I have two machines. The home server (AMD-K6-2/450) runc 8.2 currently without any problem. Installing 9.0 RPMDRAKE spends infinit time with nothing, just blocking the CD ROM.
On the other machine PIII/TUALATIM, 1GHz slightly better but still slow and nearly unusable. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] rpmdrake not working > On Thursday 03 Oct 2002 10:58 am, Dale Morris wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I'm having trouble with rpmdrake, when I try to urpmi packages, the > > program hangs and when I try and install packages from graphical > > interface it seems to take forever, although they do eventually install. > > Can anyone explain the reason for this slowness? And tell me what I need > > to do to correct it. Please cc me a copy of email reply to my home > > address.. > > > > thanks in advance > > You do not say if you are using 8.2 or 9.0 ? I think the new rpmdrake in 9.0 > is a backwards step. It is less useful and less robust than the old one. > > However the good news is that the command line urpmi command seems to be > better than in 8.2, and I am finding software installation from the command > line to be quite easy. You also get more information than with the GUI. > For example your delays are almost certainly due to a slow mirror you are > using. You would see that in the command line because you get to see the log > in dialogue, as well as download progress. > > > For a short guide in using urpmi at the command line check out > http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3460&mod e=&order=0&thold=0 > > One thing missing from the new rpmdrake is a way of listing files in a > package. > You can do this at the command line with > urpmf package > > > For a fast mirror try ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/ etc > It is a Spanish mirror and gives lightning fast responses so do not let anyone > know about it. ( Doh!!) > > HTH > > derek > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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