Re: [newbie] rpmdrake

[s]

How long did you wait?  It takes it a while.
-s

On Tuesday 29 May 2001 07:07 pm, you wrote:
> hi,
>
> i just installed mandrake 8.0 and am trying to configure the rpm app to get
> the packages from an ftp site.
>
> *     specifically,
> ftp://ftp1.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/mandrake/8.0/i586/
>
> *     when i add this site, the dialog just spins and spins saying that
> its gonna add it but nothing happends, i tried several other sites as well
>
> *     plus the only way to kill it is to do a ps -e/kill process id.
>
>
>
> johnb
> of Kent
> 3x54594