Problem with yum (was Re: command wvdial not found)

[Michael Schwendt]

On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 12:04:05 +0000, Tony wrote:

> > [root at localhost ~]# yum provides */bin/wvdial
> > Modules complémentaires chargés : presto, refresh-packagekit
> > Erreur : Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository:
> > fedora. Please verify its path and try again ----------------
> > 
> > The text in french means: Additional modules loaded.
> > 
> > I'm using fedora12 (i don't want to upgrade to a newer version).
> > 
> > Thank you

The output is not detailed enough. You would need to increase the
verbosity or --debug setting.

> wvdial is available in the Fedora Everything repo for Fedora 12
> 
> wvdial-1.60-10.fc12.i686.rpm
> 
> Make sure the Fedora Everything repo is enabled.
> Try the following
> 
> yum clean metadata
> yum install wvdial

Take a close look at the output of

  yum -d 255 repolist

and verify that for the Repo-Id "fedora" you can see a valid Repo-metalink
for the Fedora mirror list, which you can access/download without
problems.