Topic: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.

[SoftDux]

What version is your installation ?

In case you need to update..

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=39800.msg183275#msg183275

As a workaround for vmware-server...

[root@sme72so-vm ~]# wget http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/smeserver/releases/7/smecontribs/i386/RPMS/xinetd-2.3.13-4.4E.1.i386.rpm
[root@sme72so-vm ~]# wget http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/smeserver/releases/7/smecontribs/i386/RPMS/smeserver-vmware-server-0.0.1-4.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
[root@sme72so-vm ~]# yum localinstall smeserver-vmware-server-0.0.1-4.el4.sme.noarch.rpm xinetd-2.3.13-4.4E.1.i386.rpm VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm

Thanx, this worked, but I still think there's something wrong with my repositories list, since I can't install gcc now... I have a feeling the mirror list has incorrect info, as you can see from here:

[root@intranet vmware]# yum update
==============================================================
WARNING: Additional commands may be required after running yum
==============================================================
Loading "smeserver" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Excluding Packages from CentOS - os
Finished
Excluding Packages from CentOS - updates
Finished
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for perl-String-Approx to pack into transaction set.
http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://smemirror.fullnet.co.uk/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp.surfnet.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://sme-mirror.voxteneo.com/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm from smeos: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
================================================================
No new rpms were installed. No additional commands are required.
================================================================
[root@intranet vmware]# more /etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-smeos
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/$basearch
http://sme-mirror.voxteneo.com/releases/7/smeos/$basearch
http://smemirror.fullnet.co.uk/releases/7/smeos/$basearch
http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/$basearch
http://ftp.surfnet.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/$basearch
http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/$basearch

[william_syd]

You provide no details about sme version of if you tried the update process.

Final suggestion.

wget http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/smeserver/releases/7/smeupdates/i386/RPMS/smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
yum localinstall smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
rm /home/e-smith/db/yum_repositories
signal-event post-upgrade
signal-event reboot

[SoftDux]

sorry, it was late last night. I'm on SME 7.3. The error I posted above was the outcome of the update process

But, the more things I try, the more I get the feeling that sometimes is very wrong with my yum installation?

Look at this:

[root@intranet sme]# wget http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/smeserver/releases/7/smeupdates/i386/RPMS/smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
--07:49:46--  http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/smeserver/releases/7/smeupdates/i386/RPMS/smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
           => `smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm'
Connecting to 192.168.10.5:8080... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 81,014 (79K)

100%[=================================================================================================================>] 81,014        --.--K/s

07:49:46 (1.61 MB/s) - `smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm' saved [81014/81014]

[root@intranet sme]# yum localinstall smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
==============================================================
WARNING: Additional commands may be required after running yum
==============================================================
Loading "smeserver" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Setting up Local Package Process
Examining smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm: smeserver-yum - 1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch
smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm: does not update installed package.
Nothing to do
================================================================
No new rpms were installed. No additional commands are required.
================================================================

Is that supposed to happen? Or should yum have been upgraded?

Is it safe to just delete the /etc/yum.repo/mirror-* files? Will yum recreate those automatically?

[william_syd]

Yes and NO.

yum wont recreate them. SMEserver will.

Make sure you do the two signal events afterwards.

[SoftDux]

I give up. I've run the commands you told me to, rebooted and tried to do an update, and I still get the missing URL's on the repositories.

I don't think I'm gonna bother anymore, when I have the time I'll back it up and reinstall it *sigh*

[william_syd]

What version of these files do you have...

[root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep dbus
dbus-python-0.22-12.EL.9
dbus-0.22-12.EL.9
dbus-glib-0.22-12.EL.9
[root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep smeserver-support
smeserver-support-1.6.0-43.el4.sme
[root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep smeserver-yum
smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme
[root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep yum
yum-plugin-fastestmirror-0.2.4-3.c4
smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.0-2.el4.centos
yum-2.4.3-4.el4.centos
[root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep yum-plugin-fastestmirror
yum-plugin-fastestmirror-0.2.4-3.c4
[root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep python-sqlite
python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1
[root@tiger ~]#


If you have no third party repos and it doesn't work as it is suppose to then take it to the bug tracker.

[SoftDux]

What version of these files do you have...

[root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep dbus
dbus-python-0.22-12.EL.9
dbus-0.22-12.EL.9
dbus-glib-0.22-12.EL.9
[root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep smeserver-support
smeserver-support-1.6.0-43.el4.sme
[root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep smeserver-yum
smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme
[root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep yum
yum-plugin-fastestmirror-0.2.4-3.c4
smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.0-2.el4.centos
yum-2.4.3-4.el4.centos
[root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep yum-plugin-fastestmirror
yum-plugin-fastestmirror-0.2.4-3.c4
[root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep python-sqlite
python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1
[root@tiger ~]#


If you have no third party repos and it doesn't work as it is suppose to then take it to the bug tracker.

Here's the info:

[root@intranet ~]# vi /etc/yum.conf
[root@intranet ~]# rpm -qa | grep dbus
dbus-0.22-12.EL.9
dbus-python-0.22-12.EL.9
dbus-glib-0.22-12.EL.9
[root@intranet ~]# rpm -qa | grep smeserver-support
smeserver-support-1.6.0-43.el4.sme
[root@intranet ~]# rpm -qa | grep smeserver-yum
smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme
[root@intranet ~]# rpm -qa | grep yum
yum-2.4.3-4.el4.centos
yum-plugin-fastestmirror-0.2.4-3.c4
smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.0-2.el4.centos
[root@intranet ~]# rpm -qa | grep yum-plugin-fastestmirror
yum-plugin-fastestmirror-0.2.4-3.c4
[root@intranet ~]# rpm -qa | grep python-sqlite
python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1
[root@intranet ~]#

[SoftDux]

Bug submitted:

http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3987

[william_syd]

Bug submitted:

http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3987

I was just reading through everything and realised I made a mistake.

You asked for clarification about deleting /etc/yum.repo/mirror-* but answered in regard to my previous suggestion of rm /home/e-smith/db/yum_repositories

Sorry about that.

However, I see Charlie showed you how to force the re-installation of the applicable package.

[SoftDux]

thanx for the clarification, william_syd. Unfortunatelly that piece of advice caused quite a bit of problems, and resulted in a stir between Charlie and myself......