Cups problem
david walcroft
d_j_w46 at bigpond.net.au
Sun Dec 16 03:43:13 UTC 2007
Craig White wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 12:20 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
>
>> Craig White wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 18:59 -0700, Craig White wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 11:29 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Craig White wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 10:47 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Craig White wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 09:48 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My repo's are in 'local-updates local-extras local-base,
>>>>>>>>> but yum does updates with no problem
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ----
>>>>>>>> except of course, that which is a problem. Every problem you have with
>>>>>>>> packaging has to be caused by the below.
>>>>>>>> ----
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [david at reddwarf ~]$ ls /etc/yum.repos.d/
>>>>>>>>> atrpms-bleeding.repo fedora-extras-devel.repo
>>>>>>>>> jpackage-fedora.repo local-extra-devel
>>>>>>>>> atrpms.repo Fedora-install-media.repo
>>>>>>>>> jpackage-generic.repo local-extras
>>>>>>>>> atrpms-stable.repo fedora.repo
>>>>>>>>> jpackage.repo local-updates
>>>>>>>>> atrpms-testing.repo fedora.repo.rpmnew
>>>>>>>>> kde-redhat.repo local-updates-testing
>>>>>>>>> city-fan.org.repo fedora-updates.repo
>>>>>>>>> kde-redhat-stable-all.repo Macromedia
>>>>>>>>> crontab fedora-updates.repo.rpmnew
>>>>>>>>> kde-redhat-stable.repo mirrors-rpmforge
>>>>>>>>> dag.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo
>>>>>>>>> livna-devel.repo newrpms.repo
>>>>>>>>> dries.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo.rpmnew
>>>>>>>>> livna-devel.repo.rpmorig nrpms.repo
>>>>>>>>> fedora-core.repo.rpmnew fedora.us-extras
>>>>>>>>> livna.repo nr.repo
>>>>>>>>> fedora-core.repo.rpmsave freshrpms.repo
>>>>>>>>> livna.repo.rpmorig rpmforge.repo
>>>>>>>>> fedora-development.repo freshrpms.repo.rpmnew
>>>>>>>>> livna.repo.rpmsave yjl.repo
>>>>>>>>> fedora-devel.repo gstreamer-deps.repo
>>>>>>>>> livna-testing.repo
>>>>>>>>> fedora-extra-devel.repo gstreamer.repo local-base
>>>>>>>>> fedora-extra.repo home.repo local-devel
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [david at reddwarf ~]$ I know it needs a big clean up.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ----
>>>>>>>> were you expecting things to just clear up by themselves while you make
>>>>>>>> a complete nightmare of things?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No I not expecting things happen automatically but I dont have the
>>>>>>> confidence
>>>>>>> to hack into files and make the mess worse than it already is.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----
>>>>>> OK, try this...(you need root so simply 'su -')
>>>>>>
>>>>>> this is supplied so you could simply paste this all after you su to root
>>>>>> per above
>>>>>>
>>>>>> cd /etc/yum.repos.d
>>>>>> mkdir NOT-USED
>>>>>> mv * NOT-USED # clear out all repos for the moment
>>>>>> mv NOT-USED/fedora-development.repo.rpmsave fedora-development.repo
>>>>>> mv NOT-USED/fedora-updates-testing.repo.rpmsave
>>>>>> fedora-updates-testing.repo
>>>>>> mv NOT-USED/fedora-updates.repo.rpmsave fedora-updates.repo
>>>>>> mv NOT-USED/fedora.repo.rpmsave fedora.repo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mv NOT-USED/livna.repo.rpmsave livna.repo
>>>>>> mv NOT-USED/livna-testing.repo .
>>>>>> mv NOT-USED/livna-devel.repo .
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # at this point, you should be able to yum update without much issue and
>>>>>> I am presuming that the latest installs of fedora-release and
>>>>>> livna-release put their repo files rpmsave because the originals were
>>>>>> tainted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The rest of the repos you can add by mv the files back but only do 1 or
>>>>>> 2 at a time so you will see if any have problems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Myself, I would probably move the rpmforge.repo back but it might be an
>>>>>> issue depending upon how old it is. Possibly kde-redhat stuff (may be
>>>>>> old), maybe jpackage...again, it could be old and broken
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# cd
>>>>> [root at reddwarf ~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
>>>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mkdir NOT-USED
>>>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv * NOT-USED # clear out all repos for the
>>>>> moment
>>>>> mv: cannot move `NOT-USED' to a subdirectory of itself, `NOT-USED/NOT-USED'
>>>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/fedora-development.repo.rpmsave
>>>>> fedora-development.repo
>>>>> mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/fedora-development.repo.rpmsave': No such file
>>>>> or directory
>>>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/fedora-updates-testing.repo.rpmsave
>>>>> mv: missing destination file operand after
>>>>> `NOT-USED/fedora-updates-testing.repo.rpmsave'
>>>>> Try `mv --help' for more information.
>>>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# fedora-updates-testing.repo
>>>>> -bash: fedora-updates-testing.repo: command not found
>>>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/fedora-updates.repo.rpmsave
>>>>> fedora-updates.repo
>>>>> mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/fedora-updates.repo.rpmsave': No such file or
>>>>> directory
>>>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/fedora.repo.rpmsave fedora.repo
>>>>> mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/fedora.repo.rpmsave': No such file or directory
>>>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]#
>>>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/livna.repo.rpmsave livna.repo
>>>>> mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/livna.repo.rpmsave': No such file or directory
>>>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/livna-testing.repo .
>>>>> mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/livna-testing.repo': No such file or directory
>>>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/livna-devel.repo .
>>>>> mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/livna-devel.repo': No such file or directory
>>>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]#
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> ----
>>>> that was intended for BEFORE you decided to move things around
>>>>
>>>> See my other e-mail
>>>>
>>>>
>>> ----
>>> you could move all of the repo files into the NOT-USED subdirectory and
>>> run the commands again and that should work
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Now my repos.d is hosed
>>
>> [david at reddwarf ~]$ sudo ls /etc/yum.repos.d/
>> NOT-USED
>> [david at reddwarf ~]$
>>
> ----
> cd /etc/yum.repos.d
> mkdir NOT-USED
> mv * NOT-USED # clear out all repos for the moment
> mv NOT-USED/fedora-development.repo.rpmsave fedora-development.repo
> mv NOT-USED/fedora-updates-testing.repo.rpmsave
> fedora-updates-testing.repo
> mv NOT-USED/fedora-updates.repo.rpmsave fedora-updates.repo
> mv NOT-USED/fedora.repo.rpmsave fedora.repo
>
> mv NOT-USED/livna.repo.rpmsave livna.repo
> mv NOT-USED/livna-testing.repo .
> mv NOT-USED/livna-devel.repo .
>
> Craig
>
>
[david at reddwarf ~]$ cd /etc/yum.repos.d/NOT-USED/
[david at reddwarf NOT-USED]$ ls
atrpms.repo fedora-development.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo
local-base local-updates
crontab Fedora-install-media.repo freshrpms.repo
local-devel local-updates-testing
dag.repo fedora.repo home.repo
local-extra-devel nr.repo
dries.repo fedora-updates.repo livna.repo
local-extras old-repos
[david at reddwarf NOT-USED]$
Is this a little better? How do I move my repo's back to /etc/yum.repos.d./
david
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