What Alan says is basically true, but if you're brave at heart, here's a
method that can enable one to upgrade to glibc 2.2 on a 7.2 install.
http://www.pclinuxonline.com/Help___How_To/Glibc-2_2/glibc-2_2.html
I followed these instructions here except where they say do a --force
--nodeps, do a --test and get the other 2 - 4 dependencies. I haven't had a
problem, yet (being the operative word) and have been using this set up for
about 9 or 10 days. Oh I did upgrade my menu app tho it suggests not to.
But it was necessary to that I wouldn't get an error when I upgrade-menu
after installing kde2.1.1.
This should keep you from getting a screen full of errors. I think you can
scroll through the screens by typing tab + pgup/pgdown (or the arrows), or
maybe its ctrl + arrows. H*ll, I can't remember. Experiment with those
extra keys. But you can change to another console by typing F2, F3 and so on
and back again. (I find that handy.)
Anyway, good luck.
-s
On Friday 06 April 2001 01:37 pm, you wrote:
> I am trying to install glibc-2.2.2-4mdk using Mandrake Update (so I can
> install XFree86). The install fails with errors (lots os them). I get so
> many errors that the list goes off the bottom of my screen. I can find
> no way to scroll to the bottom of the error list. Therefore I cannot get
> to the 'force' or 'quit' buttons. How does one scroll to the bottom of
> the error list?
> My system:
> LM 7.2
> AMD 500mhz
> 128M ram
>
> Thanks charles
