From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from concerto.rednote.net ([66.92.170.139]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ezy77-0007nr-00 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:23:45 -0500 Received: from concerto.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0KFNiO1028082 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:23:44 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k0KFNimD028081 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:23:44 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:23:44 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: yum repo Message-ID: <20060120152344.GF16894@rednote.net> References: <001f01c61ca7$767f53d0$6401a8c0@jerschmi2> <20060120004245.GC16894@rednote.net> <000f01c61d76$1fd97810$6401a8c0@jerschmi2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000f01c61d76$1fd97810$6401a8c0@jerschmi2> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.15-1.1824_FC4spksmp Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:23:46 -0000 OK. I sent you my /etc/yum.repos.d/* in a tarball. Jeremy R Schmidt writes: > Hi, > > Can you tell me what repos you use, or can you attach your .repo files in a > message to me? > > My yum didn't appear to work, gave errors when I ran it. > > Think my .repo files may have been old. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 6:42 PM > Subject: Re: yum repo > > > > No, you're way off base. > > > > Extras is not for updates. There are separate repos for updates. Extras > > are just that, extra rpms not part of Fedora base. > > > > You should have repos defined in /etc/yum.repos.d, unless your yum is > > very old. Your first action, in any case, should be: > > > > yum upgrade yum > > > > In particular, be sure to put: > > exclude=kernel kernel-smp kernel-doc > > > > in your /etc/yum.conf, or you'll be wondering what happened to your > > Speakup Modified kernel. > > > > > > he yum FAQ is at: > > > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq > > > > Jeremy R Schmidt writes: > >> Anyone know of a good yum repo to use? > >> I'm going to try: > >> ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/4/i386/ > >> > >> Is this all I need if I want to install updates? > >> I'm using fc4, and my kernel is a 2.6.13.x (the speakup modified one). > >> The url I mentioned above appears to just be for extras, so wil I need > >> to > >> use a different site? > >> > >> If so, any recommendations? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Jeremy > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.240.715.1272 > > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > > > Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and > > Canada--Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. > > > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > > janina@freestandards.org http://a11y.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.240.715.1272 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@freestandards.org http://a11y.org