On Saturday 13 September 2003 10:02 am, Thinker wrote:
Thanks Ben. Now I have two questions...
1. Now, after I upgrade to k_deflt 2.4.20-100 is there something special I need to do? Like run SuSEconfig or something else, or is synaptic going to take care of this for me?
Since you're using grub(you are using grub right?) you don't need to reconfigure the boot loader like you did with lilo. Synaptic should give the message ran(or no need to run) mk_initrd. You can run SuSEconfig if you want but it's not necessary. In fact it may change the ownership of some files to root or remove the set uid bit from pppd. I know I always have reset the suid bit on pppd. But I usually run it just to be safe.
2. OK.. I am removing suse-people from my sources.list. I didn't know it was experimental. Now my list looks like this...
rpm ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/ SuSE/8.2-i386 base update-prpm update kde xfree86 mozilla extra usr-local-bin funktronics packman packman-i686 kde3-stable security-prpm security
rpm-src ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/ SuSE/8.2-i386 base update-prpm update kde xfree86 mozilla extra usr-local-bin funktronics packman packman-i686 kde3-stable security-prpm security
Is there anything else that is experimental that I should remove?
I think Ben was saying that you can remove the patch rpm's(prpm). These were a YOU device that made it easier for people on dialup to download the fixes rather than downloading a whole new package. I believe all the prpm improvements are available in a new version of the rpm. (Stuff in update prpm is available in the update's rpms and ...) As to your sources.list, there are actually three mirrors. It may make it faster if you divide your sources.list so you only get a few from each mirror. Here's mine ...(Each commented portion is what I removed) mathematik is the fastest / least used so I have the bigger or more frequently updated things there. You don't need the src but I have them included anyway. rpm ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/ SuSE/8.2-i386 usr-local-bin base kde kde3-stable # update-prpm update xfree86 extra funktronics packman packman-i686 suse-people security-prpm security rpm-src ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/ SuSE/8.2-i386 usr-local-bin base kde kde3-stable # update-prpm update xfree86 extra funktronics packman packman-i686 suse-people security-prpm security rpm ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/ SuSE/8.2-i386 xfree86 extra funktronics packman packman-i686 # usr-local-bin base kde kde3-stable update-prpm update suse-people security-prpm security security-prpm rpm-src ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/ SuSE/8.2-i386 xfree86 extra funktronics packman packman-i686 suse-people # usr-local-bin base kde kde3-stable update-prpm update suse-people security-prpm security security-prpm rpm ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/Linux/MIRROR.suse/apt/ SuSE/8.2-i386 updates security # base kde updates-prpm security-prpm updates-prpm You may want to switch them around a little, this is my first attempt at which mirror to call for each group. I have noticed a vast improvement when I need packages from each mirror. It opens three downloads at a time instead of waiting for gwdg for each package. erlangen is not a full mirror. It only has the packeges listed and those commented out below it. HTH -- Franklin Maurer Using SuSE 8.2 Pro