Yum Keeps Giving Error

[Abhishek Rane]

I have tried cleaning the metadata but the prob still exists. Any help? 
is it due to my slow connection??


[Abhishek at localhost ~]$ sudo yum clean metadata
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
9 metadata files removed
[Abhishek at localhost ~]$ sudo yum clean metadata
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
0 metadata files removed
[Abhishek at localhost ~]$ sudo yum install picasa
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
google                    100% |=========================|  951 B    
00:00    
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 1.6 kB    
00:00    
livna                     100% |=========================| 2.1 kB    
00:00    
primary.sqlite.bz2        100% |=========================| 267 kB    
00:38    
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: 
[Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
primary.sqlite.bz2        100% |=========================| 268 kB    
00:32    
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: 
[Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
primary.sqlite.bz2        100% |=========================| 256 kB    
00:33    

 Current download cancelled, interupt again within two seconds to exit.



Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 11:19:14 -0700, Simon Sekidde wrote:
>
>   
>> I'm not certain picasa resides on livna. Try this simple approach
>>
>> rpm -ivh http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386/picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpm 
>>
>>     
>
> You misinterpret the yum output. In the OP's quoted mail, notice the
> repository with the name "google". It's just that metadata download
> problems with livna prevent yum from working at all. It's like a
> denial-of-service for yum.
>
> "yum install picasa" should just work and not fail because yum chokes
> on bad metadata. Hopefully in the not too distant future the metadata
> files will be renamed, so a repository still carries old metadata while
> syncing updates.
>
>   
>>>> yum install picasa
>>>> Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
>>>> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>>>> google                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00    
>>>>         
> --snip--
>
>