Removing packages

[Gordon Messmer]

Ali Helmy wrote:
> 
> When I start pirut from the menu, it loads a window that says retireving 
> system information, then after a little while displays an error: Unable 
> to retrieve system information, then exits
> 
> I will try the rpm whay offered by Gordon, but I dunno what wrong with 
> pirut... any ideas?

Probably that the mirror from which it was trying to load update 
information was too busy.