RE: [newbie] Argh-Software manager is killing me!
Mine worked great after i redid the darn files/directories. If you want to search in the archives its all there. Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of daRcmaTTeR Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 4:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Argh-Software manager is killing me! you guys are all making me feel bad cause mine works correctly. geez! -- Mark If necessity is the mother of invention, then who's the father? --- Paid for by Penguins against modern appliances(R) Linux User Since 1996 Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.2 9.0 ICQ# 27816299 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Argh-Software manager is killing me!
On Wednesday 05 February 2003 04:17 pm, daRcmaTTeR wrote: you guys are all making me feel bad cause mine works correctly. geez! Yeah, I have had no problems with it either.? -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Argh-Software manager is killing me!
you guys are all making me feel bad cause mine works correctly. geez! -- Mark If necessity is the mother of invention, then who's the father? --- Paid for by Penguins against modern appliances(R) Linux User Since 1996 Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.2 9.0 ICQ# 27816299 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Argh-Software manager is killing me!
Okay, like a lot of people, I liked install and remove integrated together but I can live with them being split up...BUT Many, many times I go to install a package and it says: Everything already installed (is it supposed to be like that?) As su, I issued a rpm --rebuilddb, but it didn't help. Is there any way to get the Software Manager to realise whats correctly installed and not? Thanks -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Argh-Software manager is killing me!
urpmi or it's graphical front end mandrake update On Saturday 01 February 2003 07:38 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Okay, like a lot of people, I liked install and remove integrated together but I can live with them being split up...BUT Many, many times I go to install a package and it says: Everything already installed (is it supposed to be like that?) As su, I issued a rpm --rebuilddb, but it didn't help. Is there any way to get the Software Manager to realise whats correctly installed and not? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Argh-Software manager is killing me!
On Saturday February 1 2003 01:38 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Okay, like a lot of people, I liked install and remove integrated together but I can live with them being split up...BUT Many, many times I go to install a package and it says: Everything already installed (is it supposed to be like that?) As su, I issued a rpm --rebuilddb, but it didn't help. Is there any way to get the Software Manager to realise whats correctly installed and not? Thanks Try this (as root) to completely rebuild the rpm db. rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* ( ^^ that's two underscores ) rpm --rebuilddb -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Argh-Software manager is killing me!
At 02:38 PM 2/1/2003 -0500, you wrote: Okay, like a lot of people, I liked install and remove integrated together but I can live with them being split up...BUT Many, many times I go to install a package and it says: Everything already installed (is it supposed to be like that?) As su, I issued a rpm --rebuilddb, but it didn't help. Is there any way to get the Software Manager to realise whats correctly installed and not? Thanks -- /\ Dark Lord \/ *giggles* Gee you've got the same question I was going to ask! I have a similar problem! I used during the install of Linux the ability of the installer to go to the net install updates patches. Well, once I'd loaded linux up, I went to the Software Updater. It showed only 4 packages avail to update. Now that made little sense as I went to Mandrakes site, and it has patches there that were released after I had installed used the installer/update util when I loaded Linux originally! I know rpm -q packagenamehere works...but shouldn't the update software list this stuff too? - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Argh-Software manager is killing me!
And how about this one: The Software Manager hangs while analyzing the sources (specifically 99% through CD 1). I have version 8.0 and this is driving me nuts! Anyone know how to fix this??? -Allan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of FemmeFatale Sent: February 1, 2003 6:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Argh-Software manager is killing me! At 02:38 PM 2/1/2003 -0500, you wrote: Okay, like a lot of people, I liked install and remove integrated together but I can live with them being split up...BUT Many, many times I go to install a package and it says: Everything already installed (is it supposed to be like that?) As su, I issued a rpm --rebuilddb, but it didn't help. Is there any way to get the Software Manager to realise whats correctly installed and not? Thanks -- /\ Dark Lord \/ *giggles* Gee you've got the same question I was going to ask! I have a similar problem! I used during the install of Linux the ability of the installer to go to the net install updates patches. Well, once I'd loaded linux up, I went to the Software Updater. It showed only 4 packages avail to update. Now that made little sense as I went to Mandrakes site, and it has patches there that were released after I had installed used the installer/update util when I loaded Linux originally! I know rpm -q packagenamehere works...but shouldn't the update software list this stuff too? - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Argh-Software manager is killing me!
On Saturday 01 February 2003 04:21 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: At 02:38 PM 2/1/2003 -0500, you wrote: Okay, like a lot of people, I liked install and remove integrated together but I can live with them being split up...BUT Many, many times I go to install a package and it says: Everything already installed (is it supposed to be like that?) As su, I issued a rpm --rebuilddb, but it didn't help. Is there any way to get the Software Manager to realise whats correctly installed and not? Thanks -- /\ Dark Lord \/ *giggles* Gee you've got the same question I was going to ask! I have a similar problem! I used during the install of Linux the ability of the installer to go to the net install updates patches. Well, once I'd loaded linux up, I went to the Software Updater. It showed only 4 packages avail to update. Now that made little sense as I went to Mandrakes site, and it has patches there that were released after I had installed used the installer/update util when I loaded Linux originally! I know rpm -q packagenamehere works...but shouldn't the update software list this stuff too? - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert It appears to me that the update prog compares what you have installed on your computer and only downloads the files pertinent to your set up. Otherwise you would get a whole bunch of stuff you don't need. I used gftp and made one of the 9.0 security mirrors a bookmark and then did a select all and downloaded the whole danged thing. Now when there is a new security alert I go to gftp and select my bookmark and then once it is loaded I do toolscompare windows and then the select and it only downloads what is different. The neat thing is it works kinda like rsync cause if a package has changed but the name didn't ( I know not likely) or the package version changes I can d/l the new file and then delete the old or if it asks overwrite the old. I keep the file as Update9.0 on my second hard drive and any thing that bungs up the hda doesn't affect the updates. So if I have do a reinstall I don't have to download the whole thing again. (take a breath now, should have made a paragraph). Another little quirk of mine that works for me. HTH someone else. -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Argh-Software manager is killing me!
On Saturday 01 February 2003 03:24 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: Try this (as root) to completely rebuild the rpm db. rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* ( ^^ that's two underscores ) rpm --rebuilddb Thanks Tom - and to everyone else who replied! :-) -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Software Manager problem
On Thursday 09 January 2003 07:01, ivette brusselmans wrote: Tried your suggestion, but got the message can't find CD1 although CD1 was in CDROM drive. Poured myself a glass of good wine and installed MDK 9.0 again, added the mirror in MSM and updated the whole bunch. How come the update doesn't find mirrors automatically and one has to manually add a mirror in MSM? Kind of prehistorical it seems to me. Thanx anyway, HarM Probably the good glass of wine was the decisive factor:o) Mandrake being a French based distro needs a drop of Cabernet Sauvignon every now and then, to keep it docile;o) As to not finding mirrors automatically, it does just that doesn't it? Then all you have to do is make a choice which fits you best. Good Luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Software Manager problem
No it doesn't. Get the message that it can't find the mirror list, that I have to wait and try later because network could be down or server unreachable or whatsoever... Tried this for two weeks (can surf and email without probs) and finally inserted a mirror manually in MSM, typing rather long command in console. Now it works, but I never got the MDK mirror list that's on the MDK website for updates automatically. Cheers From: H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake Software Manager problem Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 09:56:09 + On Thursday 09 January 2003 07:01, ivette brusselmans wrote: Tried your suggestion, but got the message can't find CD1 although CD1 was in CDROM drive. Poured myself a glass of good wine and installed MDK 9.0 again, added the mirror in MSM and updated the whole bunch. How come the update doesn't find mirrors automatically and one has to manually add a mirror in MSM? Kind of prehistorical it seems to me. Thanx anyway, HarM Probably the good glass of wine was the decisive factor:o) Mandrake being a French based distro needs a drop of Cabernet Sauvignon every now and then, to keep it docile;o) As to not finding mirrors automatically, it does just that doesn't it? Then all you have to do is make a choice which fits you best. Good Luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Chatten met je online vrienden via MSN Messenger. http://messenger.msn.nl/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake Software Manager problem
Experimenting is a good way to learn, isn't it? Unfortunately, I messed around with the entry for CD1 in Mandrake Software Manager (MSM), deleted it and than added it again. Now when I try to add software from CD1, the system keeps asking me for CD1, even when the CD is in the CD player. Ejects CD1 and asks for it at the same time. Doesn't seem to recognize CD1 any more. Can I set this MSM back to the original values (kind of reset to default, uninstall and then reinstall MSM via terminal,...) without having to reinstall MDK 9.0 all over again? Thanx _ Ontvang je Hotmail Messenger berichten op je mobiele telefoon met Hotmail SMS http://www.msn.nl/jumppage/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Software Manager problem
On Wednesday 08 January 2003 08:12, ivette brusselmans wrote: Experimenting is a good way to learn, isn't it? Unfortunately, I messed around with the entry for CD1 in Mandrake Software Manager (MSM), deleted it and than added it again. Now when I try to add software from CD1, the system keeps asking me for CD1, even when the CD is in the CD player. Ejects CD1 and asks for it at the same time. Doesn't seem to recognize CD1 any more. Can I set this MSM back to the original values (kind of reset to default, uninstall and then reinstall MSM via terminal,...) without having to reinstall MDK 9.0 all over again? Thanx Yes you can. First disable automount (at least for me I get better results that way) as su/root.(don't use the quotes) supermount -i disable then stick in the cdrom and mount it. mount /mnt/cdrom then: urpmi.addmedia [name] removable://mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/ with ../base/hdlist.cz where [name] is the name your system gave the install cd, which should be almost (2=1) the same as the one given to the second cd. If in doubt look in /var/lib/urpmi/ what everything is called, that's the ../base/ directory. And it should update. Good luck, HarM Stick cd1 in the drive Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Software Manager problem
Tried your suggestion, but got the message can't find CD1 although CD1 was in CDROM drive. Poured myself a glass of good wine and installed MDK 9.0 again, added the mirror in MSM and updated the whole bunch. How come the update doesn't find mirrors automatically and one has to manually add a mirror in MSM? Kind of prehistorical it seems to me. Thanx anyway, HarM From: H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake Software Manager problem Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 10:08:58 + On Wednesday 08 January 2003 08:12, ivette brusselmans wrote: Experimenting is a good way to learn, isn't it? Unfortunately, I messed around with the entry for CD1 in Mandrake Software Manager (MSM), deleted it and than added it again. Now when I try to add software from CD1, the system keeps asking me for CD1, even when the CD is in the CD player. Ejects CD1 and asks for it at the same time. Doesn't seem to recognize CD1 any more. Can I set this MSM back to the original values (kind of reset to default, uninstall and then reinstall MSM via terminal,...) without having to reinstall MDK 9.0 all over again? Thanx Yes you can. First disable automount (at least for me I get better results that way) as su/root.(don't use the quotes) supermount -i disable then stick in the cdrom and mount it. mount /mnt/cdrom then: urpmi.addmedia [name] removable://mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/ with ../base/hdlist.cz where [name] is the name your system gave the install cd, which should be almost (2=1) the same as the one given to the second cd. If in doubt look in /var/lib/urpmi/ what everything is called, that's the ../base/ directory. And it should update. Good luck, HarM Stick cd1 in the drive Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ MSN Zoeken, voor duidelijke zoekresultaten! http://search.msn.nl/worldwide.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Qn: Software Manager: replacing the Mandrake CD sources
thanks to Dimitris Loannou and Brandon Vanderg, and an un-named person who emailed me directly, i managed to do what i set out to do. for the benefit of anyone other newbie w/o a cdrom drive, the key bit of info is to point the mirror to the directory containing the Mandrake RPMS, eg ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/mandrake/Mandrake/8.2/i586/Mandrake/R PMS/ and set the relative path to hdlist correctly, in this case ../base/hdlist (i think the .cz part of hdlist.cz can be omitted) once again, thank you everyone. - Original Message - From: Stormjumper [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 3:35 PM Subject: [newbie] Qn: Software Manager: replacing the Mandrake CD sources hello, i installed Mandrake 8.2 Download Edition on an old system using the 3 downloaded cdroms, then subsequently remove the cd-rom drive. is there any way i can configure the Software Manager to point to sources on the web for packages in the cds? right now, i've added a few (valid?) sources, but they can only give me security upgrades and bug fixes. if i try to install any packages that exist(ed) on the install cd(s), i'm prompted for the mandrake cds. thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie-it] Software Manager
Ultimamente quando uso il Software Manager, trovo gli stessi pacchetti sia tra gli installabili che gli installati. Si deve errere incasinato qualcosa nelle liste. Prima di pasticciare chiedo consiglio: Qualcuno ha avuto questo problema e/o sa come risolverlo? Tommaso
[newbie] Quick Software Manager Questions (3)
Hello, I just read Derek J.'s message about how to make Software Manager update its database so I can start browsing the list of packages on my cds or the web. I assume that this is done before looking at the cds so that any newer versions be found. So is the Software Manager smart enough to know that if I am looking at foobar 1.2.03-3 on cd#4 and foobar 1.4..07-5 is available through the update to tell me this or somehow stop me from installing an old (but newer than what is already installed) version from the cds? Also is it smart enough not to let me install either version of foobar if foobar 2.0.2 is already installed (or at least warn me that I'm about to go backwards)? I have looked at the cds a little bit in the last couple of days and would like to try the update but want to know for sure I understand how it is going to behave (or not). Last question: I know not to try to update my kernel using this method. Are there any other files/programs that I can't update with the Software Manager or warnings such as not updating the desktop I'm currently logged into? I believe I read that it doesn't actually count until the file in question is reloaded (as in a reboot) but am not sure. -- Wes Gregg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 252649 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Using Software Manager remotely
I have a system set up that I'm trying to use headless (without a local keyboard, monitor, mouse). Most things work fine, except, it seems, for the X-window applications that require root authorization. The application that I'm particularly interested in is Software Manager. When I run it remotely, it asks for the root password and then seems to die a silent death. When I run it locally, everything is fine. I'm using eXceed as my X-window server. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Using Software Manager remotely
sorry i'm afraid i can't help you with your problem, but i would like to know how you got exceed to work. I've tried a number of times, but the best i got was an x teminal window, no full desktop, what settings in exceed did you use, any changes to Xfree86 config files ? Actually, just had a thought, have you tried using the software manager in webmin ?? or how about running the software manager from a command line which you are su'ed in ?? cheers Jamie From: Andrew M. Henshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Using Software Manager remotely Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 11:06:28 -0500 I have a system set up that I'm trying to use headless (without a local keyboard, monitor, mouse). Most things work fine, except, it seems, for the X-window applications that require root authorization. The application that I'm particularly interested in is Software Manager. When I run it remotely, it asks for the root password and then seems to die a silent death. When I run it locally, everything is fine. I'm using eXceed as my X-window server. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Using Software Manager remotely
I've set mine up to run the whole KDE desktop within exceed. I have a short script that sets my display variable to my eXceed server and then does a startkde command. export DISPLAY=192.168.0.1:0.0 startkde I'm running telnet to do the startup (internal LAN) because I had trouble with the rsh and rexec methods. Running rpmdrake from a su'ed command line does indeed work. That a workable solution, since I don't need to do it very often. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Jamie Kerwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 11:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Using Software Manager remotely sorry i'm afraid i can't help you with your problem, but i would like to know how you got exceed to work. I've tried a number of times, but the best i got was an x teminal window, no full desktop, what settings in exceed did you use, any changes to Xfree86 config files ? Actually, just had a thought, have you tried using the software manager in webmin ?? or how about running the software manager from a command line which you are su'ed in ?? cheers Jamie From: Andrew M. Henshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Using Software Manager remotely Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 11:06:28 -0500 I have a system set up that I'm trying to use headless (without a local keyboard, monitor, mouse). Most things work fine, except, it seems, for the X-window applications that require root authorization. The application that I'm particularly interested in is Software Manager. When I run it remotely, it asks for the root password and then seems to die a silent death. When I run it locally, everything is fine. I'm using eXceed as my X-window server. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
