chris z Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 ok...use the easy method! :) first, since i'm not sure what point you're currently at, as root in teminal, do... urpmi.removemedia -a that will ensure that all your rpm sources are banished to the netherworld. next, go the to easy urpmi & follow the instructions there to add new sources. copy & paste the final output from there into your root terminal. let that do it's thing & build your external rpm sources. next, (still as root) type mcc->enter to open up MDK Control Center. click on Software Sources Manager. when that opens, click "add". follow the instructions i posted above for adding your cd sources. MCC->software sources manager->add->removable media before you do that, though, first insert CD1 in your drive (& mount it if necessary). then, do the above steps. it will ask for the source location. just use the browse button & navigate to your cdrom drive that contains the CD. (it should point to something like "removeable://mount/cdrom") choose a name for the source, then click "ok". it will add that source. follow the same procedure for each additional CD. finally, click "add"->"security updates". click the button to "choose a mirror". click "ok". when that's done, click "save & quit". then, you should have everything back in working order. chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiawen Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 Thanks for replying, chris! Unfortunately, though, as I said, doing urpmi.removemedia -a as root gives me the long list of warnings I posted on the previous page. What do I do when that -- and also the long string Steve provided -- doesn't work? Thanks again for any help you can give. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris z Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 in terminal, as root, do the "top" command as i posted above & look for the process urpmi to kill it properly. or, you can do ps -u root & get the same info as "top", but less detailed. if your urpmi database is locked, that means that it's still running & it can't be opened again 'til it's shut down. try either of those commands, kill urpmi, then try adding the sources. sorry, but i gotta get going. if that doesn't help, hopefully somebody else can pick it up from here. :? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiawen Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 Yes! I finally got it to work. I guess I was doing things in the wrong order or something. Thanks again to everyone who helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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