Mandriva 2006 Free updates killed drakconf
 

I originally started with installing Mandriva LE 2005. Somewhere along the way of doing URMPI updates the system started reporting that it had become Mandriva 2006. Since I had a few issues (minor) with 2005, when the opportunity came to actually upgrade (and eventually install) Mandriva 2006 Free I downloaded the iso's and did it.

That seemed OK except when I updated 2006 it killed my” drakconf”. I now can't use the Control Center at all. When I load “rpmdrake”, “drakconf” or even “edit-urpm-source” it takes an inordinate amount of time to request my root password and when the PW is entered the loading eventually times-out and the ap stops loading. All other applications load up s-l-o-w-l-y too.

I have tried removing and installing “drakconf” to no result. I could delete the whole partition and all the files again and it will probably work but as soon as I update this problem will recur (I've done it twice now). My root is on one partition and my home on another thus I don't have "problems" freshly installing the OS except setting preferences again.

If this point is covered in earlier forums please direct me there or give me the correct search phrases 'cause I ain't findn' it.

Jerry

Try the following,
After that, go to easyurpmi and setup the main, contrib, plf and updates repo. Once thats done, do

The only problem now is that my Firefox or Thunderbird won't start and even when I try to get to easyurpmi with Konqueror there is some nutty setting I can't find that makes it try to open the next window with Mozilla. It's very frustrating being a newbei! I haven't had this sort of difficulty since the old Windows 3.1 days!

Well if things are so borked maybe a clean install would be better. Were you using the cooker urpmi repos by any chance because you said your system became 2006 when you did an upgrade?