On 16 Jul 2002 14:04:55 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (François Pons) wrote: > > You should see something on the screen, in the log it says it print 1 > or more # for all packages. If you see something there is something > *really* strange, can you try with different terminal, try by > redirecting output of urpmi into a file and try with a newer perl (if > any).
I get the ##$ when pkgs are being installed Preparing... ################################################## fluxbox ################################################## libcdda0 ################################################## What I am speaking of is that after selecting yes; To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed (277 MB): [edit pkg list] Is it OK? (Y/n) y; no other output is given until installation begins; Is it OK? (Y/n) y installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libgdk-pixbuf2-0.18.0-2mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libgdk-pixbuf-gnomecanvas1-0.18.0-2mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms Always before with working versions of urpmi prior to -4 output was given to terminal as relate to speed and progress as noted with this output from urpmi-3.7-2 retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "ftp.sunsite"... % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr. Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- 0 % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr. Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed 100 128k 100 128k 0 0 35221 0 0:00:03 0:00:03 0:00:00 86485 Is it OK? (Y/n) y % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr. Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed 100 900k 100 900k 0 0 89477 0 0:00:10 0:00:10 0:00:00 117k 100 1429k 100 1429k 0 0 103k 0 0:00:13 0:00:13 0:00:00 118k 100 43135 100 43135 0 0 21449 0 0:00:02 0:00:02 0:00:00 55083 None of this info is given/shown when using urpmi-3.7-4 rpm -q perl perl-5.8.0-0.17527.RC3.1mdk Charles -------------- Enough research will tend to support your conclusions -- Murphy's In Laws n°13 ---------------------- Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------