Re: [newbie] problems with MandrakeUpdate
OK, sounds fair enough, but my question is this: why does MandrakeUpdate tell me that I do not have the current version of rpm(x) even though I know that I do? If I download and install the latest version, it bombs out because it is already installed! I do run "update list" after every install, and have updated the rpm database from the command line as well. Note that this does not happen with every rpm, but the ones it does happen with do it every time. Regardez, Jay DeKing Salvatore Eric Indiogine wrote: MandrakeUpdate in MDK 7.2 is buggy. This is my persnal way of using it. I use it to tell me what to update and check for special instructions for install, then I open two terminals. In one I ftp the the site that MandrakeUpdate reads from. In the other I do rmp -Uvh manually for each downloaded rpm. Often I do update list in MandrakeUpdate and do this until the list is empty. Bottom line: do NOT use MandrakeUpdate to update, but use it to find the ftp sites, choose the rpms and check your progress.
Re: [newbie] problems with MandrakeUpdate
On Thursday 19 April 2001 12:21, Seeun William Umboh wrote about [newbie] problems with MandrakeUpdate that ... I just installed Mandrake 7.1. I tried using MandrakeUpdate to update my system but it kept saying "Fetching of mirror list failed. Please try again." This happened even when I am on the net. I use a proxy and a winmodem to connect to the net, are these factors? Please help! Try again. Every single update site I tried last night was out of action. So it's not you this time -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://members.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC
Re: [newbie] problems with MandrakeUpdate
MandrakeUpdate in MDK 7.2 is buggy. This is my persnal way of using it. I use it to tell me what to update and check for special instructions for install, then I open two terminals. In one I ftp the the site that MandrakeUpdate reads from. In the other I do rmp -Uvh manually for each downloaded rpm. Often I do update list in MandrakeUpdate and do this until the list is empty. Bottom line: do NOT use MandrakeUpdate to update, but use it to find the ftp sites, choose the rpms and check your progress. Hopefully it will work in MDK 8.0. As soon as the box is in the stores I will go and grab one. On Thursday 19 April 2001 04:21, Seeun William Umboh wrote: I just installed Mandrake 7.1. I tried using MandrakeUpdate to update my system but it kept saying "Fetching of mirror list failed. Please try again." This happened even when I am on the net. I use a proxy and a winmodem to connect to the net, are these factors? Please help! _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. -- Salvatore "Eric" Indiogine Computer Specialist - Power Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-2431
