I just installed Mandrake 10 and there is no option in the menu to install packages or run the update. How do I get those options to appear on the menu, and how do I install packages/update?

And Also, Manrake has setup a 'nobody' account that I cannot access as root. I went to the Users and configured 'nobody' to login with no password, but I am prompted for a password when I select 'nobody' at the KDE login screen. I do not know the password for 'nobody', and being that I did not create that account, I am concerned. What is the password for 'nobody'?

I was ready to submit a thread about that.I have the same problem. I have the rpm update on my menu but I can't install packages beside those on the cd's!! I tried to install them through the konsole using the rpm program but s.thing really wierd happened: I install the package "succesfully" and then when I try to find out if the package is really installed using the "which" program on the konsole it can't find the package!!I have also tried many ways to find out what happens but the results were the same. I think that
the facts lead on one conlusion: we can't nstall other packages.

Have you tried to fix the menu problem from kde control center? When you install new packages, even the cd ones, you have to put them manually on the kmenu (I realised after hours and hours of searching)! I think we should change distribution my friend...

I don't know about v10, but with v9.2, I click on the CD-1 icon on the desktop and it brings up Konqueror in file browser mode. I navigate to the package I want to install, right-click to get the context menu, choose Software Installer, and wah-lah: rpm install from CD. It also checks for and lets you know if it needs to install dependency rpms as well so you don't have to worry about that part either. Pretty cool, huh?

Hope this helps, I'm still fumbling my way through my first ever Linux install but I have installed several rpms already this way.

Cheers!
Ci

You don't update from the menu's. You do it from the control centre. Click on the control centre and then software management.

Mandrake allows you to install from cds' and one online update_source.
You can add a new one but it has to be used on it's own by unchecking the update_source.
All a bit pointless as you only need a single update source.
This is my setup for media manager.

update_source
ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distrib...pdates/9.2/RPMS
../base/hdlist


Installation CD 1 (cdrom 1)
removable://mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS
../../Mandrake/base/hdlist1.cz

Installation CD 2 (cdrom 2)
removable://mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS2


Internationalization CD (cdrom 3)
removable://mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS3
../../Mandrake/base/hdlist3.cz


the second entry works even though it doesn't have a hdlist (bug, feature?).

Not sure about the nobody group, but I think that is just a null group to control access to any servers you have running. It isn't for use at the machine, it is for use by other people when they ftp to your server. Ignore it, by default it has no access to any part of your system so isn't a security problem.
If you are really worried about it run
configuration->other->userconf

ive also had a problem with them damn rpms ive installed it says its installed then i got to find it and cant find the damn thing anywere

If the entries in rpm are wrong, try a rebuild

rpm --rebuilddb

Wow! You have a CD icon on the desktop? I have a CD and DVD and neither has a desktop icon. How do you get that? Even clicking on the CD and DVD drives under mnt doesn't give me access.

I'd really appreciate guidance here.

Right click on your desktop new->cd dvd/rom device

the url should be /mnt/cdrom for the cd and /mnt/cdrom2 for the dvd

Guys with the rpm problems, maybe you're just missing something? Try using rpmdrake to see all the packages that are installed or availabe to be installed.
So starapple, you can not access the contents of your cds?! Is it in Harddrake.
I can tell you how to put a cd icon on your desktop but first I need to know that.