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

[Graeme Nichols]

Stuart Sears wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 02:56, Graeme Nichols wrote:
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>>Rick Stevens wrote:
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>>>Yum will fix that.  :-)
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>>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?
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>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
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>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.
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>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
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>Stuart
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Hello Stuart, thank you very much for the information. It is pertinent 
to my situation.

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Graeme.
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