XavierP

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Because if we keep stickying things like this, useful as they are, pretty soon the members will be complaining that first page has no new threads, only stickied ones. It will still be available via the Search function though.

sgrayban

Then is there another place here this can be posted?

XavierP

I'm glad you asked The Linux Links page could be the place you need - probably the best place is under the "Software" heading.

sgrayban

Ok I added it there. To bad we dont have something like a hints file that everyone can see. Or even a random tip that is displayed when you change pages. It could have been posted there as well.

XavierP

Sounds like a Website Suggestion to me - if I were you, I'd start a thread in WS&F and suggest it to Jeremy.

sgrayban

I tried adding it to my bookmarks also but there is still some issue/bug with making bookmarks.

I'll make a suggestion too.

Magnex15

This post is OT,
but:

I can do to reach 5 posts?
Thank you.

sgrayban

What's that again?

mhearne

Around mid-December 2004, the zarb.org site announced they weren't going to be supporting the urpmi page anymore. However, here is a list of alternative sites that you can use:

http://urpmi-addmedia.org
http://www.ianmacgregor.net/addmedia
http://www.linuxfordummies.org/addmedia/

A good program to run from the cli is 'urpmi.setup' available here: http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrak...dk.noarch.html

It's a mdk-9.2 script, but it works just fine on my mdk-10.1 machine. It's best for updating sources that you already have, and getting rid of bad rpms, in case you have a local installation directory, or use local ftp install.

The reason that I mention urpmi.setup is because when you update using mcc, and there is a problem, the program just quits without giving you any information.

HTH,

Michael

XavierP

The site is live, so this thread is unstickied. Thank you all for your contributions.

sgrayban

I still can't use the bookmarks here.

It just wont let me post any links in it.

And the Linux link that I submitted to wasn't posted. Either because no moderator has looked there or just deleted it.

Can't contribute when things like this happen when trying to make sticky links.

SkinnerJack

Use this simple test.

Go to ANY EasyURPMI mirror.

Set up selection criteria beginning with Mandrake 9.2 (you'll notice it shows 10.1 when you go into the page) and i586. Then pick ANY update site for ANY category and hit the button.

You will get a result, sure, but it will be for 10.1 software! If you then do the usual urpmi commandline technique for updating everything, you'll end up with 10.1 software and a VERY munged up machine!