Roger Searle wrote: > Thanks for the various replies - seem to be several ways to do this, > anyhow it appears to be set, though as I did a urpmi --update > --auto-select last night, there aren't any updates yet.
Thats fine. > So right now I'm doing an urpmi --update kernel Only worth doing if you want to update the kernel not alot of point if your happy with the current one. If you use a nvidia card or any other special gear that needs the drivers for it compiled you'll need to do. urpmi --update kernel-source As well to get the latest version of the kernel source. If you don't use a nvidia card and don't install any specially drivers theres no real reason to. I personally don't think theres any reason to update the kernel each time unless it fix's a bug that's been affecting you or could effect you. Or if theres a major security flaw found and you computer is accesible from the web or by Randoms. Chad > Should I also do urpmi kernel-source ? Really the question is: Why > should I do this? > > Roger > > Chad wrote: > >Douglas Royds wrote: > >>Hi Roger > >> > >>Read this posting by Chad from 27th May: > >>http://lists.ethernal.org/cantlug-0405/msg00902.html > >>Chad, you might like to put this on the Wiki. > > > >Ok I've added it and expanded on iti. > > > >http://clug.inode.co.nz/index.php/HomePage > > > >Chad > > > >>Further comments in-line below. > >> > >>Douglas. > >> > >>Roger Searle wrote: > >>>Thanks for the replies, in the interim I figured out urpmi from Chad's > >>>recent posting and got 136MB of updates (overnight, dialup), though > >>>I'd still like to get Mandrake Update configured. > >>>In Software Media Manager, there is update_source and updates > >> > >>You only need one update medium configured with urpmi. I'd delete one of > >>them, and set the other to: > >> > >>urpmi.addmedia --update updates > >>ftp://ftp2.jetstreamgames.co.nz/pub/dist/mandrake/official/updates/10.0/R > >>PM S/ with ../base/hdlist.cz > >> > >> > >>This line means that the ftp site named will be added as a special > >>"update" medium called "updates". urpmi knows that some of its media are > >>"update" sources. They have special status, and can be used with the > >>--auto-select option. > >> > >>>and I think I should be able to point them both to > >>>ftp://jetstreamgames, how do these relate to "contrib" and "main", and > >>>are these the correct urls? > >> > >>Contrib provides a wide variety of packages that don't have the official > >>Mandrake smile of approval. This includes some pretty significant > >>applications, such as Audacity. > >> > >>Main is the distribution. You don't need it if you've got the CDs. > >> > >>Yes, your URLs look correct. > >> > >>You will probably also want the PLF, available in Australia, especially > >>if you want to view DVDs: > >> > >>urpmi.addmedia plf ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/plf/mandrake/10.0 with > >>hdlist.cz > >> > >>>Contrib > >>> > >>>ftp://ftp2.jetstreamgames.co.nz/pub/dist/mandrake/official/10.0/contrib/ > >>>i 586/ > >>> > >>>with ../../i586/Mandrake/base/hdlist2.cz > >>> > >>>and > >>>Main > >>>ftp://ftp2.jetstreamgames.co.nz/pub/dist/mandrake/official/10.0/i586/Man > >>>d rake/RPMS/ > >>> > >>>with ../base/hdlist.cz > >>> > >>>Chad wrote: > >>>>Robert Fisher wrote: > >>>>>Try deleting the update source and then adding it again and trying > >>>>>again. > >>>> > >>>>Use Menu > System > Configuration > Packaging > Software Media > >>>>Manager (Or something like that) to delete the update source and any > >>>>other old RPM sources eg the 9.2 CD's. Then save and Run Mandrake > >>>>update. > >>>> > >>>>Chad > >>>> > >>>>>On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 20:16, Roger Searle wrote: > >>>>>>Hi, > >>>>>> > >>>>>>I have just upgraded a machine to Mandrake 10 Official from 9.2. > >>>>>>Prior > >>>>>>to the upgrade, I had applied all the available security updates, but > >>>>>>now that I've upgraded am having some difficulty believing that there > >>>>>>are no updates to 10! > >>>>>> > >>>>>>I am using Mandrake Update gui tool. On selecting one of the mirrors > >>>>>>from the list, I get "There was a problem adding medium. medium > >>>>>>"update_source" already exists". Next message says "the list of > >>>>>>updates > >>>>>>is empty. This means there is no available update for the packages > >>>>>>installed on your computer, or you already installed all of them". > >>>>>>This > >>>>>>last message is what I was getting running pre-upgrade when all > >>>>>>packages > >>>>>>were installed. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>I struck out on google, does anyone know what I should do? > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Roger > >>>>> > >>>>>Robert Fisher > >>>>>(aka - Rob, Bob, Robbie, Robbo, Fish) > >>>>>www.fisher.net.nz > >>>>> > >>>>>BOFH Excuse #359: > >>>>> > >>>>>YOU HAVE AN I/O ERROR -> Incompetent Operator error
