I too am having problems with the Mandrake Update prog.
I tried upgrading it manually today with an RPM and it still acts the same
as it did for me.
Mine acts differently than yours in that it looks on the mirror site, looks
as though it's transferring data and the info file and then the list never
shows in the box. It finishes and there's nothing there.
I can't figure it out.
If this happens to me then I think updating it won't help you either but
maybe it will.
Try this in a terminal as su (root) Disclaimer: (As I am also a newbie,
you do this under your own free will and risk. LOL)
rpm -U --force
ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/updates/7.2/RPMS/MandrakeUpdate-7.2-19.1mdk
.i586.rpm
I tried this and it didn't seem to change anything except I now have the
latest version.
It still doesn't work right so I guess it's something else that is wrong.
--Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Baxter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 1:29 PM
Subject: [newbie] playing the Mandrake Update game
> Well, as you can tell, I'm a newbie to Linux. I have a few problems with
> this OS. First and foremost is the Mandrake Update thingy. Its possessed
by
> the satan, I swear. First, it lured me into thinking that it worked
> correctly, then it turned on me! I don't know what it did, but the whole
> system now refuses to update anything, even if I pull it through a
different
> packaging application. The do the same thing it does, slow the processing
> speed down to nill and crash. The only thing I haven't done is un-install
> the Update application, but I don't believe that's going to help me at
all.
> Is there anything I can do aside from a formal destroy all/take no
> prisoners?
>
> KC
>
