[mythtv-users] yum failing - cannot find a valid baseurl

[Big Wave Dave]

On 10/25/06, Trey Thompson <treythompson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I started getting this yesterday after being out of town for 4 days:
> [root at mythtvbe conf]# yum install perl-Video-DVDRip
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Setting up Install Process
> Setting up repositories
> atrpms                                                               [1/5]
> atrpms                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> core                                                                 [2/5]
> Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core
> Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core
>
> So, I searched the list, and google.  I disabled some of the repos so
> that I could get something else from atrpms.net, and that appeared to
> have worked fine.  But, I re-enabled everything, and I still get the
> same error above.
>
> I checked the file datestamps for the repos before I made any changes,
> and they were the original configs from the install a few months ago.
> _______________________________________________

My understanding is that the official Fedora servers are currently
overwhelmed with the release of FC6.
Yum is unable to download the mirror list.

Edit /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-core.repo
Uncomment the line in front of "baseurl".

See if that works for you.

Dave