I'm trying to dig through the source to find where the different install
components are defined. For instance I want to remove the kde
workstation selection in the installer. I would like to also define my
own with a pixmap. I know that these are defined in the comps file but
where are the pixmaps
I am burning my own disk with RH and the original disk I have looks
something like:
-rw-r--r--1 root root18385 Sep 7 1999 COPYING
-rw-r--r--1 root root 1175 Aug 29 21:27 README
-rw-r--r--1 root root 327 Aug 5 13:36 RELEASE-NOTES
drwxrwxr-x5
On RH 6.2 in the images directory I see:
-r--r--r--1 root root 348 Mar 9 13:37 TRANS.TBL
-rw-rw-r--1 root root 1474560 Aug 29 21:19 boot.img
-rw-rw-r--1 root root 1474560 Aug 29 21:20 bootnet.img
drwxrwxr-x2 root root 4096 Mar 8 17:51 d
I am building a custom dist based on RH 6.2. I would like to upgrade my
RPM version but does this mean I need to rebuild all of my RPMs over
again?
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I am making my own linux distribution based on Redhat 6.2. I would like
to supply my dist name wherever Redhats comes up (ie installer, boot
sequence, etc...) I would like to give them credit in a file on my
CD-ROM. Can somebody give me some information on how to properly go
about giving Redhat cr
> An overview of Red Hat's trademarks and their usage,
> see:
>
>
http://www.redhat.com/about/trademark_guidelines.html
>
Thanks everyone for the helpful information, I will
take this into credit when I go about building my
distribution.
Thank you,
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> Absolutely. That is why I recommend _against_ doing
> carte
> blanche search and replace
> 's/[Rr]ed.*[Hh]at/whatever/g' on
> things. There is no point other than to try and
> strip Red Hat of
> credit due, and in the process destroy copyright
> notices, and
> set one's self up for possible le
> Sorry if it seemed I
> was implying
> that you were up to no good, but that wasn't my
> intention. I was
> merely pointing out that others have done so IMHO
> and I think it
> is tasteless and unethical despite the GPL freebie
> status of
> everything.
>
I didn't think you were.
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distribution should I build all the RPMs again? Right
now they are built with RPM 3.04.
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> If RHI isn't using RPM 4, I sure wouldn't;-)
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So what would be your choice, if you were creating your own
distribution? Should I go with RPM 3.05?
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I'm downloading the latest Gnome src.rpm packages from helixcode, I am
going to build these and I want to replace the ones on the RH 6.2
install disk with these. Should I expect any problems by doing this?
Hopefully everything will work nice.
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If I wanted to change the usage of /usr/src/redhat by RPM where would I
change this? Is this hard coded in the RPM source code? I'd like to do
something like /usr/src/my_distribution_name_here.
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What src.rpm package is the message "Welcome to Red Hat linux" in?
This message is displayed during the boot process.
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> there should be no problem, just look the order you should build the packages
> in www.gnome.org/start/installing/
Now if I could only get the src.rpms from HelixCode to build then I
would be happy. I cannot get control-center to build, and well others
won't build either, I guess they depen
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> They are available. I ever used them instead of the RPMS. Look at
> ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/helix/distributions/RedHat-6/SRPMS
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Yes those are the ones I've downloaded.
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Anyone remember that nice app called Glint which was a GUI front-end to
RPM? I loved that app so I had this brilliant idea to go download it and
try to use it on RHL 6.2 but it sadly doesn't work. Is there any plans
to update this very nice app?
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> > Anyone remember that nice app called Glint which was a GUI front-end to
> > RPM? I loved that app so I had this brilliant idea to go download it and
> > try to use it on RHL 6.2 but it sadly doesn't work. Is there any plans
> > to update this very nice app?
>
> Obviously not - we would have i
> gnorpm, the replacement for glint, TOTALLY sucks.
> Big time.
I tend to agree. However I wonder what actually needs
updating in Glint to make it work with newer versions
of RPM. Is there any RPM experts out there that could
shed some light on this?
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Whats up with RPM 3.0.5, I've been treading water for the last 3 or 4
days using it. I kept getting packages that wouldn't build exiting with
weird errors. Then after I switched back to RPM 3.0.4 things started
working again. What changed so much in 3.0.5 that would break many
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I just built XFree86-4.0.1-0.43.src.rpm and everything went okay. Here
is a listing of the RPMS it generated. Am I missing something, where are
the XServer RPMS? For instance I don't see a MACH_64 XServer which I
need to run my ATI card. Hopefully there is a logical explanation.
-rw-rw-r--1 r
Frank Hale wrote:
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> RPM 4 depends on db3-devel? Where do I get that?
>
Sorry I found it.
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> XFree86 uses a different driver system. Drivers are implemented
> as loadable modules; there is only one server. (Both that server
> and the drivers are in the XFree86 package.)
>
Thank you for breaking that down for me. This is my first time messing
with the new 4.x
I downloaded the kernel-2.2.16 source rpm. I noticed a
number of patches in there. What are these patches
for? Are they RH specific. What would be the harm in
just packaging the kernel source tarball by itself.
I've never had the need to patch the kernel with any
nonstandard patches.
Frank
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> No I wasn't aware of that at all.. I'm getting warm
> inside now
> though. ;o) I have a feeling that it will be much
> more useable
> in the next release as well. Thanks for the
> pointer..
>
Are there any other graphical alternatives to GnoRPM?
I am just not ready to use Gnome all the
Harry Putnam wrote:
> What does `glint' do for you that you cannot easily duplicate from the
> command line?
I have no problem with the command line. However its nice at certain
times to see things graphically, thats all.
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Harry Putnam wrote:
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> Not being rude here, but trying to understand what it is that is
> sought after.
>
> So what constitutes a `certain time'.
Okay without me sounding like a total ass. Glint is probably 99.9%
dead. I grew up on Glint, sure it may have been junky but thats what I
learne
"Mike A. Harris" wrote:
>
> You can replace the kernel with whatever you like, either a raw
> official one, or your own customized one.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
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> I have seen a couple of serious problems with
> 2.4.0-test7.
> 1) Support for 2K sectors (as on my Fujitsu F2513A
> drive which uses 2K sectors
> on its 640 Mb removable disks( is broken.
> 2) EIDE support on my hardware (AMD K6-2/500, ASUS
> P5S-B, IDE interface:
> Silicon Integrated Syst
I'm currently creating a custom RedHat distribution
and I would like to also create custom boot images
with kernel 2.2.14. Is there any documentation around
which describes how to create custom boot disks?
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Is there a howto which describes how to make a boot
disk that would be suitable for using with a RedHat
install? I'm using RedHat 6.1 and I would like to be
able to make a custom boot disk using kernel 2.2.14.
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>-- Simon Epsteyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> RTFS :) It's python.
>
> Included is a small shell script for running
> anaconda in test mode.
> It takes one argument -- location of the Red Hat
> distribution (the directory
> that contains RedHat)
>
> This is for 6.1 anaconda, may or may not work
Oops I really gotta watch what I am doing. I forgot to
install pythod-devel, duh!!!
Sorry to bother everyone.
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> >-- Simon Epsteyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > RTFS :) It's python.
> >
> > Included is a small
that I can find on the RH 6.1 CD. Is there
any? If so where can I find it.
What file holds the rpm database of rpms to install by
Anaconda?
How can I test out Anaconda if I make modifications?
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What is the proper method of executing Anaconda for
purpose of testing changes made to it? I've tried
copying it from the redhat cd to my drive and running
it but it does not run. I get error messages
everytime. Also no documentation comes with it, is
there somewhere I can find some?
Thanks,
Fra
How are the RH boot disks created? I am modifying my RH 6.2 CD
and would like to provide updated boot disks with kernel 2.2.16
on it. Is there a HOWTO or FAQ somewhere that shows how to make
an install boot disk for RedHat linux? I'm specifically talking
about the install boot disk for RH insta
How do you test anaconda. I made some changes to the pixmaps and I wanna
test it before I burn it to cd.
I'm using 6.2
I've tried:
./anaconda --gui
--rootpath=
--method=dir://path/to/my/modified/redhat/dist
This starts up and gives me the RedHat logo but then craps out with some
error which do
I am in the process of changing the packages which are installed
with RH 6.2. I will then burn it to CD so that it can be installed.
Since I am making rather large changes to the installed packages I want
to change the release name (Zoot) to something like (Zoot-Update) or
something like that so t
after you make changes to anaconda where do you install it? Does it go
under /RedHat/instimage? All the changes I made never took place because
I didn't know you had to install it. I figured since the src was on the
install cd that it used that one to install RedHat, I was wrong.
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Do the programmers at RedHat believe in putting comments in anaconda?
Jesus christ the code couldn't be anymore unreadable.
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> I believe there's an old saying: "It was difficult to write, it should be
> difficult to read".
They probably don't want anyone messing with it thats why there is no
comments. It just makes me so angry that the code has no comments plus
is very ugly to look at, modify, compile, etc I wonder
>
> What are you having trouble understanding?
I'd like to run the anaconda installer on my local drive. I've copied
the entire install CD to /redhat_cd. Since I modified alot of the
install packages and comps file. I made some new pixmaps and such for
the installer. I'd like to run anaconda in
I've got several old RedHat dists, with the text mode installer. Does
anyone know what language it was written in?
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> You'd be better off starting from the
> .src.rpm in pinstripe and doing all your testing from
> BUILD/anaconda-7.0/, though.
>
So I should get anaconda-7 and use it instead of the one which comes
with 6.2?
> And, by the way, I'm not inclined to help you much more if you
> continue speaking th
> We switched to Python for several reasons:
>
>1) it's dirt easy to debug -- errors raise exceptions that can
>easly be written to disk, we include the tiny pdb debugger so
>you can drop right in to a debugging session to poke at things
>in an uncaught exception
>
> > This starts up and gives me the RedHat logo but then craps out with some
> > error which doesn't really give me any information
>
> See, this may not look like information to you, but it can tell me
> exactly what is wrong. One thing I hate about "bug" reports is when
> people say "it printe
> When anaconda reads /etc/resolv.conf, it knows that the loader (the C
> part of the installer that lives on the boot disk) has written
> /etc/resolv.conf - so it knows what the format will look like. What's
> your resolv.conf say?
>
#resolv.conf -
domain worldnet.att.net
search worldnet.att.n
> Nuke the first and last line...
>
Got it, Thank you! It works now.
Okay next question. When I am testing it what do I do when it gets to
the partition screen? Can I go past that point without screwing my hard
drive up? I'd like to see if it sees my new packages correctly.
Thanks a million,
F
> When make-boots is done, your images should be in the subdirectory images
> (still relative to the root of the CD). Instead of "make make-boots", you
> might want to try "make do-make", which also rebuilds the hdimage and the
> driver disks.
>
> I hope that helps.
>
Ok I did a make inside /mi
Matt Wilson wrote:
>
> As long as you're running it with -r (--rootpath) or -t (--test) you
> should be fine -- no partitioning or formatting will take place.
>
Yes using -t. So I can just run through the partition screen as normal
(but nothing will happen) and go on through the installation? W
>
> Make sure /usr/sbin is in your $PATH
>
Got it thanks, /usr/sbin is not currently in my path as I a su'ed to
root. Will exit out and login as root. Thanks!
So what will happen when it creates the boot disks? Will it use the
kernel I have currently installed on my machine? 2.2.16? If not how
I want to change the version and release name in a customized RH 6.2 CD
I am making. I looked in redhat-release-6.2-1.src.rpm and I cannot find
the definition of %{release_version} and %{release_name}. These
variables would seemed to be defined somewhere else but where? Here is
the spec file, keep
>
> You can define RPM macros on the command line, hence:
>
> rpm --define "release_version 6.2" --define "release_name Zoot" -ba \
> redhat-release.spec
>
> :)
>
Thanks, I didn't know that. I wasted 3 days trying to find where those
variables were defined.
Frank
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> things will simplify your life greatly.
>
> 1) VMware
> 2) CDRW media instead of CDR media. No coasters.
>
> Hope this helps you out.
> TTYL
Well right now it just has customized packages to install. I've done
away with stu
> If you're planning on making a distribution based on Red Hat, two
> things will simplify your life greatly.
>
> 1) VMware
> 2) CDRW media instead of CDR media. No coasters.
>
> Hope this helps you out.
Thank you, I promptly downloaded VMware evaluation, dug out my CDRW's
which had been coll
> Why don't you stop mucking around and tell us WHERE
> it's documented?
Okay lets play nice. The best form of documentation is
the source code, it never lies.
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> VMware has been around for at least 18 months..
> Where have ya
> been? Hehehehe.
>
I know, I just never thought about it until now.
> Using CDRW like CDR's though works fine as long as
> your writer
> and reader support CDRW disks.
Mine does, its worked fine so far.
> Mount the iso image
I'm trying to build a kernel for a customized redhat
distribution. I am looking for information on how to
build the boot disk with an updated kernel. And also
build kernel RPMs for this custom distribution. Right
now I am using Redhat 6.2 as my base. Is there any
FAQs, or HOWTOs out there to help
compile my own kernels, create kernel RPMS,
and create custom boot disks. Where can I find information which will
shed some light on these topics?
Thank you,
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Chris Abbey wrote:
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> have you looked at the configuration they used to build the kernel?
> and the patches applied? That shed a lot of light on it for me.
>
No actually I hadn't yet. I will do that today though thank you.
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When I installed (Redhat 6.2) python-1.5.2-13.src.rpm and the look in
/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES I see a bunch of patches to py152.tgz. I then go
to python hompage to see what the latest version of python is. Its still
1.5.2, I don't see the patches that redhat has included. Are these
patches Redhat
I have no problem building perl-5.00503-10.src.rpm, but when I try to
build perl 5.6.0 it complains that it cannot find ndbm.h when it works
fine for 5.00503 whats the problem?
Making NDBM_File (dynamic)
Writing Makefile for NDBM_File
make[1]: Entering directory
`/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/per
> (general)
> Some of them are official, others come when people submit that along
> with their bug reports (hurrah!), others are picked up from mailing
> lists, others are written by us to fix bugs, others are written by us
> to give requested or needed functionality and others are given us by
>
Nalin Dahyabhai wrote:
>
> On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 12:10:26PM -0400, Frank Hale wrote:
> > I have no problem building perl-5.00503-10.src.rpm, but when I try to
> > build perl 5.6.0 it complains that it cannot find ndbm.h when it works
> > fine for 5.00503 whats t
> There's a patch in the 5.6.0 package in Pinstripe that adds
> this directory to the link path -- you may want to try starting with
> it instead of the perl 5.00503 package from Zoot.
I took your advice and downloaded 5.6.0.src.rpm but now I cannot install
it because I have rpm-3.0.4. Damn!!! I
> I actually gave it a go on a Zoot box before posting my reply. Aside
> from issues picking up the man pages in the %files list (the .spec
> file should probably use /usr/share/man, since the patch that fixes
> buildrooting for Makemaker modules has to hard-code the path for
> Pinstripe, and the
When you get to the components screen in anaconda the components have
images next to them. Where in the code are these defined. I've edited my
comps file the way I'd like it but I want to know how to add images to
new components if I add them.
Thanks,
Frank
On redhat 6.2 what src.rpm contains the default .xinitrc file. I'd like
to change it so that it starts up with a different window manager on a
fresh install.
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> On redhat 6.2 what src.rpm contains the default .xinitrc file. I'd like
> to change it so that it starts up with a different window manager on a
> fresh install.
>
> Thanks,
> Frank
>
okay I feel stupid. Its in the xinitrc src.rpm.
What I should have said was where does Redhat define which
>
> BTW, are you creating your own distribution or something? You seem to
> be rebuilding a whole collection of rpms the last few days!
>
Thank you for the explanation. Yes I am building a customized Redhat 6.2
distribution. At the moment its simply RH 6.2 with alot of different
packages so its
About how long do you think it would take to build XFree86 3.3.6 on a
PIII 500 with 256 megs of ram? I'm talking about the src.rpm's?
I'm just trying to get a good rough estimate of the time it will take so
I can plan my work accordingly.
Thanks,
Frank
"A.Sleep" wrote:
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> I'm looking for information on how to change the RH distribution for a
> client.
>
> I have to add a few RPMs and remove some others. Beacuse of the size and
> requirements of the client I need to put the distribution on CD, so a
> smimple kickstart config will not work.
>
>
> Of course one can use SRPMS packages, but that is
> not always handy.
>
Speaking of RPMs I was wondering how people go about
creating RPMs for complicated packages such as the
kernel, or mysql or something that installs a load of
files. I am pretty new to making RPMs and therefore
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