New Install - Networking OK but cant cnage media sources

[layland]

Hi..
Beautiful distro and easy install BUT with my networking is functioning as expected from the control center I choose to configure media sources and it will not contact anything just sits there.
As a result I cannot install any software or updates. I'm not sure how to proceed from here. Once this is resolved I think I'll be a very happy camper. If anybody can give me a clue as to where to go next I'd appreciate the help. Thank You....

[Germ]

Even with the network configured, I've always had to put in my password and tell it to connect the first time. Do you have a network icon on the taskbar by the clock?

Which DE are you running?

[layland]

Running KDE Plasma, and yes I opened a terminal window and can ping Mageia.org, then opened Firefox and was able to browse anywhere I wanted to go....
Upon install, it says the network connection passes the test, next tries to contact Mageia Website to get the list of available mirrors... and hangs there...

[benmc]

Hello layland and welcome to Mageia.

sorry there is a hiccup.

anyway have a look here => viewtopic.php?f=36&t=4231.
read especially the 1st linked entry in the first paragraph, ( https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Software_management ) and find the sub heading : Choosing a specific media source.

then have look here => https://mirrors.mageia.org/

you can manually add a repo, using the info from the mirrors.mageia page e.g. (as root)

Code: Select all

urpmi.removemedia -a
urpmi.addmedia --distrib 'ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/mageia/distrib/$VERSION/$ARCH'

let us know how you get on.

regards

[layland]

I appreciate your time and effort in trying to help.
I tried the above in a terminal window and the result was :
unable to access the distribution medium (no media.cfg file found_ unable to add medium

[layland]

Found the solution here.
The solution is posted here: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8788
Running urpmi.addmedia --distrib --wget 'ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/$RELEASE/$ARCH' fixes the issue.
Please add an official distribution meda in the base box. If someone wants to opt out of it, they can remove/replace it. "principle of least surprise" and all..

Thank You !!!

[morgano]

Maybe you like me and some others need to switch to using wget generally to fetch updates
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_8_Err ... g_software

When everything works, default media sources are supposed to be set up and just work.