More FC3 install problems 'Assertion (heads >0)' Workaround

[Stuart Sears]

On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 02:56, Graeme Nichols wrote:
> Rick Stevens wrote:

> > Yum will fix that.  :-)
> 
> Hi Rick, is there a difference in the databases, or whatever, that 
> up2date and yum use? I ran up2date immediately after installing FC3 and 
> there were only 4 updates available, can't remember what they were but I 
> think they were libraries, and OOo 1.1.3 was not among them. I will try 
> yum later when I have the time. My yum.conf was not updated at FC3 
> upgrade time but it would appear that its not necessary as it has 
> variables for the version and release. Am I correct in assuming that 
> yum.conf doesn't need updating for FC3?
it depends on where you wish to get your packages from!
I believe the default yum.conf (also read the files in /etc/yum.repo.d
or was it repos.d? can't remember. one of them anyway!) uses mirror
lists at redhat. In my experience, you cna achieve better performance by
change this to point to a specific server, closer to your location.
You can also add repos for third-party packagers, who will have software
not available on the RH mirrors (or more recent versions, compiled wiht
support for things that RH can't build against for legal reasons)
common yum repositories for extra packages are
http://dag.wieers.com
http://freshrpms.net
http://kde-redhat.sf.net

if you visit those sites you can find information on what to add to your
/etc/yum.conf (or the repos directory) to enable the repositories.

they just happen to be the three that i use.
Other common repos are 
http://www.fedora.us
http://rpm.livna.org - specifically NVidia drivers for various kernels


Stuart
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