[ale] Fedora oddity

[Jim Kinney]

A .sh is a "shell script" (tyypically a bash script in Linux).

PackageKit is the tool/process that runs (often) and looks for needed
updates from repositories. It basically calls a yum process to update the
system.

Try just running 'yum upgrade' and see what happens.

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Drifter <drifter at oppositelock.org> wrote:

>  Jim,
>
> I am continuing to scrounge around the dusty recesses of this box. My
> problem is one program calls another -- and another -- ....
>
> I >think< the operative program is
> /usr/share/PackageKit/pk-upgrade-distro.sh
>
> I have no idea what a DOTsh is, but that script points to a Fedora URL.
>
> When I try to install the rpm I get this:
>
> "Package preupgrade-1.1.9-1.fc13.noarch already installed and latest
> version"
>
> and I assume that is what is running. But on each iteration it downloads
> about 30 MB of data and then barfs. If, indeed, it is working as advertised
> and picking up where it left off, then it has downloaded more than a half
> gig of data so far.
>
> Sean
>
> -------------------------------------------
>
>  On Wednesday, April 13, 2011 03:04:13 pm Jim Kinney wrote:
>
> > You need to install preupgrade.noarch.rpm. Try the manual route : yum
>
> > install preupgrade
>
> >
>
> > You are getting the notices on an F13 box since F15 is nearing beta.
>
> >
>
> > Note: I did an upgrade run from F13 -> F14 on several machines with no
>
> > troubles at all. But I only upgraded AFTER the next version had been
>
> > out for a few weeks and rpmfusion had caught up with several of my
>
> > requirements as well (nvidia, wireless nic, audacity-freeworld, etc).
>
> >
>
> > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Drifter <drifter at oppositelock.org>
> wrote:
>
> > > Derek,
>
> > >
>
> > > If I were using a CD install, I wouldn't be getting random notices
>
> > > through the system.
>
> > >
>
> > > According to top, the program that is running is "preupgrade-gtk.",
>
> > > which seems to not exist on this box!?
>
> > >
>
> > > According to ps what is running is
>
> > >
>
> > > /usr/libexec/packagekitd
>
> > >
>
> > > Sean
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > > ---------
>
> > >
>
> > > On Wednesday, April 13, 2011 01:53:48 pm Derek Carter wrote:
>
> > > > On 4/13/11 1:32 PM, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
>
> > > > > This is a FC-13 box.
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > Over the last two days I have been getting frequent notifications
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > that a
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > "Distribution upgrade" is available -- to FC 14.
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > When I try to download the files I get the message that metadata
>
> > > > > is
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > being downloaded and then the process starts "Getting installer
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > images..."
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > A few minutes later the whole thing stalls after downloading 10 -
>
> > > > > 20
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > MB with the message that the downloader
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > "failed to download installer data.
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > This could be caused by a missing network connection or a bad
>
> > > > > mirror.
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > Retry; Quit"
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > There's nothing wrong with the network connection.
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > I can not figure out to point the thing to a local mirror, such
>
> > > > > as
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > the one at GA. Tech.
>
>
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James P. Kinney III
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