software management freeze

[oldbiddie]

I go to MCC and want to select the full sources . It starts dowloading hdlist and then freezes and asks to terminate.What do I do?

[maat]

first try that :

Open a console then type the following line one by one:
(the first one will ask for root password)

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su -
urpmi --auto-update


and put the result here please

[maat]

Before that the kill command that we gave you here : viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2778&p=20701#p20702

will need to be done

[oldbiddie]

Thanks but I went back to Mageia1. Too much hassle, not enough time

[yankee495]

Thanks but I went back to Mageia1. Too much hassle, not enough time

Sorry to hear that. I had my share of problems with Mageia2 but none that kept me from getting it going.

First X, then network, but after that it is really solid. When I first ran Linux, first time ever...I installed it and played with it to see how long it took to mess it up...not long when you try

Anyway, you may make notes and try again and see what happens. Bad RAM can cause a serious assortment of problems.

You may just have a bad burn of the ISO...I wish you luck.

[oldbiddie]

Thanks. I am back on M2 and things seem to work better now that display can be fixed with the button on the screen.
I still cannot get the sources for updates. I keep getting an error message but I think most things work except Kmail. I can live without it but would like to recuperate some of my mails.