good plan! Add a bit of look/see before the movie :-)<br><br>Go see "Sean". Funny with good refs to scifi movies.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Drifter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drifter@oppositelock.org">drifter@oppositelock.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">I'm thinking (always dangerous, I know): I should shut down whatever update process is trying to run,</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">then run <yum clean all> followed by <yum upgrade> and go to a movie.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">Sean</p><div><div></div><div class="h5">
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<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">On Wednesday, April 13, 2011 03:33:08 pm Drifter wrote:</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> Jim,</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> I am continuing to scrounge around the dusty recesses of this box. My</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> problem is one program calls another -- and another -- ....</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> I >think< the operative program is /usr/share/PackageKit/pk-upgrade-</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> distro.sh</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> I have no idea what a DOTsh is, but that script points to a Fedora URL.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> When I try to install the rpm I get this:</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> "Package preupgrade-1.1.9-1.fc13.noarch already installed and latest</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> version"</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> and I assume that is what is running. But on each iteration it</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> downloads about 30 MB of data and then barfs. If, indeed, it is</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> working as advertised and picking up where it left off, then it has</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> downloaded more than a half gig of data so far.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> Sean</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> </p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> On Wednesday, April 13, 2011 03:04:13 pm Jim Kinney wrote:</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > You need to install preupgrade.noarch.rpm. Try the manual route : yum</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > install preupgrade</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > You are getting the notices on an F13 box since F15 is nearing beta.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > Note: I did an upgrade run from F13 -> F14 on several machines with</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > no troubles at all. But I only upgraded AFTER the next version had</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > been out for a few weeks and rpmfusion had caught up with several of</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > my requirements as well (nvidia, wireless nic, audacity-freeworld,</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > etc).</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Drifter <<a href="mailto:drifter@oppositelock.org" target="_blank">drifter@oppositelock.org</a>></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> wrote:</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > Derek,</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > If I were using a CD install, I wouldn't be getting random notices</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > through the system.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > According to top, the program that is running is "preupgrade-gtk.",</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > which seems to not exist on this box!?</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > According to ps what is running is</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > /usr/libexec/packagekitd</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > Sean</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > -- ---------</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > On Wednesday, April 13, 2011 01:53:48 pm Derek Carter wrote:</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > On 4/13/11 1:32 PM, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > This is a FC-13 box.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > Over the last two days I have been getting frequent</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > notifications</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > that a</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > "Distribution upgrade" is available -- to FC 14.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > When I try to download the files I get the message that</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > metadata is</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > being downloaded and then the process starts "Getting installer</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > images..."</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > A few minutes later the whole thing stalls after downloading 10</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > - 20</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > MB with the message that the downloader</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > "failed to download installer data.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > This could be caused by a missing network connection or a bad</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > mirror.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > Retry; Quit"</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > There's nothing wrong with the network connection.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > I can not figure out to point the thing to a local mirror, such</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > as</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">> > > > > the one at GA. Tech.</p>
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