Re: [newbie] urpmi problem

2004-10-07 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 19:40:25 -0400 JoeHill wrote: Your reply is very much appreciated, considering your last...er...comments :-) That was to the expert list and does not apply to newbie. If you still want the rpms for imlib2-1.1.2 I have attached a spec file which will allow you to build the

[newbie] urpmi keys/signatures

2004-09-11 Thread Dave Steiner
I know this has been posted more than a few times, but I didnt find the solution in archives or googling. I'm getting the error: === The following packages have bad signatures: pkg1. . . .rpm:Missing signature(Couldn't open file)

Re: [newbie] urpmi gone!

2004-08-28 Thread Paul Smith
Stephen Kühn wrote: ...and I'll assume you've rebooted and double checked in the /usr/sbin directory for any remnants of urpmi and associated programs? Thanks, Stephen. Now, I am trying to do the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] paulus]# urpmi.update Installation CD 1 (x86) (cdrom1)

[newbie] urpmi gone!

2004-08-27 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I ran the command urpmi --auto-select and, afterwards, urpmi itself disappeared. I have already tried installing urpmi via rpm -i, but with no success. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] urpmi gone!

2004-08-27 Thread Paul Smith
Paul Smith wrote: I ran the command urpmi --auto-select and, afterwards, urpmi itself disappeared. I have already tried installing urpmi via rpm -i, but with no success. Rebooting did the trick, but hdlists have disappeared, but I am updating them. Paul

Re: [newbie] urpmi gone!

2004-08-27 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 10:03, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I ran the command urpmi --auto-select and, afterwards, urpmi itself disappeared. I have already tried installing urpmi via rpm -i, but with no success. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul ...and I'll assume you've

Re: [newbie] urpmi gone!

2004-08-27 Thread Paul Smith
Stephen Kühn wrote: ...and I'll assume you've rebooted and double checked in the /usr/sbin directory for any remnants of urpmi and associated programs? Thanks, Stephen. Now, I am trying to do the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] paulus]# urpmi.update Installation CD 1 (x86) (cdrom1)

Re: [newbie] urpmi gone!

2004-08-27 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 11:27, Paul Smith wrote: Stephen Kühn wrote: ...and I'll assume you've rebooted and double checked in the /usr/sbin directory for any remnants of urpmi and associated programs? Thanks, Stephen. Now, I am trying to do the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] paulus]#

[newbie] URPMI

2004-08-26 Thread Wolfdreamer
Hi me again. Ok, Ive managed to break URPMI again. I've some how managed to get it to disable the links for: international CD (x86) (cdrom2) international CD (x86) (cdrom3) and when I try using the X configure sources thing it tells me Unable to update medium; it will be automatically

Re: [newbie] URPMI

2004-08-26 Thread Thereidos
W licie z czw, 26-08-2004, godz. 13:17, Wolfdreamer pisze: Hi me again. Ok, Ive managed to break URPMI again. I've some how managed to get it to disable the links for: international CD (x86) (cdrom2) international CD (x86) (cdrom3) and when I try using the X configure sources thing

Re: [newbie] URPMI

2004-08-26 Thread PM
On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 14:17, Wolfdreamer wrote: Hi me again. Ok, Ive managed to break URPMI again. I've some how managed to get it to disable the links for: international CD (x86) (cdrom2) international CD (x86) (cdrom3) and when I try using the X configure sources thing it tells me

Re: [newbie] URPMI

2004-08-26 Thread Frank
PM wrote: On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 14:17, Wolfdreamer wrote: Hi me again. Ok, Ive managed to break URPMI again. I've some how managed to get it to disable the links for: international CD (x86) (cdrom2) international CD (x86) (cdrom3) and when I try using the X configure sources thing it tells me

[newbie] urpmi Installs - with options

2004-07-26 Thread Travis Crook
Hi All, I have a question about installing Apache with urpmi. Can I specify options for Apache while using urpmi? For example, can I add ./configure --prefix=PREFIX to the urpmi command and have it work? Thanks! -- Travis Crook Visions Beyond www.VisionsBeyond.com 208-478-7836

Re: [newbie] URPMI - An infinity of Dependencies

2004-07-04 Thread Graham Watkins
Charles A Edwards wrote: On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 18:52:14 +0100 Graham Watkins wrote: Yep, but it doesn't deal with the dependency question. It will, but you will need to have as sources 1) My site 2) 10.0 Main 3) 10.0 Contrib 4) PLF The easiest way is to use http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/, there you

[newbie] URpmi

2004-07-04 Thread Wolfdreamer
OK, I am confused. I've just had to reinstall on a new hard drive because my old drive died. Grrr,this is what I get. How do i fix this? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wolfdreamer]$ urpmi.addmedia plf ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/plf/mandrake/10.0 with hdlist.cz bash: urpmi.addmedia: command not found

Re: [newbie] URpmi

2004-07-04 Thread robin
Wolfdreamer wrote: OK, I am confused. I've just had to reinstall on a new hard drive because my old drive died. Grrr,this is what I get. How do i fix this? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wolfdreamer]$ urpmi.addmedia plf ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/plf/mandrake/10.0 with hdlist.cz bash: urpmi.addmedia:

Re: [newbie] URpmi

2004-07-04 Thread Wolfdreamer
On Sun, 2004-07-04 at 23:10, robin wrote: Wolfdreamer wrote: OK, I am confused. I've just had to reinstall on a new hard drive because my old drive died. Grrr,this is what I get. How do i fix this? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wolfdreamer]$ urpmi.addmedia plf

[newbie] URPMI - An infinity of Dependencies

2004-07-01 Thread Graham Watkins
Having become convinced that something was fundamentally wrong with my installation of xfce4, I uninstalled the lot and attempted a fresh install via urpmi. It failed due to unsatisfied dependencies. Evidently xfprint was required. Installation of xfprint failed due to the absence of a2ps

Re: [newbie] URPMI - An infinity of Dependencies

2004-07-01 Thread Graham Watkins
Inhabitant of Zion wrote: Hi Have you tried added Charles Edwards list to your URPMI and using his Xfce4 RPM's? I have them installed here and they work fine for me. http://www.eslrahc.com Yep, but it doesn't deal with the dependency question. -- Graham Watkins Don't be lucid and ironic; people

Re: [newbie] URPMI - An infinity of Dependencies

2004-07-01 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 18:52:14 +0100 Graham Watkins wrote: Yep, but it doesn't deal with the dependency question. It will, but you will need to have as sources 1) My site 2) 10.0 Main 3) 10.0 Contrib 4) PLF The easiest way is to use http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/, there you can set-up all the

Re: [newbie] URPMI wiped

2004-06-18 Thread Johan Sch
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:06:17 -0700 Amy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *snips down a whole lot* Johan Sch wrote: 1-The way Amy did with the help of a friend,, Amy .. kindly if possible the required rpms to restore urpmi please. I'd love to let you know what rpms are needed to restore it, but

Re: [newbie] URPMI wiped

2004-06-17 Thread Amy
*snips down a whole lot* Johan Sch wrote: 1-The way Amy did with the help of a friend,, Amy .. kindly if possible the required rpms to restore urpmi please. I'd love to let you know what rpms are needed to restore it, but I didn't make a list while I was doing it. Basically what I did was poke

Re: [newbie] URPMI wiped

2004-06-16 Thread Johan Sch
On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:00:54 -0700 Amy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Johan Sch wrote: Hi list, It happened too me twice today .. urpmi taken permanent vacation after update .. it seems that it just wipes dependencies .. even its own .. after some years of using and trusting it I was let

Re: [newbie] URPMI wiped

2004-06-16 Thread eric jackson
- Original Message - From: Amy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 6:00 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] URPMI wiped Johan Sch wrote: Hi list, It happened too me twice today .. urpmi taken permanent vacation after update .. it seems that it just wipes

Re: [newbie] URPMI wiped

2004-06-16 Thread Brandon Rife
eric jackson wrote: - Original Message - From: Johan Sch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] URPMI wiped On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:46:42 -0400 eric jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From

Re: [newbie] URPMI wiped

2004-06-15 Thread Amy
Johan Sch wrote: Hi list, It happened too me twice today .. urpmi taken permanent vacation after update .. it seems that it just wipes dependencies .. even its own .. after some years of using and trusting it I was let down. Well I have seen this some time ago. Kindly point me to site were I can

[newbie] URPMI wiped

2004-06-13 Thread Johan Sch
Hi list, It happened too me twice today .. urpmi taken permanent vacation after update .. it seems that it just wipes dependencies .. even its own .. after some years of using and trusting it I was let down. Well I have seen this some time ago. Kindly point me to site were I can try to find

Re: [newbie] URPMI wiped

2004-06-13 Thread Johan Sch
On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 19:29:43 +0200 Johan Sch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list, It happened too me twice today .. urpmi taken permanent vacation after update .. it seems that it just wipes dependencies .. even its own .. after some years of using and trusting it I was let down. Well I

[newbie] urpmi main source

2004-05-17 Thread C. Tresenriter
I'm running 10.0 official - updated from CE via downloaded iso's I can't seem to add a source for a main mirror. I've tried seven or eight different ones over the last two days trying both MCC and urpmi with no luck. Sources for plf, contrib, updates and a local folder were added with no

Re: [newbie] urpmi ?

2004-05-13 Thread Avi Schwartz
On May 13, 2004, at 0:36, Marc Hultquist wrote: ATT Avi Schwartz Um what link ? I dont actually see one in your mail ? :\ Sorry, missed the link :-) http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] urpmi ?

2004-05-13 Thread Marc Hultquist
Hey Just wanted to say thank-you to everyone who helped me out with my urpmi problem, it worked like a bomb, and I am now happily using the internet to install my applications !!! ;-) Once again thanx everyone! Kind Regards -- Marc Hultquist ComputerKit Systems (Pty) Ltd [EMAIL

[newbie] urpmi ?

2004-05-12 Thread Marc Hultquist
Morning I was just reading up and trying to get urpmi to work properly.. But I cant seem to, I am very familiar with apt-get but I use Debian purely in a server enviroment, and I am now trying to get urpmi to work for my laptop I could obviously set up apt-get on a mdk box(I imagine so

Re: [newbie] urpmi ?

2004-05-12 Thread Avi Schwartz
On May 13, 2004, at 0:16, Marc Hultquist wrote: Morning I was just reading up and trying to get urpmi to work properly.. But I cant seem to, I am very familiar with apt-get but I use Debian purely in a server enviroment, and I am now trying to get urpmi to work for my laptop I could

Re: [newbie] urpmi ?

2004-05-12 Thread Marc Hultquist
ATT Avi Schwartz Um what link ? I dont actually see one in your mail ? :\ -- Marc Hultquist ComputerKit Systems (Pty) Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] (P) +27 11 695 5317 (F) +27 11 312 1408 (C) +27 82 563 2861 (W) http://www.cks.co.za This message is privileged and confidential and intended for

[newbie] urpmi --noclean

2004-04-28 Thread Job Evers
I usually use urpmi with the --noclean option so that I have a copy of everything I have installed, but sometimes I forget or sometimes I use rpmdrake. Is there a way I can enable the --noclean option permanently? -- Job Evers Want to buy

Re: [newbie] urpmi --noclean

2004-04-28 Thread Andrew Archibald
On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 07:59, Job Evers wrote: Is there a way I can enable the --noclean option permanently? You can set the global options in /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg and they should always be used. Cleaning options are set with global booleans. See 'man urpmi.cfg' for more information. A.

Re: [newbie] urpmi --noclean

2004-04-28 Thread Job Evers
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 09:51:05 +0100 Andrew Archibald wrote: On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 07:59, Job Evers wrote: Is there a way I can enable the --noclean option permanently? You can set the global options in /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg and they should always be used. Cleaning options are set with global

Re: [newbie] urpmi --noclean

2004-04-28 Thread Greg Meyer
On Wednesday 28 April 2004 04:51 am, Andrew Archibald wrote: On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 07:59, Job Evers wrote: Is there a way I can enable the --noclean option permanently? You can set the global options in /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg and they should always be used. Cleaning options are set with global

[newbie] urpmi Problem

2004-04-25 Thread lake-wind
I'm having a problem with a media entry in urpmi. I keep getting this error when running urpmi: unable to take medium Z2main into account as no list file [/var/lib/urpmi/list.Z2main] exists I did have a medium at one time named Z2main, however I removed it with urpmi.removemedia. I checked

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-17 Thread robin
John Wilson wrote: [snip] That said, with the exception of one very important update, the rollout of 10CE has been a fairly painless experience for all concerned if traffic on this list is any indication. It's been polished, works and most of the rough edges taken off. What's surprising is

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-17 Thread robin
RichardA wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:12:15 +0100, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 14 April 2004 08:21, RichardA wrote: There are some very angry people on the forums, and I don't blame them. Frustrated, definitely. Angry. No

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken? (Partially solved????)

2004-04-17 Thread John Wilson
On April 17, 2004 09:52 pm, robin wrote: That 2.6 kernel just hums. At one point I considered going back to 9.2, but I decided to fix what I could, and wait for the official edition for the few remaining problems. Sir Robin I think you can now. These two worked for me and Mandrake Update

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 18 April 2004 06:54, robin wrote: snip The best thing the company could do, IMHO, is have someone hang out in this forum, like the much-missed Civileme. /snip I'll second that, indeed. Does anyone here know his whereabouts these days ? - Last I heard he was digging gold (or some

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-17 Thread Dennis Myers
On Saturday 17 April 2004 05:55 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Sunday 18 April 2004 06:54, robin wrote: snip The best thing the company could do, IMHO, is have someone hang out in this forum, like the much-missed Civileme. /snip I'll second that, indeed. Does anyone here know his

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 18 April 2004 01:57, Dennis Myers wrote: On Saturday 17 April 2004 05:55 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Sunday 18 April 2004 06:54, robin wrote: snip The best thing the company could do, IMHO, is have someone hang out in this forum, like the much-missed Civileme. /snip

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-15 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 15 April 2004 05:17, David E. Fox wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 04:08:00 -0400 robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whatever sources I use, I get a curl error message. I live in hope ... Are you using the structures for instance on

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-14 Thread RichardA
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 04:08:00 -0400, robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RichardA wrote: Different update sites seem to have different structures. Also, the Mandrake Club mirrors page doesn't seem to work. What's going on? Which sites are up to date? Wasn't this meant to be fixed by today?

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-14 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 14 April 2004 08:21, RichardA wrote: There are some very angry people on the forums, and I don't blame them. Frustrated, definitely. No one expects Mandrake to actually communicate to their customers, even before a major

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-14 Thread PM
On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 13:12, Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 14 April 2004 08:21, RichardA wrote: There are some very angry people on the forums, and I don't blame them. Frustrated, definitely. No one expects Mandrake to actually

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-14 Thread Alan Dunford
On Wednesday 14 Apr 2004 04:28, Aron Smith wrote: On Tuesday 13 April 2004 08:31 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 04:08:00 -0400 robin disseminated the following: Are the main sources Distribution, Updates and Contrib? If so, where in the new structure are they? Whatever

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-14 Thread John Wilson
On April 14, 2004 03:12 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 14 April 2004 08:21, RichardA wrote: snip No one expects Mandrake to actually communicate to their customers, even before a major restructure of the mirrors, but it seems they all went home for Easter withour fixing it. So much

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-14 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 14 April 2004 15:31, John Wilson wrote: What could have happened was that Mandrake (generic :-) ) could have done some testing of fixes over the weekend, announced that, and then they'd be in a position to have the fixes up and

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-14 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Wednesday 14 April 2004 09:31, John Wilson wrote: On April 14, 2004 03:12 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 14 April 2004 08:21, RichardA wrote: snip No one expects Mandrake to actually communicate to their customers, even before a major restructure of the mirrors, but it seems

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-14 Thread RichardA
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:12:15 +0100, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 14 April 2004 08:21, RichardA wrote: There are some very angry people on the forums, and I don't blame them. Frustrated, definitely. Angry. No one

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-14 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 14 April 2004 20:46, RichardA wrote: snip Mandrake is a great distro -- which is why we're all here -- but the company... /snip Well friends, I just noticed that at least one mirror (proxad) now is updated to 10.0 and running at full speed. I'll take the liberty to attach my

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-14 Thread John Wilson
On April 14, 2004 10:23 am, Hoyt Bailey wrote: do something good for the soul...snip more often! :-) Amen. I would just like to add it is especially difficult on us newbies, I havent been able to trust the mirrors for weeks and that has nothing to do with 10. Actually, the mirrors for CE

[newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-13 Thread RichardA
Different update sites seem to have different structures. Also, the Mandrake Club mirrors page doesn't seem to work. What's going on? Which sites are up to date? Wasn't this meant to be fixed by today? Also, how the hell does the new structure work? Everything I read gives different advice. I

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-13 Thread robin
RichardA wrote: Different update sites seem to have different structures. Also, the Mandrake Club mirrors page doesn't seem to work. What's going on? Which sites are up to date? Wasn't this meant to be fixed by today? Also, how the hell does the new structure work? Everything I read gives

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-13 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 04:08:00 -0400 robin disseminated the following: Are the main sources Distribution, Updates and Contrib? If so, where in the new structure are they? Whatever sources I use, I get a curl error message. I live in hope ... ...tried the --wget switch? I bloody hate

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-13 Thread Aron Smith
On Tuesday 13 April 2004 08:31 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 04:08:00 -0400 robin disseminated the following: Are the main sources Distribution, Updates and Contrib? If so, where in the new structure are they? Whatever sources I use, I get a curl error message. I live in hope

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-13 Thread JoeHill
On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 20:28:44 -0700 Aron Smith disseminated the following: ...tried the --wget switch? I bloody hate curl... isn't curling a Canadan sport ;-) Ok, I'm fairly proud to be Canadian, but I *cannot* believe that it could even possibly be an Olympic sport. Have you seen some of

[newbie] urpmi strategies

2004-04-10 Thread Rory
So, I'm just starting to set up urpmi for the first time. Good timing with all the mirrors down, eh? :) I've set up the Updates, as active mirrors seem to exist for them. Is it okay to set up multiple FTP sites for one source? In this case, updates. I'm doing it in hopes that: 1) if one

Re: [newbie] urpmi strategies

2004-04-10 Thread Aron Smith
On Friday 09 April 2004 11:49 pm, Rory wrote: So, I'm just starting to set up urpmi for the first time. Good timing with all the mirrors down, eh? :) I've set up the Updates, as active mirrors seem to exist for them. Is it okay to set up multiple FTP sites for one source? In this case,

Re: [newbie] urpmi strategies

2004-04-10 Thread et
On Saturday 10 April 2004 04:08 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 09 April 2004 11:49 pm, Rory wrote: So, I'm just starting to set up urpmi for the first time. Good timing with all the mirrors down, eh? :) I've set up the Updates, as active mirrors seem to exist for them. Is it okay to

Re: [newbie] urpmi strategies

2004-04-10 Thread Rory
Rory wrote: Secondly, I'm still deciding if I'm going to stay with Stable or Community when the mirrors are back up next week. In the short term, is it prudent just to update everything from stable/official first? Or, will going straight to CE (I'm not going to do cooker) cover

[newbie] URPMI oddity

2004-03-26 Thread Inhabitant of Zion
Hi I keep getting this message whenever I use URPMI: unable to take medium distrib_ftp.club-internet.fr_i586_10.0 into account as no list file [/var/lib/urpmi/list.distrib_ftp.club-internet.fr_i586_10.0] exists I am sure its something benign and unimportant but it annoys me (I'm like that!) and

Re: [newbie] URPMI oddity

2004-03-26 Thread Chuck Mattsen
On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 03:50, Inhabitant of Zion wrote: I keep getting this message whenever I use URPMI: unable to take medium distrib_ftp.club-internet.fr_i586_10.0 into account as no list file [/var/lib/urpmi/list.distrib_ftp.club-internet.fr_i586_10.0] exists I am sure its something

Re: [newbie] URPMI oddity

2004-03-26 Thread bascule
well either you have specified the hdlist file for that source as being /var/lib/urpmi/list.distrib_ftp.club-internet.fr_i586_10.0 or more likely whatever location you have specified the hdlist file as having doesn't exist, these files have to be generated, whenever the source repository is

Re: [newbie] urpmi command question

2004-03-18 Thread Alaa The Great
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:33:44 -0800 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 17 March 2004 04:33 pm, Florian Ahlers wrote: Hi everybody: Which command option do I have to use to get more information on a package using urpmi?

Re: [newbie] urpmi command question

2004-03-18 Thread Alaa The Great
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:33:44 -0800 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 17 March 2004 04:33 pm, Florian Ahlers wrote: Hi everybody: Which command option do I have to use to get more information on a package using urpmi?

[newbie] urpmi command question

2004-03-17 Thread Florian Ahlers
Hi everybody: Which command option do I have to use to get more information on a package using urpmi? For example: urpmi XX octave to get detailed information on the octave package like version or the information shown within rpmdrake. thanks in advance Florian Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] urpmi command question

2004-03-17 Thread Aron Smith
On Wednesday 17 March 2004 04:33 pm, Florian Ahlers wrote: Hi everybody: Which command option do I have to use to get more information on a package using urpmi? For example: urpmi XX octave to get detailed information on the octave package like version or the information shown within

Re: [newbie] urpmi command question

2004-03-17 Thread Greg Meyer
On Wednesday 17 March 2004 07:33 pm, Florian Ahlers wrote: Hi everybody: Which command option do I have to use to get more information on a package using urpmi? For example: urpmi XX octave to get detailed information on the octave package like version or the information shown within

[newbie] urpmi database locked

2004-03-13 Thread Tim Martin
I was downloading the mandrake update list and lost my internet connection. Now when I use urpmi it says that my database is locked. Does anyone know how to unlock it? Tim Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] urpmi database locked

2004-03-13 Thread Marc Resnick
Tim Martin wrote: I was downloading the mandrake update list and lost my internet connection. Now when I use urpmi it says that my database is locked. Does anyone know how to unlock it? Tim Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] urpmi database locked

2004-03-13 Thread Jerry
On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 09:39:06 -0700 Tim Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was downloading the mandrake update list and lost my internet connection. Now when I use urpmi it says that my database is locked. Does anyone know how to unlock it? Tim rm /var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK and rm

Re: [newbie] 'URPMI auto-select' while logged in to KDE?

2004-03-12 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Saturday 06 March 2004 1:02 pm, Thinker pondered and enlightened us with: I am following the advice given by Derek Jennings for updating 10.0rc1 to full 10.0 release status. My question, before I 'urpmi --auto-select' is this.. I am currently logged in to KDE and I am sure several other

Re: [newbie] 'URPMI auto-select' while logged in to KDE?

2004-03-07 Thread Troy Thomas Hall
Greg Meyer wrote: I do it in runlevel 5 all the time from the command line. Log out of KDE and then when you see th egraphical login greeter, hit ctrl-alt-F1 to get to a console and do your urpmi --auto-select from there. When done, hit alt-F7 to get back to the greeter. Restart the xserver

Re: [newbie] 'URPMI auto-select' while logged in to KDE?

2004-03-07 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 07 March 2004 12:50 pm, Troy Thomas Hall wrote: Is this documented somewhere?  I never knew before how to get to console from the graphical greeter.  Maybe this should be in Twiki? This is a very basic feature of Linux nad has been in exitence since forever. maybe it is so basic

Re: [newbie] 'URPMI auto-select' while logged in to KDE?

2004-03-07 Thread Troy Thomas Hall
Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 07 March 2004 12:50 pm, Troy Thomas Hall wrote: Is this documented somewhere? I never knew before how to get to console from the graphical greeter. Maybe this should be in Twiki? This is a very basic feature of Linux nad has been in exitence since forever. maybe

[newbie] 'URPMI auto-select' while logged in to KDE?

2004-03-06 Thread Thinker
I am following the advice given by Derek Jennings for updating 10.0rc1 to full 10.0 release status. My question, before I 'urpmi --auto-select' is this.. I am currently logged in to KDE and I am sure several other things are running. Should I get out of KDE and stop what services I can BEFORE

Re: [newbie] 'URPMI auto-select' while logged in to KDE?

2004-03-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 06 March 2004 04:02 pm, Thinker wrote: I am following the advice given by Derek Jennings for updating 10.0rc1 to full 10.0 release status. My question, before I 'urpmi --auto-select' is this.. I am currently logged in to KDE and I am sure several other things are running. Should

Re: [newbie] 'URPMI auto-select' while logged in to KDE?

2004-03-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 06 Mar 2004 21:02, Thinker wrote: I am following the advice given by Derek Jennings for updating 10.0rc1 to full 10.0 release status. My question, before I 'urpmi --auto-select' is this.. I am currently logged in to KDE and I am sure several other things are running. Should I

RE: [newbie] Urpmi Strange Behavour

2004-02-12 Thread Tony S. Sykes
When I see this normally it is due to the site's being slow/down. Can you view it in a browser? Tony. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Aron Smith Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 6:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Urpmi Strange

Re: [newbie] Urpmi Strange Behavour

2004-02-12 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 12 February 2004 06:19, Aron Smith wrote: examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.contrib.cz] for a Lng time It sounds as though you have the same contrib mirror as I did. Try removing it and selecting another mirror. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302

[newbie] Urpmi Strange Behavour

2004-02-11 Thread Aron Smith
When I try to do a urpmi .update -a it hangs like this [EMAIL PROTECTED] aron]$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aron]# urpmi.update -a computing md5sum of existing source hdlist (or synthesis) examining MD5SUM file examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.main.cz] computing md5sum

Re: [newbie] urpmi hdlists

2004-02-08 Thread Johan
Hi, Do you perform the following sequence..if not...your local list will be the date you added the link...this is my setup..scripts I use.. This one only once...unless you lost your list-media... su - -c urpmi.addmedia --update iscoza

Re: [newbie] urpmi hdlists

2004-02-08 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 14:23:56 +0200 Johan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Thanks, Johan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] urpmi inconsistency

2004-02-08 Thread Ayoub890
Hi, At first attempt at installing package_A directly thus: urpmi package_A gave me a message saying package_A had bad signature and stopped without installing it. When I installed package_B, which happens to depend on package_A thus: urpmi --auto package_B I got these lines: The following

Re: [newbie] urpmi addmedia question

2004-01-18 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 18 January 2004 00:44, Mike Adolf wrote: Did a urpmi.addmedia contrib ftp://ftp... and got the error - retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of contrib... ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/Mandrake-linux/Mandrake/9.1/i586/Mandrak e/base/hdlist2.cz

Re: [newbie] urpmi addmedia question

2004-01-18 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:44:05 -0700 Mike Adolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did a urpmi.addmedia contrib ftp://ftp... and got the error - retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of contrib...

[newbie] urpmi addmedia question

2004-01-17 Thread Mike Adolf
Did a urpmi.addmedia contrib ftp://ftp... and got the error - retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of contrib... ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/Mandrake-linux/Mandrake/9.1/i586/Mandrake/base/hdlist2.cz ...retrieving failed: curl failed: exited with 9 or signal 0

Re: [newbie] urpmi addmedia question

2004-01-17 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 18 Jan 2004 12:44 am, Mike Adolf wrote: Did a urpmi.addmedia contrib ftp://ftp... and got the error - retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of contrib... ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/Mandrake-linux/Mandrake/9.1/i586/Mandrake/base/h dlist2.cz ...retrieving

Re: [newbie] urpmi/rpm error

2004-01-13 Thread Joseph
On Monday 12 January 2004 07:39 pm, Portal Chris wrote: Hi All, I tried searching the archives for something relevant but didn't come up with anything useful. Trying to update the kernel with a recently obtained RPM, I get the following messages: # urpmi kernel rpmdb:

RE: [newbie] urpmi/rpm error, long error listing

2004-01-13 Thread Portal Chris
. package unzip-5.50-9mdk.i586 is not found. package cpio-2.5-4mdk.i586 is not found. unable to get source packages, aborting [kernel]# logout -Original Message- From: Joseph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 11:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] urpmi/rpm

[newbie] urpmi/rpm error

2004-01-12 Thread Portal Chris
Hi All, I tried searching the archives for something relevant but didn't come up with anything useful. Trying to update the kernel with a recently obtained RPM, I get the following messages: # urpmi kernel rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Packages: unsupported hash version: 8 Can't call method traverse_tag

Re: [newbie] urpmi: everything already installed - NOT

2004-01-11 Thread Warren Post
El vie, 09-01-2004 a las 09:39, Anne Wilson escribió: Warren - this was a well-publicised problem with 8.2. The fix was simple, though I can't remember it. It was described on the 8.2 Errata page, and I think it's still available. Actually, it was a problem with 9.0:

Re: [newbie] urpmi question

2004-01-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 10 January 2004 01:40, Eric Huff wrote: problem - only it's too late to start that tonight. are you across the country or something hehe its only 3 pm here She's al the way across the pond... Right :-) UK, and it was around 10pm. I'm not a night-bird, and I don't think

Re: [newbie] urpmi question

2004-01-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 09 January 2004 21:57, JoeHill wrote: On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 21:38:29 + Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] anne]# urpmi awesfx Please insert the medium named Installation CD1 (x86) (cdrom1) on device [/dev/scd0] Press Enter when ready... cp: reading

Re: [newbie] urpmi: everything already installed - NOT

2004-01-10 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 09 January 2004 03:06 pm, Aron Smith wrote: On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 07:51, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday 08 January 2004 10:12 pm, Aron Smith wrote: Any way, next time I will use urpmi.update. I like it better myself. I just pulled a dummy ..I did an easy urpmi but

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