Not been a yum user [:( ] and am having trouble configuring the .repo files for the right yum repositories. I've installed the priorities plugin for extra flexibility but keep on getting this not using ftp, http[s], or file for repos, skipping - Test mode - must specify ip/cc, arch and repo as parameters wherever i do a yum install (save for a yumex install which went well, below is a copy of my .repos, i wonder what im doing wron or not doing right Help or pointing in the right direction is highly appreciated! Thanks b4 HaNd yum.conf [main] cachedir=/var/cache/yum keepcache=1 debuglevel=2 logfile=/var/log/yum.log pkgpolicy=newest distroverpkg=redhat-release tolerant=1 exactarch=1 obsoletes=1 gpgcheck=1 plugins=1 metadata_expire=1800 # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo http://www.ftp.saix.net/linux/distributions/centos/5.5/os/i386/ ftp://ftp.is.co.za/mirror/centos/5.5/os/i386/ http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/centos/5.5/os/i386/ http://centos.syn.co.il/5.5/os/i386/ http://mirror.vit.com.tr/mirror/CentOS/5.5/os/i386/ http://ftp.dgn.net.tr/linux/centos/5.5/os/i386/ http://ftp.linux.org.tr/centos/5.5/os/i386/ http://ftp.cica.es/CentOS/5.5/os/i386/ http://ftp.gui.uva.es/sites/centos.org/5.5/os/i386/ http://sunsite.rediris.es/mirror/CentOS/5.5/os/i386/ #in /etc/yum.repos.d #in /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo #in /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Media.repo #in /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo CentOS-Base.repo [base] name=CentOS-$releasever - Base mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 priority=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 #released updates [updates] name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 priority=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 #packages used/produced in the build but not released [addons] name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=addons baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 priority=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 #additional packages that may be useful [extras] name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 priority=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 #additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages [centosplus] name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 priority=2 enabled=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 #contrib - packages by Centos Users [contrib] name=CentOS-$releasever - Contrib mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=contrib baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/contrib/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 enabled=0 priority=2 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 rpmforge.repo [rpmforge] name = Red Hat Enterprise $releasever - RPMforge.net - dag #baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$basearch/dag mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge #mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge enabled = 1 protect = 0 gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag gpgcheck = 1 priority = 50 -- #! /usr/bin/hope -w #$file: angel.mine script use strict; #Keep Going # become s good child my $pid = fork(); print $pid,"\n"; while(1) { sleep(never);