[maemo-users] Application Manager - Refresh application list

[From: Denis Dimick]

There are still a number of "bugs" in the GUI version, I for one would like
to see some data as it tries the repositories, however, I spend about 90% of
my time ssh'ed into the n810 even with a KB and terminal. It's just easier.

Try this, I know you don't like the terminal:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

The last two commands are kind of redundant, and you could just do the
dist-upgrade.

Let me know how the Application Repository works after this.

Denis


On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Mark <wolfmane at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Denis Dimick <dgdimick at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Mark <wolfmane at gmail.com> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Mark
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