Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
yesterday:YAST2_LOADFTPSERVER="no"
Have set this as "no" yet still do not have the list.
Well you get the list by downloading it. If you turn downloading off,
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YAST2_LOADFTPSERVER="yes"
--> error message, no list of servers, always need to manually enter name of a server. can download patches.
earleir today:
YAST2_LOADFTPSERVER="no" --> error message gone, still no list of servers. can download patches.
now: knowledge of location of /var/lib/YaST2/you/youservers, file absent on desktop machine (don't ask, cause I don't know why) copy file from notebook to desktop (via webmail as networking not sorted on linux yet) --> all working fine now.
Now to add planetmirror...
Thanks very much to everyone who helped, it's great to have a sense of positive progress.
Perhaps the download itself failed and the errorr msg is bogus. Did you check the obvious: you have internet connection, and root can run wget and retrieve files from anonymous ftp servers?
The servers are stored in /var/lib/YaST2/you/youservers but the default list is essentially useless in NZ because all the servers are European. You probably want a server in the USA, but try not to use suse.com. Why don't you use planetmirror in Oz?
services in windows I understand and I can stop/start/restart OK, but in linux I'm at square 1. Is the service in this example "onlineupdate"?
No, thre's nothing you need to restart for YOU because nothing is running permanently. "Service" in Unix means a network service (like smtp, http) which is implemented by a program (daemon) permanently running and listening on the respective port. Obviously if you change the configuration of such a daemon you'll have to make sure it picks up on the change. The details are daemon specific, a restart always works (SuSEconfig before restart!). There are a few other things which are implemented and started the same way as real daemons during system boot, but they don't usually need to be re-run. Details are specific to the service, sorry.
I've just been looking in /etc/init.d and gotta say I'm very confused at this point...
Don't worry. Ignore what you don't understand now, that's what yast is for :)
Volker
