I have been reading cooker daily since 8.0b1, done a search for rpmdrake, queried qa,
and
am surprised to have not found exactly this problem, so it is likely user error. This
is
now for a fresh install of beta3 on /, /home, /usr reiserfs partitions but seems
typical
of my experiences w/rpmdrake in 8.0beta*. I first noticed this problem when trying to
add
a security mirror in response to the pop-up but the process stops at 'Please wait'
shuttlebar while adding the source. Subsequently, I have called rpmdrake from a
terminal
window to be able to enjoy the more verbose indications of failure. This represents
perhaps a half-dozen attempts to add a cooker source after 'updating the mirror list',
choosing a mirror, and verifying that the mirror is online via Netscape at wtfo,
chalmers,
carroll, et al.
Although I leave 'login' and 'password' untouched, terminal reports a successful login:
cooker: 'chalmerscooker'
'ftp://ftp.chl.chalmers.se/pub/Linux/distributions/Mandrake-devel/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS'
'with' '../base/hdlist.cz'
--06:27:40--
ftp://ftp.chl.chalmers.se/pub/Linux/distributions/Mandrake-devel/cooker/Mandrake/descriptions
=> `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/.listing'
Connecting to ftp.chl.chalmers.se:21... connected!
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD pub/Linux/distributions/Mandrake-devel/cooker/Mandrake
...
done.
==> PORT ... done. ==> LIST ...
...........(passage of time)............
Error in server response, closing control connection.
Retrying.
This reiterates every 2 min 10 sec, or so, and Ctrl-c returns the prompt, but wait.
Rpmdrake is gone but, within the 2 min period, the output resumes on the terminal,
apparently due to the persistence of 'usr/bin/perl usr/sbin/urpmi.addmedia....' as
reported by kpm. Killing that process changes the output somewhat:
--07:21:03--
ftp://ftp.chl.chalmers.se/pub/Linux/distributions/Mandrake-devel/cooker/Mandrake/base/hdlist.cz
(try: 3) => `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/hdlist.cz'
Connecting to ftp.chl.chalmers.se:21... connected!
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD
pub/Linux/distributions/Mandrake-devel/cooker/Mandrake/base
... done.
==> PORT ... done. ==> RETR hdlist.cz ...
............(tempus fugit).................
Error in server response, closing control connection.
Retrying.
--07:23:12--
ftp://ftp.chl.chalmers.se/pub/Linux/distributions/Mandrake-devel/cooker/Mandrake/base/hdlist.cz
(try: 4) => `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/hdlist.cz'
Connecting to ftp.chl.chalmers.se:21... connected!
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD
pub/Linux/distributions/Mandrake-devel/cooker/Mandrake/base
... done.
==> PORT ... done. ==> RETR hdlist.cz ...
...which appears to be the work of 'wget-NP /var/cache/urpmi/partial....' and killing
*that* has kept the terminal quiet for over an hour, now. This has been consistent
(since
the appearance of the 'Security mirror' pop-up) through an upgrade of b2 to b3, clean
install of b3, and upgrade to rpmdrake-1.3-36mdk and urpmi-1.5-27mdk. Anything?
Thanks.
rolf
