Topic: Changing yum mirrors

[jc021179]

I have done some searching and believe this error is a result of a mirror being down.

[root@www ~]# yum update
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WARNING: Additional commands may be required after running yum
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Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: smeaddons
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from smeaddons: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from smeaddons: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
================================================================
No new rpms were installed. No additional commands are required.
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[root@www ~]#

I have tried following the fix from this post: http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=33397.0

but it doesnt seem to work for me.
I can edit my yum.conf file but am a linux novice so it would be great if someone could tell me exactly what sections i need to edit to fix this problem.

Cheers in advance!

John...............

[irian]

Could this be a DNS problem?
Looks like it can't find any repository.

Irian

[pfloor]

Some of Ibiblio's mirrors were off line for a couple of day but the issue now seems to be fixed.  Try your update again.

[jc021179]

yeah its working now, mirror must have been down.

cheers all,

JC.............