I think he needs to exclude the mono repo; the adobe one seems fine from his output (thanks for including it!). yum --disablerepo=mono list On 07/22/2012 12:06 PM, Steven C Timm wrote: > Either there is something in your /etc/yum.repos.d that is pointing to that site > Or there is one of the mirrorlists that your /etc/yum.repos.d is pointing to, that is. > > What happens if you do > Yum --disablerepo=adobe-linux list > > Steve > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Larry Linder > Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 10:03 AM > To: scientific-linux-users > Subject: Problem with "yum" > > We are at SL 5.7 and attempting to update Libre Office to 3.5.5. > > [root@engr01 /]# yum clean all > Loaded plugins: kernel-module > Cleaning up Everything > > [root@engr01 /]# yum list > Loaded plugins: kernel-module > adobe-linux-x86_64 | 951 B 00:00 > adobe-linux-x86_64/primary | 1.2 kB 00:00 > adobe-linux-x86_64 > 2/2 > http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/download-stable/RHEL_5/repodata/repomd.xml: > [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found > Trying other mirror. > Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: mono. > Please verify its path and try again > > "yum" apears to be be broken!!! as I can't even list the installed. Since we do not use Adobe anything and we abandoned Novel 10 years ago - any clue is useful. > > Any hints as to what changed in the last several weeks? > > Thank You > Larry Linder >