sjaglin Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 (edited) Hi There, I decided to pay the 20 euros to mandriva and try their kiosk thing and see how it performed. Well so far, please excuse my French, c est d'la merde en barre! I have a mdv 2006 free edition updated weekly and I just updated it. It all run perfectly. I downloaded and installed the 4 rpms mdv advised to install prior to start usinf the kiosk. I paid the bill. I signed in. So far so good (mainly for the paying bit which went all very fast!!) Now if I try to install any of the packages I get : " trying to select non-existent medium" Has any one any idea how to solve that? If I want some help from mdv, have I got to use the "pay as yoy go" mandriva experts? Thanks for the help! LINK : http://kiosk.mandriva.com/ STef :D Edited May 24, 2006 by sjaglin@yahoo.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaglin Posted May 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 No one has used kiosk???? Did I waste £20??? :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 I read about it yesterday and I thought it sounded really cool. But then I found out you had to pay and I thought I didn't really need it that much :P This doesn't mean I mind paying for stuff, I will buy it if I feel I need it. I would have thought if you bought it, you should be able to obtain free support for it. Unfortunately, as I've not used it, I can't help you with your question :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uralmasha Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 you will probably get better responce at madrivaclub forum, as that's the place where official mandriva guys reside: Madrivaclub forums start page They also have french-speaking threads :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaglin Posted May 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Hi Ian, Fair enough, I dropped 2 messages a couple ago on their general support site and still no answer, so so far I would say don't bother buying it. I will keep the site updated on my progresses... Stef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaglin Posted May 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 see my post on http://forum.mandrivaclub.com/viewtopic.php?p=227447#227447 Stef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaglin Posted June 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 Hi there, For all of you who , like me , are having problems with kiosk, I just keep this feed alive, news are at that link : http://forum.mandrivaclub.com/viewtopic.php?p=229855#229855 News being that kiosk does not work for most people and that despite emails to Mandriva you will not get (or little) support. They apparently are having some kind of server problems. Stef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sunra Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 (edited) Dear Stef You should have read the instructions 1. You need a fully updated Mandriva Linux 2006.0 (Official) distribution. It is obvious that Kiosk ONLY works with the Official 2006 edition But there's a workaround so that it goes just fine with the free edition too: Just open /etc/mandriva-release with a text editor (you have to su, sudo or be root ofcourse) and change it to Mandriva Linux release 2006.0 (Official) for i586 if you have the x32 edition then just go to d/l the bundle and let me know if everything works For all the Club members I have asked, it worked just fine PS I don't work for Mandriva, I just hate it when FUD is spread Edited June 10, 2006 by spinynorman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sunra Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 Nice emoticon, I see that you are a headbanger, lol Keep On keeping On :-; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaglin Posted June 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Hi! Making some (little) progress with kiosk, please refer to the link below.... http://forum.mandrivaclub.com/viewtopic.ph...er=asc&start=25 Stef ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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