Re: [expert] Mandrake update problem
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: VernThat's great! I have one question though. When I just visually checked three seperate update sites, there were no 7.0 RPMS there to download. What is it that I'm missing here? Alan Well Alan I can't answer that one, I couldn't see any Netscape files anywhere with the update function. They only showed up when i logged in manually. I wondered why Netscape 4.72 was not offered under Mandrake 6.1 updates, but it may be a while till I update again! I would use KFM as my web browser but some websites need cookies so I have to get out Netscape for them. It seems KFM is a lot faster than Netscape but not as fancy. Well I haven't been on Windoze for days now! I still need to secure an audio driver for my Rockwell "riptide" all in one modem/audio card in my Hewlett Packard Pavilion. I got the video part working (i810 Intel chipset) one module, and Xserver. These "Wintel" machines don't make it easy! I broke down and bought a "real" external modem (no ISA slots) and here I am! Spent a while this morning on HP's site trying to find some clues on the "riptide" card. So wish me luck, also HP has a new Linux workstation for only $3,000+!! Nice Huh?? Vern
Re: [expert] Mandrake update problem
Vern To find the 128 netscape 4.72 stuff you have to go to Mandraks site and select the security stuff. There are currently no updates for Mandrak 7.0 or 7.00 that are avaliable. Just the security sutff. Ralph On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: VernThat's great! I have one question though. When I just visually checked three seperate update sites, there were no 7.0 RPMS there to download. What is it that I'm missing here? Alan Well Alan I can't answer that one, I couldn't see any Netscape files anywhere with the update function. They only showed up when i logged in manually. I wondered why Netscape 4.72 was not offered under Mandrake 6.1 updates, but it may be a while till I update again! I would use KFM as my web browser but some websites need cookies so I have to get out Netscape for them. It seems KFM is a lot faster than Netscape but not as fancy. Well I haven't been on Windoze for days now! I still need to secure an audio driver for my Rockwell "riptide" all in one modem/audio card in my Hewlett Packard Pavilion. I got the video part working (i810 Intel chipset) one module, and Xserver. These "Wintel" machines don't make it easy! I broke down and bought a "real" external modem (no ISA slots) and here I am! Spent a while this morning on HP's site trying to find some clues on the "riptide" card. So wish me luck, also HP has a new Linux workstation for only $3,000+!! Nice Huh?? Vern
Re: [expert] Mandrake update problem
Vernoh! You're updating 6.1, I see, my mistake. Yes, hopefully Konqueror will prove to be a better browser than KFM is. Good luck on the sound card. Alan vern wrote: On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: VernThat's great! I have one question though. When I just visually checked three seperate update sites, there were no 7.0 RPMS there to download. What is it that I'm missing here? Alan Well Alan I can't answer that one, I couldn't see any Netscape files anywhere with the update function. They only showed up when i logged in manually. I wondered why Netscape 4.72 was not offered under Mandrake 6.1 updates, but it may be a while till I update again! I would use KFM as my web browser but some websites need cookies so I have to get out Netscape for them. It seems KFM is a lot faster than Netscape but not as fancy. Well I haven't been on Windoze for days now! I still need to secure an audio driver for my Rockwell "riptide" all in one modem/audio card in my Hewlett Packard Pavilion. I got the video part working (i810 Intel chipset) one module, and Xserver. These "Wintel" machines don't make it easy! I broke down and bought a "real" external modem (no ISA slots) and here I am! Spent a while this morning on HP's site trying to find some clues on the "riptide" card. So wish me luck, also HP has a new Linux workstation for only $3,000+!! Nice Huh?? Vern
Re: [expert] Mandrake update problem
On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, you wrote: VernI've used the desktop update icon extensively in mandrake 6.0 and 6.1 and it worked just fine, but since installing 7.0 every time I've checked there's been nothing to update. I believe I'd uninstall all three netscape rpms and then hand install the new ones. You can do this on the command line with rpm or with kpackage from KDE. I almost always use kpackage myself. If you use kpackage, after uninstalling all three then install common first then either of the other two, and finally disable checking for dependencies when installing the last one. I downloaded the 128 bit encryption version od Netscape 4.72 from one of the crypto mirrors listed on the Mandrake web page. If it turns out you have to re-download, you might consider doing that as well. The rpms you already downloaded should be in the /tmp (that's the one in the / directory) IIRC. So you should be able to try them again before re-downloading anything again. Have you looked in the /usr/bin/ directory to see if the shell script and the two softlinks are there (netscape, netscape-communicator, and netscape-navigator)? Alan Okay Alan, I couldn't find the netscape communicator anywhere, so I got on the Mandrake site with KFM and went to the update section and downloaded communicator 4.70 again, since I had the 4.70 common files already installed. Anyway I installed the rpm with kpackage and all is well now! Don't know what happened to the old 4.62 version of netscape ?? Thanks for the help. I only have a 26K analog phone line here so I have to keep my downloads to a minimum, long live Cheap Bytes CD's! Vern
Re: [expert] Mandrake update problem
VernThat's great! I have one question though. When I just visually checked three seperate update sites, there were no 7.0 RPMS there to download. What is it that I'm missing here? Alan vern wrote: On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, you wrote: VernI've used the desktop update icon extensively in mandrake 6.0 and 6.1 and it worked just fine, but since installing 7.0 every time I've checked there's been nothing to update. I believe I'd uninstall all three netscape rpms and then hand install the new ones. You can do this on the command line with rpm or with kpackage from KDE. I almost always use kpackage myself. If you use kpackage, after uninstalling all three then install common first then either of the other two, and finally disable checking for dependencies when installing the last one. I downloaded the 128 bit encryption version od Netscape 4.72 from one of the crypto mirrors listed on the Mandrake web page. If it turns out you have to re-download, you might consider doing that as well. The rpms you already downloaded should be in the /tmp (that's the one in the / directory) IIRC. So you should be able to try them again before re-downloading anything again. Have you looked in the /usr/bin/ directory to see if the shell script and the two softlinks are there (netscape, netscape-communicator, and netscape-navigator)? Alan Okay Alan, I couldn't find the netscape communicator anywhere, so I got on the Mandrake site with KFM and went to the update section and downloaded communicator 4.70 again, since I had the 4.70 common files already installed. Anyway I installed the rpm with kpackage and all is well now! Don't know what happened to the old 4.62 version of netscape ?? Thanks for the help. I only have a 26K analog phone line here so I have to keep my downloads to a minimum, long live Cheap Bytes CD's! Vern
