On 08/22/2011 02:49 PM, C wrote:
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 07:24, George OLson
wrote: Here are my questions: - what exactly is it downloading from the ftp site?
It's downloading an updated list of *available* apps that can be downloaded and installed.
Ok, now I get it.
- if these are "configured" repositories, doesn't that mean they are already installed on my system?
No, not in the way you're thinking. A configured repository means a repository has been added to the list of available sources that you can install apps from. It does not mean that the repository itself is local on your machine.
Think of a repository like an Application Store. There are many different repositories or stores. Each store can have one or thousands of applications. When you configure a repository, you are only letting YaST know a particular one exists.
Ah! Thanks! That makes sense. Now I understand!
- If so, why does it need to connect to the internet to download something, when these things are already installed?
Because it has to refresh the list of available applications... the applications that are available in the remote repository.
The fact that you're getting errors and time-outs is a problem that needs to be resolved. Did you add a bunch of repositories on your own? Are you connected to the Internet when you try to run the YaST Software Manager? Do you have the installation DVD in a drive when you open the Software Manager? Why are you opening the Software Manager (you say you skip the refresh and get to the screen you need to find packages anyway)? Are you installing apps after skipping the refresh?
C.
Yes, the timeouts are a problem, and I think it is a combination of an inconsistent internet connection, and maybe not having exactly the right driver for my ethernet connection? Sometimes I know it is just the internet, like in the evening, when the whole city here bogs down the bandwidth of the local service. The only reason I think there might be a problem with my ethernet driver also is that when I unplug my cat5 cable and plug it into the plug on my windows laptop, web pages on chrome and firefox "seem" to load faster. I have measured it once or twice going to cnn.com, and I get about a 5-10 second difference, I think. But I realize that is not necessarily a good scientific means of testing, so I am kind of wondering how I would check that. I suppose it could also be something messing up with my firefox installation, which is the browser I usually use. I added few repositories on my own: - nVidia graphics drivers ftp site - google chrome (this seems to have been done automatically when I installed google chrome) - my local downloads directory I have installed apps after skipping the refresh, like audacity and synkron. But others I waited for the refresh to complete, like when I installed the LAME encoder. G -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org