camorri Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 I'm trying to do an upgrade on a 64 bit system from 2010 to Spring 2010.1. I'm trying to do it command line, with these instructions. http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2010.1_Notes#Upgrade_using_the_CLI.2C_urpmi I get the following errors. Unable to add medium, errors reported: retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/main/release/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "Main" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/main/updates/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "Main Updates" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/i586/media/main/release/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "Main32" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/i586/media/main/updates/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "Main32 Updates" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/main/testing/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "Main Testing" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/main/backports/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "Main Backports" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/debug_main/backports/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "Main Backports debug" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/contrib/testing/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "Contrib Testing" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/contrib/backports/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "Contrib Backports" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/debug_contrib/release/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "Contrib debug" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/debug_contrib/updates/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "Contrib Updates debug" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/debug_contrib/testing/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "Contrib Testing debug" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/debug_contrib/backports/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "Contrib Backports debug" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/non-free/release/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "Non-free" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/non-free/updates/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "Non-free Updates" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/non-free/backports/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "Non-free Backports" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/debug_non-free/release/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "debug_non-free_release" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/debug_non-free/updates/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "debug_non-free_updates" retrieval of [ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/debug_non-free/backports/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) problem reading synthesis file of medium "debug_non-free_backports" I don't understand what is failing, or how to fix it. Any one have some suggestions? I see the md5sum mismatches. How do I fix this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camorri Posted August 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 Update : I changed to wget in MCC, removed the old repos, and was able to get the list files to download. I ran the upgrade, it ran for several hours, about five in total. Update: Ran XFdrake and got the nvidia driver installed. KDE won't load properly, Plasma errors. XFCE loads and gives me a working desktop. I'm installing some 700 updates right now. On reboot, it appears the proprietary Nvidia drivers did not get installed. The x server starts, but with a blank screen. I'll see if I can find out how to install them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 (edited) When installing 2010-Spring, to be able to install the nvidia drivers you need to place a tick in the non-free line in MCC software handler. In prior versions of Mandriva that was not necessary. Cheers. John. Edited August 14, 2010 by AussieJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camorri Posted August 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 John, Thank-you for the information. I did get the Nvidia drivers loaded. I ran XFdrake from the command line, and got a prompt from it, asking if I wanted to install the propriety driver for my hardware. I said yes, and the Nvidia rpms got installed. That got me a desktop on XFCE. KDE would not load completely. While doing some testing, I got the red spot on the bottom of the screen. I had almost 800 rpms to update. I let that run, and when completed I have running system, including KDE. There are still a few minor problems, but nothing I can not solve. Once again, thank-you for your input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 No problem, Camorri. I am glad it helped you out. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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