[newbie] RPMdrake Problem...
Hi... I'm having problems with RPMdrake. I need it so that I can install X-windows, but when I try to run it I get... "Gtk-Warning **: cannot open display" ... Does anyone know what might be wrong? (I think the Graphics card - ATI Radeon All-in-Wonder - is supported... it showed up in the install process "system" list) What can I do? I have no GUI, and I'm only now learning the CLI commands... any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks... PV.
Re: [newbie] RPMdrake Problem...
Paul_Vortex wrote: Hi... I'm having problems with RPMdrake. I need it so that I can install X-windows, but when I try to run it I get... Gtk-Warning **: cannot open display ... Does anyone know what might be wrong? (I think the Graphics card - ATI Radeon All-in-Wonder - is supported... it showed up in the install process system list) What can I do? I have no GUI, and I'm only now learning the CLI commands... any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks... PV. Simple, GTK needs X window to run. Run the utility from with in X window. I you don't have X window installed, you'll have to use another utility. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RPMdrake Problem...
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:43:48 -0500 David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul_Vortex wrote: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... Simple, GTK needs X window to run. Run the utility from with in X window. I you don't have X window installed, you'll have to use another utility. Um, thanks for that... there is an adage for moments like this Dave... I won't bother to recite it. I won't follow that up as you will only get hurt. :) To anyone else... So. What are they, and how do I use them? :o) rpm is one tool. KDE and GNOME also have their own GUI versions. Doing a search on google.com will probably turn up lots of them. I need to install X-Windows. but have *no clue* how, as I don't know Linux protocols yet. I know X-Windows is on my CD's but I don't know how to install it from there. It's easy. 1) mount the mandrake cd. 2) find the .rpm files. They will probably start with the characters 'XFree86' The rpms might not be on the first CD so be prepared to search. 3) use rpm (or whatever tool use choose) to install them. XFree86.org has documentation on how to install the X window system from RPMs and what video driver to use for what videocard. The simplest and easiest way is to rerun the Mandrake installation as an Expert/Upgrade. You need not select any pkgs, and unless they need to be redone you can skip the network and printer configuration. You will need to do the bootloader but then you again be be allowed to install and configure X. The whole process will take all of about 10min. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RPMdrake Problem...
Charles and Dave, Thankyou both very much for these suggestions. I'm going to see if the quick one will work first, then if it doesn't work, I'll try Daves. Dave, I never recieved your reply message at this end. but I got to read it through Charles'... Thankyou very much indeed! :o) I will look up all of the things you wrote about as I feel they are going to help me a great deal. I appreciate your help! And of course Charles, Thankyou very much too! I will attempt an Expert/Update of my Linux setup. :o) PV. - Original Message - From: Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] RPMdrake Problem... On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:43:48 -0500 David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul_Vortex wrote: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... Simple, GTK needs X window to run. Run the utility from with in X window. I you don't have X window installed, you'll have to use another utility. Um, thanks for that... there is an adage for moments like this Dave... I won't bother to recite it. I won't follow that up as you will only get hurt. :) To anyone else... So. What are they, and how do I use them? :o) rpm is one tool. KDE and GNOME also have their own GUI versions. Doing a search on google.com will probably turn up lots of them. I need to install X-Windows. but have *no clue* how, as I don't know Linux protocols yet. I know X-Windows is on my CD's but I don't know how to install it from there. It's easy. 1) mount the mandrake cd. 2) find the .rpm files. They will probably start with the characters 'XFree86' The rpms might not be on the first CD so be prepared to search. 3) use rpm (or whatever tool use choose) to install them. XFree86.org has documentation on how to install the X window system from RPMs and what video driver to use for what videocard. The simplest and easiest way is to rerun the Mandrake installation as an Expert/Upgrade. You need not select any pkgs, and unless they need to be redone you can skip the network and printer configuration. You will need to do the bootloader but then you again be be allowed to install and configure X. The whole process will take all of about 10min. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rpmdrake problem
Ummm, I am aware that urpmi, is a dependency for Rpmdrake, and that urpmi does hold a dependency list for known rpms, but I don't think cilvileme is quite correct :-)) I have installed rpmdrake, without urpmi, and it has worked fine for me. Rpmdrake, I think, uses python as its front-end (gtk-python). Perhaps one of these scripts is in error??? I suggest removing rpmdrake, and then re-installing it. Ignore Urpmi. Regards, Thomas Adam - Original Message - From: civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jeffery Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] rpmdrake problem On Monday 02 July 2001 15:21, Jeffery Chapman wrote: I was trying to set up rpmdrake to pull the rpms from another directory. I followed the instructions in the manual but there seemed to be a problem since it was taking so long. Apparently I just didn't wait long enough. I killed the process and now rpmdrake doesn't work at all. As soon as I start the app it dies and I get a message on the console saying: Error: can't build the groups list. I saw in the archive that someone had a similar problem earlier but the final solution was never posted. I've reinstalled rpmdrake but the problem persists. Any ideas? Thanks. Jeff Chapman Software Engineer Registered Linux User #218160 Well you have a corrupted urpmi database. Try reinstalling urpmi Civileme Please note that the content of this message is confidential between the original sender and the intended recipient(s) of the message. If you are not an intended recipient and/or have received this message in error, kindly disregard the content of the message and return it to the original sender. If you have any complaints about this message please reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Purbeck School E-Mail server running: users.purbeck.dorset.sch.uk
[newbie] rpmdrake problem
I was trying to set up rpmdrake to pull the rpms from another directory. I followed the instructions in the manual but there seemed to be a problem since it was taking so long. Apparently I just didn't wait long enough. I killed the process and now rpmdrake doesn't work at all. As soon as I start the app it dies and I get a message on the console saying: Error: can't build the groups list. I saw in the archive that someone had a similar problem earlier but the final solution was never posted. I've reinstalled rpmdrake but the problem persists. Any ideas? Thanks. Jeff Chapman Software Engineer Registered Linux User #218160
