Upgrading 4.0.1

[Jeff Yowell]

For one thing, your clock is wrong.  The date of this message is January 4,
1904. 

> Hmmm, weird, yum has always worked for me and now im getting the same
> thing.....also has anyone had trouble connecting to freenode on irc to
> get on the #yellowdog
> 
> I cant connect to that either
> Jeff Yowell wrote:
> 
>> The Sharplabs FAQ for YDL is dead.  The alternate YUM servers listed on
>> Terrasoft.com are dead.   Everything is dead. YUM doesn't work, and I'll be
>> unsubscribing to this list as soon as I get around to it because as far as
>> I'm concerned, YDL is dead as a platform.
>>  
>> 
>>> From: Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com>
>>> Date: 2005/04/25 Mon PM 03:41:13 EDT
>>> To: Yellow Dog Linux Newbie List
>>> <yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
>>> Subject: Re: RE: Upgrading 4.0.1
>>> 
>>> Jeff:
>>> 
>>> Hmm. That's an odd error. Are you using the default repositories for
>>> yum? If so, the problem with the "official" repos is that they're
>>> over-loaded.
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately terrasoft's server hasn't got the capacity to handle the
>>> load (is that perhaps a limitation of yum?... I get the sense yum is
>>> fast becoming a dirty word in the Linux world so perhaps it's a yum
>>> limitation?).
>>> 
>>> If that's the problem, the fix is easy: pick a repository OTHER than
>>> the default one. See the sharplabs FAQ for details on how to change
>>> your yum.conf file (do a google for Sharplabs YDL FAQ and I'm sure
>>> you'll find it).
>>> 
>>> Eric.
>>> 
>>> On 4/25/05, Jeff Yowell <jeff_yowell at cox.net> wrote:
>>>    
>>> 
>>>> YUM update does not work (and has never worked in YDL).
>>>> I always get a "failover: out of servers to try" message.
>>>> So, YDL MUST be updated manually.  Sorry.
>>>> 
>>>>      
>>>> 
>>>>> From: "Jeff Brooks-Manas" <jbrooks-manas at rmcwater.com>
>>>>> Date: 2005/04/18 Mon AM 10:43:42 EDT
>>>>> 
>>>>> OK, so my sound works on YDL 4. That is, I can hear alert sounds, but I
>>>>> can't play a CD.
>>>>> 
>>>>> What am I missing?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>        
>>>>> 
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