with no use, its just not working in any computer ( get a please insert disk message).
This aspire one is becoming a total pain in the arse, I'm going to give it another go with a second usb drive, if it buggers that then I'll be putting my aao straight on ebay, not worth the hassle its causing .

 

Sorry to double post, but I felt this deserved a bump. My new usb drive worked fine and was much faster anyway, I've reinstalled booted up run the commands you suggested and everything works fine! I'm wondering could it have been anything to do with me running the linpus updater that caused all my problems? I'm going to try it now that I know I can fix the problem if it should occur again!

Thanks all for your help, I'm so happy to have my little acer functioning!

 

Glad you're up & running again!

I'd be surprised if it was anything to do with the updater, because it doesn't seem to have hit a lot of people all at once (as might be expected if it was a common function like updating).

On the problem with the borrowed USB key, I'd wonder about trying reformatting it as vFAT from a linux command line; I haven 't looked into how the recovery system works, but if it formats the stick as ext2 or another linux-type format, Windows machines won't like it any more If the format failed for some reason, neither OS will then mount it normally - but Linux should be able to reformat.

 

Which are the "rawhide" entries?

Every single application that I try to install gets the "can't resolve dependencies" error

In my edit Package Manger editor. I have a bunch of "Fedora 8" entries and a bunch of "Livna for Fedora Core 8" entries. Are one of those "rawhide?"

Or am I way off here?

 

Please go back a page to this item: http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5319&st=0&sk=t&sd=a#p35373 and do what it says there. Then we can see what your repo setup is and may be able to help.
(The reason for asking for this to be done at the command line is that we then have the exact entries - describing what you see in a GUI is likely to be far more open to misinterpretation).