in my case, when i clicked to install package not on disc1, rpmdrake ejected
the first cdrom and promted for the second one (which i dont have). Not seem
to be a bug.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bobby Welch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] problems with drakeconf
>
> Yup .. I experienced the same thing. I believe that it is a bug. In my
> case, the files that I tried to install were not on the main disk (they
were
> on disk 2 .. the extra disk that you can download off the ftp sites).
But,
> rpmdrake never promted me to insert the proper disk. It spun the cd up as
if
> it were going to install the package, paused for a second and then
stopped.
> I thought that it had installed the package but it did not. Rpmdrake
never
> prompted me to insert the proper cd nor did it inform me that the package
> was not installed. On top of that, rpmdrake removed the package from the
> package list that contains the software that is not installed on your
system
> and can be installed. If you exit out of rpmdrake and re-enter the
program,
> the package should show up again in the packages that can be installed
from
> the cd.
> A quick solution:
> Insert the second cdrom (if you have it) and make sure that your package
is
> located on this disk. In a console, enter the following as root:
>
> cd /mnt/cdrom
> rpm -Uvh name_of_package_you_want_to_install.rpm
>
> you should see some info scoll by confirming that the package was
installed.
>
> If you do not have the second disk, do not fear, just dl the package from
> this site: http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/index.html
>
>
> >From: Patrick Erler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: Patrick Erler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: MANDRAKE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: [expert] problems with drakeconf
> >Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 18:29:51 +0200
> >
> >hallo MANDRAKE!
> >
> >when i try to install several packages (for instance kutils or ktoys,
> >there is no pattern to see right now), nothing happens. ps -x after
> >pressing install brings
> >
> > 1762 pts/7 Z 0:00 [urpmi <defunct>]
> >
> >did someone experience this too?
> >
> >
> >
> >PAT
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