Re: [newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?

2003-07-28 Thread Richard Urwin
On Monday 28 Jul 2003 5:03 am, Avi Schwartz wrote: I ftpd into the site and I can see the rpm in there. However, and be warned that I have no clue a to what I am doing, the synthesis.hdlist file shows only 2.4.21.0.13 and not 2.4.21.0.25. Can this be the problem? Have you upgraded from 9.0

Re: [newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?

2003-07-28 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 28 Jul 2003 4:22 am, Avi Schwartz wrote: I currently have on my system kernel-2.4.21.0.13 installed. When I am running mandrakeUpdate it tells me there are no updates yet I know that kernel 2.4.21.0.25mdk-1-1 is available as a security fix. Why doesn't it tell me there is an

Re: [newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?

2003-07-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Monday 28 July 2003 03:22 am, Avi Schwartz wrote: I currently have on my system kernel-2.4.21.0.13 installed. When I am running mandrakeUpdate it tells me there are no updates yet I know that kernel 2.4.21.0.25mdk-1-1 is available as a security fix. Why doesn't it tell me there is an

Re: [newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?

2003-07-28 Thread Avi Schwartz
No, it is fresh 9.1 install and my first Mandrake install so I don't have left overs from 9.0. Avi On Monday, Jul 28, 2003, at 01:47 America/Chicago, Richard Urwin wrote: On Monday 28 Jul 2003 5:03 am, Avi Schwartz wrote: I ftpd into the site and I can see the rpm in there. However, and be

Re: [newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?

2003-07-28 Thread Avi Schwartz
Thank you everyone for your help regarding the update of the kernel. It does make sense that the kernel should not be updated but rather be installed as a new package. What made me assume that the new kernel should show up as an update is the following sentence from the advisory

Re: [newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?

2003-07-28 Thread Dennis Myers
On Monday 28 July 2003 08:02 am, Avi Schwartz wrote: No, it is fresh 9.1 install and my first Mandrake install so I don't have left overs from 9.0. Avi On Monday, Jul 28, 2003, at 01:47 America/Chicago, Richard Urwin wrote: On Monday 28 Jul 2003 5:03 am, Avi Schwartz wrote: I ftpd into

Re: [newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?

2003-07-28 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:03:48 -0500 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It started the run and indicated that the package was not compiled for my kernel, did I want the installer to compile Nvidia for my kernel? I chose OK and so it did. Rebooted when done and my xserver was back on line

Re: [newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?

2003-07-28 Thread Dennis Myers
On Monday 28 July 2003 01:37 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:03:48 -0500 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It started the run and indicated that the package was not compiled for my kernel, did I want the installer to compile Nvidia for my kernel? I chose OK and so

[newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?

2003-07-27 Thread Avi Schwartz
I currently have on my system kernel-2.4.21.0.13 installed. When I am running mandrakeUpdate it tells me there are no updates yet I know that kernel 2.4.21.0.25mdk-1-1 is available as a security fix. Why doesn't it tell me there is an update? Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?

2003-07-27 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 27 July 2003 11:22 pm, Avi Schwartz wrote: I currently have on my system kernel-2.4.21.0.13 installed. When I am running mandrakeUpdate it tells me there are no updates yet I know that kernel 2.4.21.0.25mdk-1-1 is available as a security fix. Why doesn't it tell me there is an

Re: [newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?

2003-07-27 Thread Avi Schwartz
I did it before via the GUI and I just did it again via the console and I still get the same No Update message. Very puzzling. Avi On Sunday, July 27, 2003, at 10:27 PM, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 27 July 2003 11:22 pm, Avi Schwartz wrote: I currently have on my system kernel-2.4.21.0.13

Re: [newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?

2003-07-27 Thread Dmitri Vassilenko
I did it before via the GUI and I just did it again via the console and I still get the same No Update message. Very puzzling. Avi I believe it also depends on the mirror that you're updating from. Some mirrors get updates several days later, so I'd wait a couple more days and try it again

Re: [newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?

2003-07-27 Thread Avi Schwartz
I ftpd into the site and I can see the rpm in there. However, and be warned that I have no clue a to what I am doing, the synthesis.hdlist file shows only 2.4.21.0.13 and not 2.4.21.0.25. Can this be the problem? Avi On Sunday, July 27, 2003, at 10:49 PM, Dmitri Vassilenko wrote: I did it