Re: [expert] mplayer and software manager + a bit of a rant

2002-12-16 Thread David Robertson
I must sound like a broken record here but this is really getting me down. I got fed up with all the difficulties installing software, being unable to run mozilla as a user, my menus suddenly disappearing, that I reinstalled LM 9.0 (again!) This time, I didn't update during installation. Again, I

Re: [expert] mplayer and software manager

2002-12-15 Thread David Robertson
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 14:56:03 -0800 Todd Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Willing to bet that you did the update process during the install, but > it didn't succeed all the way. > > 1) Look in /etc/urpmi/urpmi.conf. Is there a defined source for "Update > for Mandrake Linux 9.0 (ftp1u)"? > 2) I

Re: [expert] mplayer and software manager

2002-12-15 Thread Todd Lyons
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Robertson wrote on Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 09:00:54AM + : > > files to be installed, is that OK? I hit "Y" and the installation > aborts, saying that a number of files aren't found. I'm also getting an > error saying "unable to take medium 'Upd

Re: [expert] mplayer and software manager

2002-12-14 Thread Rolf Pedersen
David Robertson wrote: Hi I posted this query to the newbie list but have had no takers so if anyone has any suggestions, I'd be grateful: I used the script in the club pages to set up urpmi for updates, commercial apps, contributions and PLF files.I now want to install mplayer and when using th

Re: [expert] mplayer and software manager

2002-12-14 Thread David Robertson
On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 09:14, Marek wrote: > David Robertson wrote: > > Hi > > > > I posted this query to the newbie list but have had no takers so if > > anyone has any suggestions, I'd be grateful: > > > > I used the script in the club pages to set up urpmi for updates, > > commercial apps, cont

Re: [expert] mplayer and software manager

2002-12-14 Thread Marek
David Robertson wrote: Hi I posted this query to the newbie list but have had no takers so if anyone has any suggestions, I'd be grateful: I used the script in the club pages to set up urpmi for updates, commercial apps, contributions and PLF files.I now want to install mplayer and when using th

[expert] mplayer and software manager

2002-12-14 Thread David Robertson
Hi I posted this query to the newbie list but have had no takers so if anyone has any suggestions, I'd be grateful: I used the script in the club pages to set up urpmi for updates, commercial apps, contributions and PLF files.I now want to install mplayer and when using the software manager it te