On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:44:05 +0000 Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Friday 28 Nov 2003 10:30 pm, Langsley T Russell wrote:
Hi.
I'm running 9.2 and when I try to run the update from the control center it tells me that I have at least one selected media but that they are all disabled. When I go to the Software Media Manager as directed to enable the media. They are all marked enabled. I've tried unchecking them one at a time then rechecking them and trying again but I still get the message, that they are all disabled. I've even done a couple of reboots over a couple of days but I still get the same "all disabled"message. What can I do to correct this and get my installation of ML-9.2 updated with the latest patches?? TIA
LTR }}:{( [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Do you actually have an 'update' media defined?
Go here http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php and follow the instructions to add an 'update' media source. While you are there add a source for 'plf' and 'contrib' as well and you will be able to install 100's of cool extra applications online.
Note: Do *not* do what it says about " urpmi.removemedia -a" or else you will lose your CD sources.
Note: The web page will give you a command to copy and paste into a terminal window. The window has to be a 'root' window. Type 'su' in a regular terminal window to become root. Copy/paste in Linux is mouse highlight/wheel click
Note: If you do not want to use the command line install the urpmi.update package from your CDs using the Mandrake Software manager. Then run urpmi.update and a nice little GUI will guide you through adding sources.
HTH
derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
Curious what the advantage of keeping the CD sources might be?
Lee
If you have broadband, probably no advantage at all...but if you're on a slow dialup, and particularly if you're paying by the minute for your connection, it is much faster (and cheaper!) to add packages from the CD sources. That way, you only spend precious internet time downloading packages that aren't on the CDs.
Margot
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