I saw something on /. the other day about some code that could crash machines running the 2.6 kernel so thought I had nothing to lose and potentially something to gain.
I'm motivated by needing to learn all this stuff before having increased confidence in my own ability to run linux "full time" or close to it, on my main home machine. Up until recently, anything with "compile" or "kernel" in the instructions, I ignored. Time for a new thread . . . Roger -----Original Message----- From: Chad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 June 2004 10:49 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: no mandrake update updates 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
