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I have installed Mageia 5 on two desktops and overall the process was smooth. However, each time on first bootup, the system tries to contact media over internet and downloads some files. I found that a little irritating and would have liked installation to finish quickly from the DVD. At least an option should be provided so that the user can choose to download at this stage or not.

rmag wrote:However, each time on first bootup, the system tries to contact media over internet and downloads some files.

You mean after the installation has finished? That is normal, with default settings after 5 minutes the system is checking for updates.

During installation you have the choice whether to install updates or not: http://doc.mageia.org/installer/5/en/co ... dates.html
If you see something different, then please be more specific when that happens and what media you used to install.

After installation has finished from DVD, the computer is rebooted- first console output is there, then graphic screen starts- at this time the system downlods many files from the internet- I think they have .cz extension (do not remember properly). This occurs on graphics screen with a message box in center showing files being fetched- before KDE screen appears.

It was taking some time so I removed the network cable from computer. Then the installation finished and the system is working fine. But there is one problem with this installation: whenever I install a package or update the system, after downloading packages there is often a message: "some packages have bad signature- should continue to install? Yes/No". I select yes each time and there is no further problem. But how can I avoid this bad signature message from coming?

Following are the repositories being used:

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# urpmq --list-media active --list-url
Live Core /var/local/mga_rpms/core
Live Nonfree /var/local/mga_rpms/nonfree
Core Release https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/core/release
Core Updates https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/core/updates
Nonfree Release https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release
Nonfree Updates https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/updates


What DVD did you use, the classic installation DVD or one of the LiveDVD variants?
Let's first try to clear that issue up, afterwards we can have a look at the signature issue.

It was liveDVD but I chose installation at bootup only.

rmag,
What you see is normal. Mageia loads the information from repositories to have the list of packages you will be able to use.
http://docteam.mageia.nl/en/draklive/co ... eboot.html

As you interrupted this process, you have to clean your sources and reinstalled them properly. It's easy.
Go to the screen in MCC, select all media and delete them. Then "Add", and choose a mirror.
https://doc.mageia.org/mcc/5/en/content ... media.html

I'm not sure what's causing the bad signatures. Either the signing key did not get installed properly, due to the interruption of adding the online repositories, or the mirror may have corrupted packages.

At this point, I would do the following (as root)
# urpmi.removemedia -a
# drakrpm-edit-media

In the edit-media dialog select File, then Add a specific media mirror. Let it contact mageia.org to get a list of the available mirrors, then
select the mirror you want to use, and let it finish adding all of the repositories. After it has the repositories downloaded, ensure
the Core Release, Core Updates, Nonfree Release, Nonfree Updates, Tainted Release, and Tainted Updates repositories are all enabled.
On a 64 bit system, also enable the Core 32bit Release, Core 32bit Updates, Nonfree 32bit Release, Nonfree 32bit Updates, Tainted 32bit
Release, and Tainted 32 bit Updates.

Click on the Ok tab, then as root run
# urpmi --auto-select

Please post back to indicate if there are still problems with unsigned packages.

Thanks. I will try it ASAP and post back the feedback.

My humble suggestion is that this download (http://docteam.mageia.nl/en/draklive/co ... boot.html#) may be avoided at this early stage and system started quickly. At this stage, the user is waiting anxiously for the newly installed system to start after a long installation process. No option is given to the user regarding this nor any information about how many files will be downloaded and what is the approximate size of these together. There is no cancel button. There is also no progress bar shown while downloading the media and the user does not know how long will it take. The user is also not sure if the process will get stuck if the network goes down due to any reason. The downloading media process may be done later, either automatically or when the user tries to update the system or install any further software.

rmag wrote:My humble suggestion is that this download (http://docteam.mageia.nl/en/draklive/co ... boot.html#) may be avoided at this early stage and system started quickly.

I also think that's a bad idea, as normally this should happen when the desktop is running when this can be done in the background.

Although, as a sidenote - this only happens when you install from the LiveDVDs.