Re: mirrors.columbia.edu failoure

On Tuesday 12 January 2010 03:23:04 pm Gene Heskett wrote:
> Hey Guys & Gals;
> 
> I am beginning to lose my patience with an mdv-2010-x64 install.
> 
> For weeks now I have been unable to use the package manager rpmdrake that
>  is available in the kde menu's to install anything because its apparently,
>  and regardless of how many times I reload the package lists, superglued to
>  using only mirrors.columbia.edu as the src to pull from.  I just rebooted
>  to it 15 minutes ago, ran it, and refreshed the whole list, but nothing I
>  select to be installed can be installed due to this particular sites
>  apparently permanent failure, and rpmdrakes refusal to go cycle through
>  the rest of the mirrors to find the package I want.
> 
> Right now I have the impression that if yum can do it, why can't rpmdrake?
> 
> Seems like a heckofagoodquestiontome.
> 
> I need detailed instructions as to how I go about blacklisting that site
>  and making it use other mandriva mirrors please.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
I had the exact same problem.
I have no idea why rpmdrake doesn't cycle.
Anyway, I removed all of the media sources from the media manager.
I went to easyurpmi.zarb.org set the options to manual and entered the media 
information in thru the command line in the same manner as in earlier releases 
of Mandriva.
Haven't had a problem since. 
DBW
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