[TriLUG] RH8 up2date Crashing

[Ken Mink]

Thanks Elliot,
  I was able to register with the curses mode. Once done, the GUI worked
like a champ.

Ken


On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 15:25, Elliot Peele wrote:
> Ken,
> 
> Up2date in 8.0 should work with the version of current that we are
> running. Due to an api change in the client the gui front end for
> up2date does not work. You will need to run up2date with the --nox
> option.
> 
> Elliot
> 
> On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 10:42, Ken Mink wrote:
> > 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
> > > 
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