Cups problem
david walcroft
d_j_w46 at bigpond.net.au
Sun Dec 16 22:32:48 UTC 2007
Craig White wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 13:43 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
>
>> 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./
>>
> ----
> OK, it seemed like a simple yes/no question but here it is now an hour
> later and no answer.
>
> This is my suggestion (and I have no idea if it will work) I don't think
> that these fedora*repo files were the right ones and I wanted to know
> what happened to the 48 other files that used to be in /etc/yum.repos.d
> but I guess I won't know that answer tonight.
>
> First you must
> su -
>
> Then you can paste this next section into a terminal and it should do
> everything
>
> cd /etc/yum.repos.d
> mv NOT-USED/fedora.repo .
> mv NOT-USED/fedora-updates.repo .
> mv NOT-USED/fedora-updates-testing.repo .
> mv NOT-USED/livna.repo .
> yum update
>
> and report back what happens
>
> I'm going to bed
>
> Craig
>
>
I used the instruction previously,thats why all my repo's are in NOT-USED.
david
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