Fedora - Software question?

[Joe San]

Guys,

When I select Applications > Add/Remove Software, I always get the following error,

Unable to retrieve software information in the form of a pop up box and I say OK, I'm back to the desktop. I'm unable to add or remove software in my Fedora. WHY is this? Please anyone help me!

[Tim Holloway]

There's something missing from your question, so I can't make sense of it.

Although in truth, I don't use the GUI to do yum installs, I just run it from the command line.

[Joe San]

Hey,

But I mentioned clearly the problem. Here it is again,

When I select Applications > Add/Remove Software, I always get the following error,

Unable to retrieve software information and this message appears in the form of a pop up box and when I click Ok in the pop up box, I'm back to my desktop again. Please any Linux gurus, help e get rid of this problem!

[Joe Ess]

You mention that you screwed up yum in a previous post. You have so many posts going now I can't tell what you are doing. We ask that you Use One Thread Per Question to keep confusion to a minimum.
As for solving your problem, consider searching and posting at a Fedora-specific forum, like Fedora Forum. There will be a far greater level of experience with Fedora there than here, a Java website with a Linux forum.
One other thing you should consider is using a Linux distribution that is more friendly to non-free media. I use Ubuntu and the latest version (7.04) is very easy to configure to play non-free formats. The great thing about Linux is the freedom to choose. Choosing a distribution that doesn't match your requirements is just asking for trouble.

[Joe San]

Joe,

Thanks for all your help but still I'm facing the same problem. You said that you use Ubuntu and does that have a similiar graphical user interface like Fedora has?