Re: [expert] Re: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions

2000-11-14 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
Hi On Sun, 12 Nov 2000, Tom Berkley wrote: Thanks. Next time someone needs the files in the directory /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/, all they have to do is install the XFree86-server rpm. Pretty simple? (Please don't go spanking me, I'm not whacking on you, honest, just making a point

Re: [expert] Re: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions

2000-11-13 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 11:30:53PM -0800, Tom Berkley wrote: oops you have to use the i option to get the package name info so the resultant command is: rpm -qipl rpminfo.out and then use an editor or more or less to find your files. For the mandrake 7.2 installation cd rpms that

Re: [expert] Re: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions

2000-11-13 Thread skidley
I like this method it sounds very useful but I get lost when you talk about emacs, I'm not familiar with Emacs I use pico as my editor due to its simplicity. Would you mind explaining exactly how I could set emacs up to easily search for packages like this? On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Charles Curley

[expert] Re: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions

2000-11-12 Thread Tom Berkley
Steve Thanks. Next time someone needs the files in the directory /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/, all they have to do is install the XFree86-server rpm. Pretty simple? (Please don't go spanking me, I'm not whacking on you, honest, just making a point for a few other people) This should be a

[expert] Re: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions

2000-11-12 Thread Tom Berkley
oops you have to use the i option to get the package name info so the resultant command is: rpm -qipl rpminfo.out and then use an editor or more or less to find your files. For the mandrake 7.2 installation cd rpms that gives about a 6mb file that you can bzip2 to less than 700kb and still be