Re: Newbie asks what is the key to repository access?

2007-07-31 Thread Marius Vollmer
"ext Paul Klapperich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Catalog Name: Anything you want ("Maemo.org" maybe) > Web address: "http://repository.maemo.org"; > Distribution: "gregale" > Components: "free nonfree" Shouldn't that be "non-free", with a dash? __

Re: Newbie asks what is the key to repository access?

2007-07-29 Thread D. L. Fuller
Eureka! Your Red Pill suggestion did the trick. > Try enabling Red Pill mode[1] and installing through the Application > manager. Red Pill will allow e2fsprogs and other packages to display. > The Application manager should work fine through a proxy. I had religiously followed the HowTo to use a

Re: Newbie asks what is the key to repository access?

2007-07-29 Thread Paul Klapperich
On 7/29/07, D. L. Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't read your email until just after sending my last reply. > > I did remove all mistral repository references from the application > catalog. I even tried maemo2.2 in place of gregale. Like you a > check of the file URLs seemed correct t

Re: Newbie asks what is the key to repository access?

2007-07-29 Thread D. L. Fuller
I didn't read your email until just after sending my last reply. I did remove all mistral repository references from the application catalog. I even tried maemo2.2 in place of gregale. Like you a check of the file URLs seemed correct to me. The data that is detected during the installation

Re: Newbie asks what is the key to repository access?

2007-07-29 Thread Paul Klapperich
On 7/29/07, D. L. Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks again for your explanations and handholding over this problem. > > All my Application Catalog entries are okay and the list refreshed. > Other applications have been installed satisfactorily using the > Application Manager. > > The proble

Re: Newbie asks what is the key to repository access?

2007-07-29 Thread D. L. Fuller
Thanks again for your explanations and handholding over this problem. All my Application Catalog entries are okay and the list refreshed. Other applications have been installed satisfactorily using the Application Manager. The problem remains the e2fsprogs package and apt-get install. App

Re: Newbie asks what is the key to repository access?

2007-07-27 Thread Paul Klapperich
Ahh, shoot. I really need to be more careful. For you this should read Catalog Name: Anything you want ("Maemo.org" maybe) Web address: "http://repository.maemo.org"; Distribution: "gregale" Components: "free nonfree" Sorry, --Paul On 7/27/07, Paul Klapperich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: Newbie asks what is the key to repository access?

2007-07-27 Thread Paul Klapperich
On 7/27/07, D. L. Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for taking the time to do an explanation using the example > e2fsprogs package. I kinda get it after digesting your points, but > seem to still be missing something. > > I have a 770 running OS 2006 3.2006.49-2. So following your > expl

Re: Newbie asks what is the key to repository access?

2007-07-27 Thread D. L. Fuller
Thanks for taking the time to do an explanation using the example e2fsprogs package. I kinda get it after digesting your points, but seem to still be missing something. I have a 770 running OS 2006 3.2006.49-2. So following your explanation, but instead changing from bora (N800) to gregale

Re: Newbie asks what is the key to repository access?

2007-07-26 Thread Paul Klapperich
On 7/26/07, D. L. Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is an update to my message from yesterday. And it is somewhat > for information to others at the same point on the learning curve. If this is on the same topic as yesterday's post, it's best to reply to yesterdays post so that it stays in

Newbie asks what is the key to repository access?

2007-07-26 Thread D . L . Fuller
This is an update to my message from yesterday. And it is somewhat for information to others at the same point on the learning curve. First, the role of repositories was not clear to me before. In particular, the need to enter the appropriate repositories into the Application Manager even

Newbie asks what is the key to repository access?

2007-07-25 Thread D. L. Fuller
I'm a newbie with a 770 running OS 2006 3.2006.49-2. For example, I'm following a HowTo(maemo.org/community/wiki/) and am instructed to install a package. In the Application Manager I add a New Catalog with these entries and then refresh the list: Web Address: http://repository.maemo.o