On Saturday 21 December 2002 06:26 pm, you wrote: > On Saturday 21 December 2002 04:17 pm, Seth Williamson wrote: > > I just installed Mandrake 9.0 on my system today for the first time. > > > > I am puzzled by the behavior of the Mandrake update system. > > > > When I start it, it (seemingly) just sits there for three or four or five > > minutes doing nothing. The first time I tried the update, I thought the > > system had locked up or something and nothing was happening. But > > apparently, it's working, but moving very S-L-O-W-L-Y. > > > > Another two or three minutes elapses between all the other steps of > > determining what packages are needed, contacting the mirror sites, and > > finally downloading and installing the software. The downloads > > themselves seem to proceed at a normal rate for my connection. > > > > Then, once the software is downloaded and installed, I can't seem to kill > > rmpdrake. It just sits there. After it tells me the software was > > installed successfully, and I OK out of that little box, then I hit the > > "quit" button, but the button won't depress, suggesting that the app is > > locked up or just not responding. I have to kill it with xkill. > > > > Is this normal behavior? I don't have a particularly fast > > connection--I'm on dial-up at 56K--but coming from a Debian distro > > (Libranet), the whole thing seems clunky and slow to me, and it strikes > > me as a bad idea that newbies can't tell if the update operation is > > actually moving along, or if it's locked up. > > Not normal behavior, but I can't say what might be wrong. Maybe uninstall > rpmdrake and reinstall it from the CDs? HTH
The upgrade is much more satisfying information-wise when done from terminal. Instead of "sitting there" you can watch all sorts of things happen. Some day I'll understand what's happening, but for the time being, it's just gratifying to know I've not frozen. Lee -- Registered Linux user #223705 Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
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