Re: [newbie] 9.2 urpmi db behaviour questions
Hi, Maybe for those who does not hate GUI the same can be accomplished via MCC without mistakes. Johan ** On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:34:48 + Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 27 Jan 2004 12:13 pm, Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:25:29 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] 9.2 urpmi db behaviour questions On Tuesday 27 January 2004 02:20, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings, I have 9.2 installed and updated/config'd for the most part. It was a looong weekend downloading all the updates on my dialup. ;-) I seem to be encountering something that seems odd with the urpmi db. There are some packages listed as installable, which I know are already installed. The packages show as being 0bytes in size. Anyone know what is going on here? I have tried rebuilding the the db with rpm --rebuilddb. Also, concerning urpmi. I get the following warning everytime I install a software package with urpmi: There was a problem during the installation: medium contrib uses an invalid list file: mirror is probably not up-to-date, trying to use alternate method. If I just click OK, the installation goes fine. I tried deleting my contrib source and using a different one, but the same warning keeps appearing. Anyone else having this happen? What might I try to fix it? TIA for your time/help. Best regards. --Angus Angus, as always Derek answered this a few weeks ago : Go to /var/lib/urpmi and remove the offending file listfilename. That's all. Next time you update the annoying message is history. HTH Kaj Haulrich. Thanks Kaj, I must have missed Derek's post on this. He certainly is on top of things, and a credit to this list. As are you, and all of the many others here. :-) Best regards to you. --Angus Hey you will make me blush. I was just repeating what I read on the expert list. I read some additional info on the expert list on this subject recently. Apparently the problem can come back unless you edit /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg Find the stanza for contrib, and remove the linelist: list.contrib derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 urpmi db behaviour questions
- Original Message - From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:25:29 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] 9.2 urpmi db behaviour questions On Tuesday 27 January 2004 02:20, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings, I have 9.2 installed and updated/config'd for the most part. It was a looong weekend downloading all the updates on my dialup. ;-) I seem to be encountering something that seems odd with the urpmi db. There are some packages listed as installable, which I know are already installed. The packages show as being 0bytes in size. Anyone know what is going on here? I have tried rebuilding the the db with rpm --rebuilddb. Also, concerning urpmi. I get the following warning everytime I install a software package with urpmi: There was a problem during the installation: medium contrib uses an invalid list file: mirror is probably not up-to-date, trying to use alternate method. If I just click OK, the installation goes fine. I tried deleting my contrib source and using a different one, but the same warning keeps appearing. Anyone else having this happen? What might I try to fix it? TIA for your time/help. Best regards. --Angus Angus, as always Derek answered this a few weeks ago : Go to /var/lib/urpmi and remove the offending file listfilename. That's all. Next time you update the annoying message is history. HTH Kaj Haulrich. Thanks Kaj, I must have missed Derek's post on this. He certainly is on top of things, and a credit to this list. As are you, and all of the many others here. :-) Best regards to you. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.2~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- _ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 urpmi db behaviour questions
On Tuesday 27 Jan 2004 12:13 pm, Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:25:29 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] 9.2 urpmi db behaviour questions On Tuesday 27 January 2004 02:20, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings, I have 9.2 installed and updated/config'd for the most part. It was a looong weekend downloading all the updates on my dialup. ;-) I seem to be encountering something that seems odd with the urpmi db. There are some packages listed as installable, which I know are already installed. The packages show as being 0bytes in size. Anyone know what is going on here? I have tried rebuilding the the db with rpm --rebuilddb. Also, concerning urpmi. I get the following warning everytime I install a software package with urpmi: There was a problem during the installation: medium contrib uses an invalid list file: mirror is probably not up-to-date, trying to use alternate method. If I just click OK, the installation goes fine. I tried deleting my contrib source and using a different one, but the same warning keeps appearing. Anyone else having this happen? What might I try to fix it? TIA for your time/help. Best regards. --Angus Angus, as always Derek answered this a few weeks ago : Go to /var/lib/urpmi and remove the offending file listfilename. That's all. Next time you update the annoying message is history. HTH Kaj Haulrich. Thanks Kaj, I must have missed Derek's post on this. He certainly is on top of things, and a credit to this list. As are you, and all of the many others here. :-) Best regards to you. --Angus Hey you will make me blush. I was just repeating what I read on the expert list. I read some additional info on the expert list on this subject recently. Apparently the problem can come back unless you edit /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg Find the stanza for contrib, and remove the linelist: list.contrib derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 urpmi db behaviour questions
I also get this message on 2 different machines. It hasn't bothered me too much as eveything seems to work fine but I'd be interested to know the cause. Cheers Nigel --On Monday, January 26, 2004 23:20:54 -0300 Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get the following warning everytime I install a software package with urpmi: There was a problem during the installation: medium contrib uses an invalid list file: mirror is probably not up-to-date, trying to use alternate method. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 9.2 urpmi db behaviour questions
Greetings, I have 9.2 installed and updated/config'd for the most part. It was a looong weekend downloading all the updates on my dialup. ;-) I seem to be encountering something that seems odd with the urpmi db. There are some packages listed as installable, which I know are already installed. The packages show as being 0bytes in size. Anyone know what is going on here? I have tried rebuilding the the db with rpm --rebuilddb. Also, concerning urpmi. I get the following warning everytime I install a software package with urpmi: There was a problem during the installation: medium contrib uses an invalid list file: mirror is probably not up-to-date, trying to use alternate method. If I just click OK, the installation goes fine. I tried deleting my contrib source and using a different one, but the same warning keeps appearing. Anyone else having this happen? What might I try to fix it? TIA for your time/help. Best regards. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.2~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- _ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
