On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:44:05 +0000
Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 28 Nov 2003 10:30 pm, Langsley T Russell wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I'm running 9.2 and when I try to run the update from the
> > control center it tells me that I have at least one selected
> > media but that they are all disabled. When I go to the Software
> > Media Manager as directed to enable the media. They are all
> > marked enabled. I've tried unchecking them one at a time then
> > rechecking them and trying again but I still get the message,
> > that they are all disabled. I've even done a couple of reboots
> > over a couple of days but I still get the same "all
> > disabled"message. What can I do to correct this and get my
> > installation of ML-9.2 updated with the latest patches??
> > TIA
> >
> > LTR }}:{(
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Do you actually have an 'update' media defined?
>
> Go here http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php and follow the
> instructions to add an 'update' media source. While you are there
> add a source for 'plf' and 'contrib' as well and you will be able
> to install 100's of cool extra applications online.
>
> Note: Do *not* do what it says about " urpmi.removemedia -a" or
> else you will lose your CD sources.
>
> Note: The web page will give you a command to copy and paste into
> a terminal window. The window has to be a 'root' window. Type 'su'
> in a regular terminal window to become root.
> Copy/paste in Linux is mouse highlight/wheel click
>
> Note: If you do not want to use the command line install the
> urpmi.update package from your CDs using the Mandrake Software
> manager. Then run urpmi.update and a nice little GUI will guide
> you through adding sources.
>
> HTH
>
> derek
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Curious what the advantage of keeping the CD sources might be?
Lee
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