At 18:33 20.12.2001 -0500, you wrote: >On Thursday 20 December 2001 18:21, you wrote: > > At 21:47 20.12.2001 +0000, you wrote: > > > > > > hi derek, > > > > > > 1) why the hell is the window which lists all the updates so SMALL ? > > > > on my screen the list of all the updates is about 2cm in height - > > > > with scrolling arrows next to it. > > > > its not possible to resize the list - to see more packages at one > > > > time, so there are only about 5-8 visible at a time. > > > > this is really annoying. > > > > > >True the default window size is small, but if you grab that little grey > > > box at the bottom right of the window you can drag it out and resize it. > > > > i can drag the overall window ? - but not the small list of packages ? > > hmm....i will give this a try.... > > > > > > 2) i choose the packages that i want upgraded - and it begins to search > > > > for the packages - after a while it replies "an error > > > > occured while fetching package xxxxx" > > > > > >Yes that seems to happen. Some mirrors seem to be considerably worse than > > >others. sourceforge for example has always given me trouble in that > > > respect. Since I switched to sunite.se, I have had no trouble. > > > > yes i thought of that too and tried mirrors in austria, germany, france and > > the sunsite mirror u spoke of. > > the only package which i was able to download was the mozilla upgrade - > > nothing else worked. > > > > > > despite of this mandrake-update isnt able to fetch the file - this > > > > SUCKS ! 3) sometimes i am not able to start mandrake-update at all - it > > > > loads partially - leaving me with a grey main-window > > > > > >I find just getting a few files at a time has more chance of success than > > > a mega upgrade. > > > > u r right - but i didnt do a mega-upgrade. > > for example i tried to upgrade samba-client and server - and > > mandrake-update came up with a bunch > > of about 8 packages which the samba packages were depending on. > > i also tried to select just single packages - which didnt work too....i > > think the mandrake-update app > > is simply not ready for use....... > > > > > > another thing i hate about the "desktop"-linux is that there is no > > > > browser that can view websites properly. > > > > regardless which fonts/font-size/browser i use - i always get > > > > bad-looking fonts - not so smooth like ms-ie shows. > > > > > >Well my fonts look terrific, on my desktop and in all my browsers, > > > Konqeuror, Opera, and Galeon, and I wonder why yours does not. > > > > > > One thing might be worth checking. If you open kde Control > > >Center>LookNFeel>Fonts > > >Open up the drop down list of fonts. If you do not see adobe-helvetica, > > > and mdk-helvetica in that list, then you may be suffering from a KDE > > > 'bug' I had myself recently. The symptoms would be really ugly fonts, and > > > the font appearance would improve if I disabled alti-aliasing in kde. > > > > > >Could it be a video card deficiency? My fonts look great in all 3 of my > > >computers, one with Geforce256, one with Geforce2MX, and the 3rd a crummy > > > old laptop with heaven knows what graphics chip. > > > > hmm-.....i use a geforce2 pro - and it was recognized by the > > mandrake-installer with no probs... > > > > >HTH > > > > > >derek > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >Just thought I would jump in here, if you are using a 56K modem the downloads >on the Mandrake update sites can take quite some time.
ehm -no, i am using a 512 kbit adsl line - so that should be no prob. > And the box will be >grey with nothing on it for a while, until it gets enough data transfered or >until the transfer starts. hmmm - it doenst look like that - its simply frozen.... > I have been on some sites that I waited for up to >10 minutes before I got an indication of a download occurring. So, I guess >what I am saying is try it again and let it sit there for what you begin to >feel is an unreasonable amount of time because the servers seem to be slow. well - i dont have to wait that long - because it tells me that it cant download the packages after about 2-3 mins.... the grey window i spoke before comes up when i initially start the application -not the download..... --quay >-- >Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
