On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 6:14 AM, Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "ext Mark" <wolfmane@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> 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. > > In this case, you would use the terminal to debug your problem. Once > it's solved, you can go back using the Application manager. > > So what happens when you run "apt-get update" in the terminal? (Make > sure you have http_proxy set correctly.) > Pretty much the same thing. It hangs at 99% and just sits there for a *very* long time before exiting with an error message. The last couple of lines when it stalls are: Hit http://repository.maemo.org chinook/non-free Packages 99% [7 Packages gzip 533788] Sometimes the GUI returns a "Failed Catalogs" message: Testing Maemo Extras http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/dists/chinook/free/binary-armel/Packages.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code(1) Subsequent retries eventually meet with success. ...But that's missing the point. "Debugging" is fine for hardcore Linux people, or even those with moderate Linux experience like me, but for the average consumer it's not an option. The GUI apps should handle things like unresponsive repository servers (or bugs in the app itself that cause communications hiccups) gracefully. I don't need help figuring out the problem or a solution, and apparently I'm not the only on experiencing the issue. I was just suggesting that something needs to be changed. Apparently it's already been addressed in Diablo and won't be addressed in Chinook, so there's probably no point in continuing the thread. Thanks, Mark _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
