On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS wrote: > Here is the output from unpacking it: > [root /home/brian] rpm -Uvh kdebase-1.99-17mdk.i586.rpm > warning: /etc/X11/wmsession.d/01KDE created as /etc/X11/wmsession.d/01KDE.rpmnew > warning: /etc/menu-methods/kde created as /etc/menu-methods/kde.rpmnew > warning: /etc/pam.d/kde created as /etc/pam.d/kde.rpmnew These messages are basically telling you the package had config files with the same names as already installed config files....To avoid wiping out any hand created files the new config files have an .rmpnew added to teh end of them. > kdebase ################################unpacking of archive >failed on file > /usr/share/apps/kdm/pics/users cpio: unlink > Not sure about this one.... :( > I really don't believe rpm is the prob since all the other progs (and the restof >kde1.99) > installed perfectly. I have tried different sites for download, erasing all traces >of kde from system > and this still won't install......... > > Any help would be greatly appreciated at this point as I do want to stay with KDE. > > Brian Klar - CVE > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Warren Doney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 2:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] kdebase 1.99 still no good ? > > > Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS wrote: > > > > I saw that there was a new kdebase 1.99 on cooker. I > > have the same problem with this one as I have since > > installing 1.94. It unpacks most of the way, and crashes > > on unpacking /users/pics/ something > > This is the same place as 1.94 crashed. I understand > > that kde2 is still in beta however if it is stamped as 1.99 > > should it not be ready for prime time with very few > > exceptions? I have removed my /opt/kde2 dir, and all > > the rpm's previous to 1.94. Currently I am using > > Helix-Gnome and due to kde not installing, getting > > to like Gnome. Mandrake is converting people not only > > from windows but from kde as well if the packages > > don't install. > > > > BTW My system is an Intel PII - 450, 128M Ram, > > 6.4G IDE HD, Sony CDRW (IDE), Zip 100, with a Matrox > > Millennium Video. Kde has worked fine for me up to the > > 8/10/2000 release. > > It is being updated *at least* daily at the moment for 7.2 beta. There > is probably a new version up already. As nobody has had your prob on > the cooker list, & KDE is being looked at *very* hard, if the newest > version doesn't fix the prob, I would suspect an incompatibility with > something on your system - Maybe your version of rpm itself, or > kpackage, if you use that - try different ways of unpacking it. > > -WBD > > >
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