update problems

1999-12-20 Thread Kevin Waterson
I have a dir of updates and use it to update my distro, but when I run the update script ( the one in the HOW to) the resulting cd will not install and gives anaconda / python errors? First I run the updatePerm script then the updateCD script then the updatehdlist ( which I have modified for the

can we have official working bug-fixed software OUTSIDE rawhide?

1999-12-20 Thread Tony Nugent
I'd like to second John's plea for sanity with how bug-fixes are released and documented/publicised. On Mon Dec 20 1999 at 07:20, John Summerfield wrote in cartman-list: > Subject: Re: Problem with rpm-3.0.4-0.15. Or is it cpio? > > Where did you get rpm-3.0.4 from? Rawhide? rpm-3.0.4 is a >

command line equiv. to printtool?

1999-12-20 Thread Chris Garrigues
Is there a reasonable commandline interface which will do what printtool does? In particular, I'd like to fill the /var/spool/lpd/lp directory with reasonable files from a script. Chris -- Chris Garrigues virCIO http://www.DeepEddy.Com/~cwg/ http://www.virCIO.Com +1 512 432

Re: Problem with SCSI hard disc

1999-12-20 Thread Alan Cox
> So how do I make this unknown SCSI spin-up problem known, and possibly > resolved. > gat Post a report to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Preferably rebuild your kernel with ikd if the kernel is hanging so you get a deadlock trace and try some of the scsi debugging options [If you are thinking help what

Re: Problem with SCSI hard disc

1999-12-20 Thread Uncle George
Ok, So how do I make this unknown SCSI spin-up problem known, and possibly resolved. gat Alan Cox wrote: > > This sounds like a problem in the 2.2.12 sd.c driver code, not the aic7xxx > > driver code (at least it shouldn't be in the aic7xxx driver code because it > > doesn't spin the drives

Re: Problem with SCSI hard disc

1999-12-20 Thread Alan Cox
> This sounds like a problem in the 2.2.12 sd.c driver code, not the aic7xxx > driver code (at least it shouldn't be in the aic7xxx driver code because it > doesn't spin the drives up). There are no known spin up problems in the 2.2.12 scsi code. There is one in a few 2.2.14pre releases but that

Re: Problem with SCSI hard disc

1999-12-20 Thread Uncle George
Who whould be responsible for the sd.c driver ? gat Uncle George wrote: > > on cpu(i386)/card hardware initialization via the scsi bios, I do not > allow the scsi card to spin up my scsi drives. > with 2.0.36 ( as from rh5.2 ) the drives are spun up by the > initialization of the kernel/scsi driv

Re: Problem with SCSI hard disc

1999-12-20 Thread Alan Cox
> downloaded glibc-2.1.2-17.i386.rpm. My SCSI controller is AIC-7890, on a ASUS > P2B-DS motherboard. The disc model is a Seagate ST34520W. The disk seems to have a problem > scsi0: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 39 b0 40 00 00 >02 00 > Info fld=0x39b041, Current

Re: rawhide: qlibc-2.1.spec hardcoded to egcs.

1999-12-20 Thread John Summerfield
> Hello, > > A small change in the spec file for glibc enabled a switch from > egcs-1.1.2-25 to gcc-2.95.2-3. From now on I'm using the gcc > compiler. Seems to be working OK, so far for rebuilding updated > srpm's from the rawhide distribution. I even succeeded in building a > i686 version of th

Problem with SCSI hard disc

1999-12-20 Thread Nikolaos Margaritis
Hi, I have a problem with my hard disc when I try to upgrade or install an RPM whose files go in /usr. For many RPMs I can hear a very intence noise coming from the hd. After the installation, the partition where the /usr lies (sda5) has some inconsistencies. This is exactly what happened recent