Unable to use YUM to update

[Spencer Kellis]

I just had problems with yum myself... a few things I learned that might
help:

clean up your yum data:
yum clean all

clean up your rpm data:
rm /var/lib/rpm/__db*
rpm --rebuilddb

I think those are the basics... hopefully that does something!

Spencer

On 10/10/05, John Moore <database1 at qualitycareforchildren.org> wrote:
>
> 10.10.2005
>
> Last time I did yum (yum update), it updated the kernel to 2.6.13. Ever
> since, doing yum update I get this at the terminal:
>
> [jmoore at localhost ~]$ yum update
> Config Error: Error accessing file for config file:///etc/yum.conf
>
> I have checked out /etc/ (doing su -) and found that yum.conf looked
> like yum.conf~. Thought that might be the problem so I renamed it back
> to yum.conf but I still get the same problem at the terminal.
>
> Oh, and Yumex just flashes open but doesn't stay open. That is, Yumex
> also doesn't work.
>
> Any suggestions?
> John Moore
> Atlanta, GA
>
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