Can I have yum automatically configure itself?

[jader]

I've been having absolutely no luck with yum update for the past month or longer. When I enter "yum update", this is what I get:

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[root@AMD-2100-Fedora etc]# yum upgrade
Error: Cannot find baseurl or name for server 'livna-stable'. Skipping
Error: Cannot find baseurl or name for server 'livna-unstable'. Skipping
Error: Cannot find baseurl or name for server 'livna-testing'. Skipping
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base
Server: Fedora.us Extras (Stable)
Server: Fedora.us Extras (Testing)
Server: Fedora.us Extras (Unstable)
Server: kde-redhat.org (fedora-stable)
Server: kde-redhat.org (fedora-stable)
Server: kde-redhat.org (kde-stable)
Server: kde-redhat--------------------------.org (kde-testing)
Server: macromedia.mplug.org - Flash Plugin
Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Released Updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
getting /var/cache/yum/kde-redhat-kde-stable-$releasever/headers/PyQt-0-3.11-0.fdr.0.1.i386.hdr
PyQt-0-3.11-0.fdr.0.1.i38 100% |=========================| 4.1 kB 00:04
getting /var/cache/yum/kde-redhat-kde-stable-$releasever/headers/kdeadmin-7-3.2.1-0.fdr.1.1.i386.hdr
kdeadmin-7-3.2.1-0.fdr.1. 100% |=========================| 9.1 kB 00:00
getting /var/cache/yum/kde-redhat-kde-stable-$releasever/headers/qt-MySQL-1-3.3.1-0.fdr.3.1.i386.hdr
qt-MySQL-1-3.3.1-0.fdr.3. 100% |=========================| 3.1 kB 00:00
getting /var/cache/yum/kde-redhat-kde-stable-$releasever/headers/kdebase-devel-6-3.2.1-0.fdr.7.1.i386.hdr
kdebase-devel-6-3.2.1-0.f 100% |=========================| 7.3 kB 00:02
getting /var/cache/yum/kde-redhat-kde-stable-$releasever/headers/kdeaddons-0-3.2.1-0.fdr.1.1.i386.hdr
kdeaddons-0-3.2.1-0.fdr.1 100% |=========================| 15 kB 00:01
getting /var/cache/yum/kde-redhat-kde-stable-$releasever/headers/kdesdk-0-3.2.1-0.fdr.0.1.i386.hdr
kdesdk-0-3.2.1-0.fdr.0.1. 100% |=========================| 29 kB 00:02
getting /var/cache/yum/kde-redhat-kde-stable-$releasever/headers/kdeedu-0-3.2.1-0.fdr.0.1.i386.hdr
kdeedu-0-3.2.1-0.fdr.0.1. 100% |=========================| 55 kB 00:05
getting /var/cache/yum/kde-redhat-fedora-stable-$releasever/headers/freeglut-0-2.2.0-10.fdr.0.1.i386.hdr
freeglut-0-2.2.0-10.fdr.0 100% |=========================| 3.2 kB 00:00
getting /var/cache/yum/kde-redhat-kde-stable-$releasever/headers/gtk2-0-2.2.4-6.fdr.0.1.i386.hdr
gtk2-0-2.2.4-6.fdr.0.1.i3 100% |=========================| 12 kB 00:00
getting /var/cache/yum/kde-redhat-kde-stable-$releasever/headers/qt-ODBC-1-3.3.1-0.fdr.3.1.i386.hdr
qt-ODBC-1-3.3.1-0.fdr.3.1 100% |=========================| 3.1 kB 00:00
getting /var/cache/yum/kde-redhat-kde-stable-$releasever/headers/PyQt-examples-0-3.11-0.fdr.0.1.i386.hdr
PyQt-examples-0-3.11-0.fd 100% |=========================| 4.8 kB 00:00
getting /var/cache/yum/kde-redhat-fedora-stable-$releasever/headers/fam-0-2.6.10-0.fdr.1.1.i386.hdr
fam-0-2.6.10-0.fdr.1.1.i3 100% |=========================| 3.9 kB 00:00
getting /var/cache/yum/kde-redhat-kde-stable-$releasever/headers/kdepim-6-3.2.1-0.fdr.2.1.i386.hdr
kdepim-6-3.2.1-0.fdr.2.1. 100% |=========================| 35 kB 00:01
getting /var/cache/yum/kde-redhat-kde-stable-$releasever/headers/kdemultimedia-6-3.2.1-0.fdr.1.1.i386.hdr
retrygrab() failed for:
ftp://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/kde-redhat/1/stable/headers/kdemultimedia-6-3.2.1-0.fdr.1.1.i386.hdr
Executing failover method
failover: out of servers to try
Error getting file ftp://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/kde-redhat/1/stable/headers/kdemultimedia-6-3.2.1-0.fdr.1.1.i386.hdr
[Errno 4] IOError: [Errno ftp error] 421 There are too many connections from your internet address.
[root@AMD-2100-Fedora etc]#
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I started having problems with Livna.org, so I just commented it out in the yum.conf file. But I'm still not having any luck.

I'm curious as to whether or not there is a way to have yum update only access servers that are working, and somehow disable those that aren't. This way, hopefully, I can get things running again and updated.

... I have also tried using the apt-get method, but it never seems to finish downloading the "headers", so this isn't helping me either.

Suggestions? Thanks-

[mdwatts]

Any YUM users here that can provide a bit of assistance?

Could you use the urls from the Fedora mirror sites?

http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html

[bosox79]

this is my yum.conf file

# $Id: yum-fd.conf 378 2004-04-30 16:33:52Z dude $

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=fedora-release
gpgcheck=1
tolerant=1
exactarch=1

[core]
name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - core
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/core

[updates]
name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - updates
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/updates

[freshrpms]
name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - freshrpms
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/freshrpms

#[tupdates]
#name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - testing updates
#baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/tupdates


[flash-plugin]
name=Macromedia flash-plugin site
baseurl=http://macromedia.mplug.org/apt/fedora/$releasever

you could also try installing DAG's APT package that has allot of repo's alredy configured for you http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/FAQ.php
and the FAQ explains how to add other repo's

but has far as yum automaticly finding working mirror's I do'nt think this is possible

HTH