I suggest you try coping the file somewhere else (ie making a backup) and then cutting out everything except for one [..] section from it and seeing which if any of those work/break... Cheers, MaZe. On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, Lorin B Pino wrote: > Craig White wrote: > >> On Sun, 2006-03-19 at 19:11 -0600, Lorin B Pino wrote: >> >>> Jim Perrin wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 3/19/06, Lorin B Pino <ljpino at grundyec.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I have yum working with dags and dries, etc, but I have done something >>>>> to the main repo file that causes yum to error. Can anyone tell me what >>>>> is wrong with this file? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> What is the error that yum gives you? >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary >>>> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety'' >>>> Benjamin Franklin 1775 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> CentOS mailing list >>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Error: Bad repository file ///etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo. >>> Setting up Update Process >>> Setting up repositories >>> dries 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 >>> dag 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 >>> kbs-CentOS-Extras 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 >>> kbs-CentOS-Misc 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 >>> jpackage-rhel 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 >>> macromedia 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 >>> jpackage-generic 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 >>> >>> >>> Everything works, but the repo file provided by CentOS. I am assuming I >>> edited something wrong. I just checked the permissions, and they are the >>> same as the other repo files. Any ideas? Will I get access to any other >>> programs with the CentOS repo, or is everything provided through the >>> others that are working? >>> >> --- >> you didn't by some chance edit it with Windows did you? >> >> Edit it with another editor? Which editor? >> >> Craig >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> > No! I am transferring from Suse 9.2, and have not used windows for a year > and a half. I found Windows ME (Multidysfunctional Edition) to be a great > reason to try something else! From console(after su and password), I ran > nautilus. Accessed the file from nautilus, and edited it with gedit. If > this is a problem, I may have to overcome my phobias and learn to edit things > direct from console. > ~Lorin > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >