ok i need some help, I have been fighting with this for a while now.
I installed 6.2 earlier today, tried to follow the post exactly, I have the 3 protects in place
I tried to run yum-protectbase, and it looked like it worked but it seems to hang up. yum update does too, so does check update
here is some info from the commands I found in the topic, any help would be appreciated
all work was done from su - basically logging in as root
results from yum repolist
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "protectbase" plugin
repo id repo name status
base Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 Base enabled
dribble Dribble for Fedora 7 - ppc enabled
extras Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 Extras enabled
fedora-extras Fedora Extras enabled
livna-stable Livna for Fedora Core 6 - ppc - Base enabled
updates Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 Updates enabled
results from more /etc/yum.repos.d/*
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/etc/yum.repos.d/dribble.repo
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[dribble]
name=Dribble for Fedora 7 - ppc
baseurl=http://dribble.org.uk/repo/7/ppc
enabled=1
protect=0
gpgcheck=0
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/etc/yum.repos.d/dribble.repo~
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[dribble]
name=Dribble for Fedora 7 - ppc
baseurl=http://dribble.org.uk/repo/7/ppc
enabled=1
protect=0
gpgcheck=0
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/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-extras.repo
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[fedora-extras]
name=Fedora Extras
#mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=extras-6&arch=ppc
baseurl=http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/extras/6/ppc/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
protect=0
exclude=finch pidgin libpurple libpurple-perl libpurple-tcl pidgin-perl \
libpurple-devel finch-devel pidgin-devel libsmi libsmi-devel oddjob \
pyxdg lzo lzo-devel cvsps convmv nautilus-open-terminal gtk+ gtk+-devel \
perl-Pod-Escapes netlabel_tools freeglut-devel freeglut perl-Pod-Simple \
perl-PAR-Dist perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder keyutils-libs keyutils \
keyutils-libs-devel gnash scribus splint scribus-devel perl-YAML \
perl-Pod-Coverage conman gnash-plugin libibverbs oddjob-libs libhugetlbfs \
libibverbs-utils libibverbs-devel oddjob-devel asciidoc perl-Error exim \
glib tla mesa-libGLw mesa-libGLw-devel exim-doc hatari sblim-testsuite \
perl-Module-Build help2man perl-Test-Pod libmthca-devel libmthca git \
git-cvs git-gui git-svn git-arch git-email gitk perl-Git meanwhile-doc \
meanwhile-devel meanwhile Canna exim-mon perl-Test-Pod-Coverage glib-devel \
lsscsi sabayon-apply sabayon sblim-cmpi-devel sblim-wbemcli \
sblim-cmpi-base-test sblim-cmpi-base-devel sblim-cmpi-base aide ddd \
Canna-devel liberation-fonts Canna-libs mod_nss imlib2-devel imlib2 \
gstreamer-python openvpn qt4 qt4-postgresql qt4-odbc qt4-mysql qt4-devel \
qt4-sqlite qt4-doc blas-devel blas lapack lapack-devel \
perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS python-imaging-devel python-imaging \
python-setuptools gdk-pixbuf-devel gdk-pixbuf python-iniparse \
cyrus-imapd-utils cyrus-imapd-perl cyrus-imapd-devel cyrus-imapd \
yum-cron apmud
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/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-extras.repo~
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[fedora-extras]
name=Fedora Extras
#mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=extras-6&arch=ppc
baseurl=http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/extras/6/ppc/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
protect=0
exclude=finch pidgin libpurple libpurple-perl libpurple-tcl pidgin-perl \
libpurple-devel finch-devel pidgin-devel libsmi libsmi-devel oddjob \
pyxdg lzo lzo-devel cvsps convmv nautilus-open-terminal gtk+ gtk+-devel \
perl-Pod-Escapes netlabel_tools freeglut-devel freeglut perl-Pod-Simple \
perl-PAR-Dist perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder keyutils-libs keyutils \
keyutils-libs-devel gnash scribus splint scribus-devel perl-YAML \
perl-Pod-Coverage conman gnash-plugin libibverbs oddjob-libs libhugetlbfs \
libibverbs-utils libibverbs-devel oddjob-devel asciidoc perl-Error exim \
glib tla mesa-libGLw mesa-libGLw-devel exim-doc hatari sblim-testsuite \
perl-Module-Build help2man perl-Test-Pod libmthca-devel libmthca git \
git-cvs git-gui git-svn git-arch git-email gitk perl-Git meanwhile-doc \
meanwhile-devel meanwhile Canna exim-mon perl-Test-Pod-Coverage glib-devel \
lsscsi sabayon-apply sabayon sblim-cmpi-devel sblim-wbemcli \
sblim-cmpi-base-test sblim-cmpi-base-devel sblim-cmpi-base aide ddd \
Canna-devel liberation-fonts Canna-libs mod_nss imlib2-devel imlib2 \
gstreamer-python openvpn qt4 qt4-postgresql qt4-odbc qt4-mysql qt4-devel \
qt4-sqlite qt4-doc blas-devel blas lapack lapack-devel \
perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS python-imaging-devel python-imaging \
python-setuptools gdk-pixbuf-devel gdk-pixbuf python-iniparse \
cyrus-imapd-utils cyrus-imapd-perl cyrus-imapd-devel cyrus-imapd \
yum-cron apmud
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/etc/yum.repos.d/livna-stable.repo
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[livna-stable]
name=Livna for Fedora Core 6 - ppc - Base
baseurl=
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/ppc/ http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/6/ppc/ http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/li ... ora/6/ppc/ http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mi ... ora/6/ppc/ ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/ppc/failovermethod=priority
#mirrorlist=http://rpm.livna.org/mirrorlist-6
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
protect=0
exclude=livna-release
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/etc/yum.repos.d/livna-stable.repo~
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[livna-stable]
name=Livna for Fedora Core 6 - ppc - Base
baseurl=
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/ppc/ http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/6/ppc/ http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/li ... ora/6/ppc/ http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mi ... ora/6/ppc/ ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/ppc/failovermethod=priority
#mirrorlist=http://rpm.livna.org/mirrorlist-6
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
protect=0
exclude=livna-release
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/etc/yum.repos.d/yellowdog-base.repo
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#generated by system-config-ydlnet
[base]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 Base
mirrorlist=http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/resources/yd62-base-mlist
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY
protect=1
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/etc/yum.repos.d/yellowdog-extras.repo
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#generated by system-config-ydlnet
[extras]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 Extras
mirrorlist=http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/resources/yd62-extras-mlist
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY
protect=1
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/etc/yum.repos.d/yellowdog-updates.repo
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#generated by system-config-ydlnet
[updates]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 Updates
mirrorlist=http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/resources/yd62-updates-mlist
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY
protect=1
results from yum check-update
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "protectbase" plugin
dribble 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
Excluding Packages from Livna for Fedora Core 6 - ppc - Base
Finished
Excluding Packages from Fedora Extras
Finished
and it just sits at that status for a long time, same with yum-protectbase and yum update
I have tried the gui software manager, and it can't find things like the gfeultra nes emulator
I am just trying to get the 6.2 update so bluetooth works and get some emulators running, any help would be appreciated.
thanks in advance, sorry for the long post