Cups problem

[Craig White]

On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 10:00 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
> Craig White wrote:

> > ----
> > good catch...his URL for 'updates-released' (which should be fedora) 
> > points to an ftp with a login and password and it doesn't work.
> >
> > another URL for updates uses 'core' which clearly won't work.
> >
> > his URL for 'base' is clearly from an old Fedora because the folder is 
> > now called 'Packages' and not 'Fedora'
> >
> > OK David...here's what you do. (you can probably just paste this all 
> > into a terminal)
> >
> > su - # get root
> > cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
> > mkdir old-repos
> > mv fedora* old-repos
> > rpm -ivh --replacepkgs \
> > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-8-3.noarch.rpm
> > yum update
> > yum install system-config-printer
> >
> > This should get your repos back in order (whatever you did to the 
> > configuration I don't know)
> >
> > Craig 
> Running Transaction
>   Installing: atlas                        ####################### [ 1/11]
>   Installing: numpy                        ####################### [ 2/11]
>   Updating  : inkscape                     ####################### [ 3/11]
>   Updating  : cups-pdf                     ####################### [ 4/11]
> libsepol.permission_copy_callback: Module cups_pdf depends on permission 
> dccp_recv in class node, not satisfied
> libsemanage.semanage_link_sandbox: Link packages failed
> semodule:  Failed!
>   Updating  : fedora-release               ####################### [ 5/11]
>   Installing: blas                         ####################### [ 6/11]
>   Updating  : system-config-rootpassword   ####################### [ 7/11]
> Error unpacking rpm package system-config-rootpassword - 1.1.10-4.fc8.noarch
> error: unpacking of archive failed on file 
> /etc/security/console.apps/system-config-rootpassword;47646891: cpio: open
>   Cleanup   : cups-pdf                     ####################### [ 8/11]
>   Cleanup   : fedora-release               ####################### [ 9/11]
>   Cleanup   : inkscape                     ####################### [10/11]
> 
> Dependency Installed: atlas.i386 0:3.6.0-12.fc8 blas.i386 0:3.1.1-2.fc8 
> numpy.i386 0:1.0.3.1-1.fc8
> Updated: cups-pdf.i386 0:2.4.6-6.fc8 fedora-release.noarch 0:8-5 
> inkscape.i386 0:0.45.1-4.fc8 system-config-rootpassword.noarch 
> 0:1.1.10-4.fc8
> Complete!
> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]#
> 
> My repo.d is a hangover since about FC2/FC3,with bits and pieces such as 
> 'local-*'
----
clean up your 'repos' folder
set SELINUX to permissive and reboot

Craig