Hello,

Need your invaluable suggestions on the following.

Is there any automatic update utility( like windows-update feature, of the evil empire ) in Mandrake 9.1 ?

I do use red-carpet regularly, but I feel its being very selective in terms of security-updates or to update anything new.

The ftp sites suggessted by the Mandrake update are full 'all the time'.

When ever I start installing something new or want to upgrade, what I've, it breaks because the dependencies are not present there( like gaim or apache or php ).

I'm thinking, is this because I've installed the Mandrake 9.1 downloadable version. Is it so ?

All suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.

- Kramer

Have you found this site for urpmi configuration with varoius servers? I use ibiblio

# Mandrake links
Mandrake home page
Mandrake Users website
Easy urpmi config for Mandrake
urpmi mini-HOWTO
Easy software management: Red Carpet
Maximum RPM
rpmfind
You didn't install the developmental packages? As root, command:
urpmi gcc
An Introduction to the Midnight Commander. You can install it by commanding:
urpmi mc
Midnight Commander home page

Control Center/Configuration/Packaging/Mandrake Update. I have found that if I use "ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/updates/9.1/RPMS" mirror it works. The others doesn't seem to find any updates but this one finds tons of them. Hope you have broadband. I decided to wait on Mandrake 9.2. 24K would take all night and then some.