Re: [SLE] Still cannot update beyond original KDE3.3--Exhausted and Depressed
From: Joe Morris (NTM) (Joe_Morris_at_ntm.org)
Date: 03/13/05
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Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 13:54:22 -0600 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Andy Yankovich wrote:
>I truly thank you, Joe. But exactly HOW do I "add the Path to the
>supplementary kde directory in installation source"?
>
>
Open Yast (enter your root password at the prompt), Click on Software,
Change Source of Installation. Then click Add, and choose http. On the
first field, enter ftp.ale.org and put
pub/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_9.2/yast-source on the second
field and choose OK.
>Do I do this thru a terminal or thru YaSt2?
Yast2.
>Is there an exact command
>I must write in somewhere?
No, just correct paths to the yast source.
>I do not understand what you're telling
>me to do.
>
>
If you copied/pasted what I told you to put in the fields, it should
have added this source. Single click on it and then click up til it is
at the top. Then click Finish. That should put you back at Yast,
Software. Now click on the System Update icon.
>Part 2 of my frustration: I read everything I could find on how to
>"mount" my DVD-CD Rom and my RW-CD. I *think* I figured out allbut
>the last part - what to type in for the file destination.
Are your DVDs / cds not automounting? Is the SuSE Hardware Tool
starting (looks like a PC Card)? It should automatically start
konqueror in the newly mounted cd/dvd directory.
>I read that
>'mounting' is to "mount something to somewhere". I have no idea to
>where I am "mounting" my two devices.
>
Which 2 devices? This can be discovered by looking at /etc/fstab. man
fstab gives you info to understand the format of the file. Mount mean
to attach the contents of the disks to the existing filesystem. The
mount point is the directory in the filesystem you will attach those
contents. If a disk is not mounted, the directory will be empty. In
9.2, DVD and CD drives will be automounted using the subfs filesystem.
This is program/kernel module that autosenses what is inserted and
automounts the "contents" to the appropriate directory (as determined by
/etc/fstab) with the correct filesystem (i.e. ISO9660). It is also
supposed to auto unmount it when you are not using it allowing you to
remove the device "contents" from the filesystem safely.
>Could you also please tell me who to finish (and maybe also start) th
>mount process.
You can enter mount in a terminal to examine what is mounted on your
system, and with what parameters, and to where.
> Like perhaps give the the exact command and where to
>type the command.
You probably will not be able to mount as a regular user (depends on
your fstab files options for a particular device. An example command
would be mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom. See man mount for
more in depth instruction.
>I've been (trying to) using Linux for three weeks
>but if I can never get my CD reader and CD-RW drives working, i have
>to go back to that other OS.
>
It should be happening automatically, even in this OS. [BTW, you are
free to use whatever you want. If you want to learn how to control your
computer, use Linux and expect to ask a lot of questions. With Linux
answers at least are to be had. With Windows, you are forced to change
to them (Microsoft controls your computer) and their way of doing
things. It is your choice.] Assuming it does NOT happen automatically
for you, try copy/pasting the output of mount, the contents of
/etc/fstab, and the output of the ls -lR /media (when I say output I
mean what shows in your terminal when you enter those commands).
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