[TriLUG] RH8 up2date Crashing

[Ken Mink]

Is the TriLUG Current server up? I tried to use up2date against it
following the directions in the FAQ and up2date just crashes. I have not
tried up2date before, so user error is a high probability.

Ken

The error message from up2date:
# up2date
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 801, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 463, in main
    ret = configdlg.main(options.firstboot)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/configdlg.py", line 365, in main
    gui = Gui(firstboot)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/configdlg.py", line 79, in
__init__
    self.setInitialValues()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/configdlg.py", line 95, in
setInitialValues
    self.serverUrls = configUtils.getServerUrls()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/configUtils.py", line 40, in
getServerUrls
    serverUrls = rpcServer.doCall(s.servers.list)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py", line 107, in doCall
    ret = apply(method, args, kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/xmlrpclib.py", line 821, in __call__
    return self.__send(self.__name, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhn/rpclib.py", line 126, in
_request
    verbose=self._verbose
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 141,
in request
    return self.parse_response(fd)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 160,
in parse_response
    p.close()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/xmlrpclib.py", line 393, in close
    self._parser.Parse("", 1) # end of data
xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: no element found: line 1, column 0

On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 20:57, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 17:22, Thomas C. Meggs wrote:
> > I say, Apt-Rpm! ;)
> > 
> 
> You can also use apt for RPM from the TriLUG servers, which may be
> useful if the freshrpms.net server is slow.
> See the member services FAQ question 4.6 for instructions:
> http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/TriLUG-mail-faq-4.html#ss4.6
> 
> --Jeremy
> 
> _______________________________________________
> TriLUG mailing list
>     http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> TriLUG Organizational FAQ:
>     http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html



-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL: <http://www.trilug.org/pipermail/trilug/attachments/20030108/c4ef3ab9/attachment.pgp>