Fedora and Yum

[Robert Spangler]

Hello,

How come when I do:
yum --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo=speakupmodified info * | more
after following the steps in the Yumm howot on speakupmodified.org it tells 
me that there are no packages to list?
Also, it tells me that there are no Firefox updates although it is updated 
daily.

I would like to try Gnome.  If I start it from root by doing startx, how do 
I switch back and forth between it and the console?  Also, would doing init 
3 be the same thing as doing startx?

Thanks,
Robby