On 2006/11/30 16:13 (GMT+0100) Marcus Meissner apparently typed:
On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 10:12:02AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
I just booted in order to update to the latest factory ftp tree. I opened YaST to check and see which installation source was set, because I already found out that my usual mirror is out of sync.
Couldn't do it. zypp-updater was running and preventing access to the DB. So, I killed zypp-updater and tried again. Now Yast is stuck downloading God only know what files, when all I wanted to know was what installation source was set.
Simply ludicrous software management system.
You are getting progress bars, right?
Sure, little narrow ones that show less than half the URL that I have to keep widening by more than 100% each time they close and reopen. The bigger question is why does anything need to be downloaded just so that I can check to see what my installation source is set to? Also, why didn't the updater quit when I brought it up from the taskbar and selected to quit? Why does it have to lock the database so tight I can't even look at it?
Its likely just your slow network connection.
My network connection is about as fast as a network connection can be. The problem is mirrors in sync are in such short supply that it's pointless to try anywhere but ftp.gwdg.de for factory ftp, which is hopelessly slow nearly always. Now while I was waiting for a response the downloading has halted with this message in a window: ERROR: There were errors when restoring the source configuration. Not all sources are available for configuration. http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-...: Cannot create the installation source. Do you want to immediately remove these sources? Yes No :-( -- "Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven." Matthew 5:12 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org