On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 17:37, anthony baldwin wrote: > > > > > > >----- > >Too many issues for one email. > > > >I will tackle the first. > > > >You need to kill all rpm / up2date processes. If you don't know how to > >do that - restart. > > > >Log on as root (or su to root) > > > >rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__* > > > >then up2date --register > > > >then up2date -u > > > >Craig > > > > > > Thanks, Craig, > Actually, in the interim, before receiving this message, I have gotten up2date to >run. I was able to rpm real player 8 and yahoo messenger, as well as the xmms plug >in for mp3 support. I still can't install my printer driver or java runtime support. > Can't edit /etc/fstab. > AND, since installing the xmms plugin, now I can't play ANY files, (b4 I could at >elast play .wav and .ogg files). Now I keep getting a message that indicates there >is another porcess using the soundcard (or that it is not set up properly--I checked >the configuration and it is properly configured). Oddly, I get no sound from the >cdplayer, either...hmmm...nah, that couldn't still be running, I rebooted. > The Yahoo messenger is now working fine, accept that I inadvertently told it to run >on start up and can't figure out wehre to change that (I just close it). I can't >find the realplayer anywhere, but when I try to install from the rpm again, the >machine assures me that it is installed. I looked in /usr/bin /usr/share >/usr/local, /sbin/* etc, etc, etc...nothing. > I also have not been able to run /sbin/rhn_register (still get a :no such file or >directory message). > So, it seems one thing was fixed and others broken... > ---- again...too many issues for one email
/sbin/rhn_register no longer exists...forget it. up2date --register has replaced it. where did you get xmms plug-in from? check with the instructions from there. Fix to Yahoo messenger opening at startup depends upon which window manager you are using. Editing fstab...can't do it as a user, only as root... terminal window su - emacs /etc/fstab realplayer...install as user after installing as root. most of these things install in /usr/local/ Craig
