Well, lets see :
my system is a Celeron 366 with 64Megs RAM, All in Wonder Pro,
Realtek cheapy network card, Yamaha SAx sound card built into the
KA-6100 via chipset motherboard. USB (for scanner) that doesn't work.
ATAPI IDE (Acer, I think) 36X CDrom drive, Three western digital drives
1.6G, 10.2G and 540MB, running mode 4 on all IDEs but the 540MB drive.
HP5000 printer that works with alternate drivers in Linux.
Dual boot system, Windows 98 on C: drive (1.6G) and Linux sharing the
10.2G with a single Windows partition on D: drive.
I have a /, /home, /swap, and /boot partition for linux. Lilo boot loader on C.
I started out with major problems with sound and modem due I believe to
the via chipset. My Jim figured out the problem, I was going to settle for
no sound as long as I could get to the internet :) But he figured it out.
Now I have no problems going between Windoze and Linux, cold or warm
boot and everything remains the same. It was a major chore...but he did it.
I usually have not had a problem with installation of RPMs, although there
have been a few. I have not had much trouble with tar/gz either. And my
compilers work great. I too have most of the CD installed :)
I think I have been lucky with that to make up for the major brain cramp it gave
me trying to figure out what went wrong with the stupid sound and modem.
It was a major problem with PnP and non PnP devices...and Jim won!
He put the computer through all kinds of contortions it had never seen before.
Course he did make Windows keep the settings that Linux wanted and
then gave Linux a (ISAPNP) lobotomy after he got a configuration Linux liked
Now both Windoze and Linux keep the configuration instead of getting wishy-
washy every time I would go into windows and back to Linux, even from a cold
boot. They can never change the settings again. I hope :) Both Windows and
Linux must abide by the settings they agreed upon. Just like errant children!
Anyway, that's my story.
Bambi
Civileme wrote:
> Fran Parker wrote:
>
> > I don't get it. I installed the gaim-0.9.18-1.i386.rpm
> > and had none of these troubles.
> >
> > Sorry,
> > Bambi
> >
> > Civileme wrote:
> >
> > > "Alan N." wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Ivan Trail wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello.
> > > > >
> > > > > After the recent discussion on getting Gaim 0.9.18, I tried it out. I can't
> > > > > get .tar.gz to compile as I don't have all the stuff needed to do this. So a
> > > > > trip to the ftp site at marko.net ended me with an RPM. After installing it,
> > > > > all seems to go well, but after siginig on, the second window appears for the
> > > > > splittest of split seconds and the app colses it's self. The debug script is
> > > > > so fast I can't read it and the debug window closes with the rest of the app.
> > > > >
> > > > > If I open it from a terminal, the sam happens but in the terminal I get
> > > > > "segmentation fault" which doesn't sound too good at all.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any help would be appreciated, either getting the tar or RPM going. I used
> > > > > gaim quite extensively, because it is a good program.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I'm in the EXACT SAME SITUATION you are. Identical. I too would like
> > > > the solution.
> > > >
> > > > I am running Helix-Gnome if it matters.
> > > > Alan
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Running RedHat Linux 6.2 and/or
> > > > BeOS 5.0. No Windows involved!
> > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Can reproduce here. Should we have the packager taken out and
> > > shot? Ummm I have a better idea, let's ask for a refund. ;-}
> > >
> > > Yes it looks like the rpm needs to be repackaged. I can compile
> > > from the tarball and it works but if I build from the src.rpm or
> > > use the binary rpm... I reproduce the behavior of which you
> > > speak.
> > >
> > > Get out your distro CDs and add a few packages, like the libs
> > > that have -devel- in the name and make sure you have a version of
> > > the compiler for g++ to point to. Alternatively, go to
> > > www.everybuddy.com and download the rpm. You cannot find chat
> > > rooms as easily, but you have access to Yahoo, MSN, AIM, and ICQ
> > > in one program. I know that rpm works, and if you have an
> > > addiction to or friends on any of those services, you can use it
> > > until someone replaces the package.
> > >
> > > Civileme
>
> Hmmm, time to compare systems
>
> I have it on two systems
>
> FIC PAG 2130 K6-2 500 128M RAM Realtek 8139 eth0 Internet through a P133 running L-M
> 6.1
> Shuttle HOT-591 VIA MVP3 K6-2 400 ^4M RAM Trident 975 AGP OPL-3 based Soundcard
> Realtek 8029 running through the same firewall.
>
> I can make the tarball and it works. The RPM doesn't One system uses 7.0-2
>(SHuttle)
> and the other uses 7.1 ... Both are full development installs with just about every
> package. No windows or other systems on them.
>
> Both systems have one hard drive (IBM) running hdparm optimised for UDMA 33, one has
> CDRW one had Panasonic PD drive, both have floppies and LS120s
>
> Civileme
