On Jun 30, 2008, at 2:39 PM, Mark wrote: > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Denis Dimick <dgdimick@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Mark <wolfmane@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> The "Refresh application list" function of Application Manager >>> invariably stalls before completion, and I have to cancel and try at >>> least 3 times, often more, before it finally successfully completes. >>> I've tried just letting it go to see if it will resume, but it will >>> sit for hours without any change. Does anybody else experience this? >>> >>> Mark >> If you just let it sit there, it should finally fail and tell you >> what >> repository's failed. >> >> Or use apt-get update from the command line and see what errors out. >> >> HtH, >> >> Denis >> > But that's not very graceful, and why should the whole process fail > just because of a temporary issue with one repository? It should go > ahead and refresh all the others so that updates and installs can > proceed. When it's done, it could then say "Packages on such-and-such > repository could not be accessed or updated because the server didn't > respond" or some such message so the user knows that not necessarily > all available updates have been made. It does this already. . . . > I've only had it give up and give me a message a few times. Most of > the time it sits there so long that there's really no point in waiting > - it's far quicker to just cancel and try again, even several times. Yes, the apt timeout is long and not very smart. See https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3208 > Going to a terminal kinda defeats the whole purpose of a GUI app > manager, especially for a touchscreen device that doesn't have a real > keyboard. It also doesn't allow you to select apps from a list - you > have to already know what you want. apt-cache search _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
