Why doesn't my YUM work and 3 other questions

[bruno]

for your keyboard: go to Control Center > Peripherals
> Keyboard: you can adjust the key repeat there; 


--- Ken Simpson <ken.simpson@unichurch.org.au> wrote:
> Installed YDL 3.01 about a week ago with no hitches
> (only OS on the system so 
> no anaconda probs). However yum doesn't seem to be
> working.
> 
> YUM update doesn't seem to do anything. It doenloads
> the headers etc but then 
> says there is nothing to update when i know there is
> a kernel update to do at 
> least. I have downladed the new kernel rpm's and
> installed them by hand when 
> yum update kernel didn't work either. Any ideas?
> 
> Second, is there any way to slow down the pause on
> the key repeat? I am often 
> typing more than one letter becaause I am holding
> down the key fractionally 
> too long. I can't find where to adjust this
> 
> Third, I have downloaded and installed kde3.2. It's
> very nice. I have had a 
> look and seen there are no YDL rpm's for a proper
> setup, but can anyone point 
> me to where the kde path variables are set? I have
> checked /etc/profile 
> /etc/bashrc.
> 
> Finally, how do I turn off the booting into the
> graphical screens. I want to 
> log in and then type startkde to get everything
> going.
> 
> Thanks for any help you can give
> -- 
> Regards
> Ken
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