Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4570 mails)

["Kai Ponte" <kai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm new to Suse (and Linux, for that matter) and was trying to follow
> this great set of instructions to add support for things like Windows
> media file formats.
> http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/178/42/

Welcome to SuSE - the best distro on the block (IMHO).

I'm a newbie too. I've been using it only for about a year and a half
and am still learning much about this very cool linux thingy. 


> 
> I added the following RPM repositories to YAST:
> 
> ftp://packman.unixheads.com/
> mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.0-OSS/inst-source-java
> mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.0-OSS/inst-source
> mirrors.kernel.org/suse/i386/10.0/SUSE-Linux10.0-GM-Extra
> 
> That went fine, but when I opened Software Management in YAST, it said
> "Reading package information..." which I assumed was normal - it has to
> check what's available at the sites I added in order to build the list
> I'll be searching.
> 
> However, it's never gotten beyond that point. I let it go all night and
> all day today, and it's still "Reading package information..." for,

What that means, is that your connection didn't work. It is trying to
update. I dunno about yast - you can't kill it like other processes.
Anyway, all looked good except for the packman one. I found the yast
sources at:

ftp://packman.unixheads.com/suse/10.0/

Try that.


Always try the links in a browser or ftp client prior to actually adding
them as sources.


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