Why yum command do not show any repolist or output?
Environment
- Red Hat Satellite 5.x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x & higher
- RHN Classic
Issue
- Server is registered with RHN or RHN Satellite, but yum command donot show correct output:
[root@ ~]# yum repolist
This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register.
[root@ ~]#
[root@ ~]# yum check-update
This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register.
[root@ral-rhsat ~]#
From system profile it shows updates available for system.
Resolution
- Edit
/etc/yum.conffile and setdebug=2and save it. - Then run below commands:
# yum clean all
# yum repolist
# yum check-update
Root Cause
- In /etc/yum.conf file
debug=0was set.
# cat etc/yum.conf
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever
keepcache=0
debuglevel=0
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
installonly_limit=3
Diagnostic Steps
- The system is registered with RHN Classic and is successfully checking-in with RHN. Also from logs can see packages getting updated.
==> var/log/up2date <==
[Mon Jul 7 09:17:31 2014] up2date D: rpcServer: Calling XMLRPC registration.welcome_message
[Mon Jul 7 09:17:33 2014] up2date D: rpcServer: Calling XMLRPC registration.update_packages
[Mon Jul 7 09:18:09 2014] up2date Updating package profile
[Mon Jul 7 09:21:26 2014] up2date Updating package profile
[Mon Jul 7 09:43:42 2014] rhn_register updateLoginInfo() login info
[Mon Jul 7 09:43:42 2014] rhn_register logging into up2date server
[Mon Jul 7 09:43:43 2014] rhn_register successfully retrieved authentication token from up2date server
[Mon Jul 7 10:18:32 2014] up2date updateLoginInfo() login info
[Mon Jul 7 10:18:32 2014] up2date logging into up2date server
[Mon Jul 7 10:18:36 2014] up2date successfully retrieved authentication token from up2date server
==> var/log/yum.log <==
Jul 07 09:16:26 Updated: ql2500-firmware-7.03.00-1.el6_5.noarch
Jul 07 09:16:26 Updated: tzdata-2014e-1.el6.noarch
Jul 07 09:16:26 Updated: avahi-libs-0.6.25-12.el6_5.1.x86_64
Jul 07 09:16:27 Updated: tzdata-java-2014e-1.el6.noarch
Jul 07 09:16:28 Updated: kernel-headers-2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64
Jul 07 09:18:08 Updated: spacewalk-java-lib-2.0.2-79.el6sat.noarch
Jul 07 09:18:08 Updated: spacewalk-java-config-2.0.2-79.el6sat.noarch
Jul 07 09:18:08 Updated: spacewalk-java-postgresql-2.0.2-79.el6sat.noarch
Jul 07 09:18:08 Updated: spacewalk-taskomatic-2.0.2-79.el6sat.noarch
Jul 07 09:18:09 Updated: spacewalk-java-2.0.2-79.el6sat.noarch
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