Re: kernel-2.2.16 source rpm

"Mike A. Harris" wrote: You can replace the kernel with whatever you like, either a raw official one, or your own customized one. Hope this helps. Thank you, it helps alot! -- ICQ: 7205161 http://sapphire.sourceforge.net - Yet another X11 Window Manager

kernel-2.2.16 source rpm

I downloaded the kernel-2.2.16 source rpm. I noticed a number of patches in there. What are these patches for? Are they RH specific. What would be the harm in just packaging the kernel source tarball by itself. I've never had the need to patch the kernel with any nonstandard patches. Frank

Re: Glint

Harry Putnam wrote: What does `glint' do for you that you cannot easily duplicate from the command line? I have no problem with the command line. However its nice at certain times to see things graphically, thats all. -- ICQ: 7205161 http://sapphire.sourceforge.net - Yet another X11 Window

RPM 4 depends on db3-devel? Where do I get that?

RPM 4 depends on db3-devel? Where do I get that? -- ICQ: 7205161 http://sapphire.sourceforge.net - Yet another X11 Window Manager ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list

XFree86-4.0.1-0.43.src.rpm

I just built XFree86-4.0.1-0.43.src.rpm and everything went okay. Here is a listing of the RPMS it generated. Am I missing something, where are the XServer RPMS? For instance I don't see a MACH_64 XServer which I need to run my ATI card. Hopefully there is a logical explanation. -rw-rw-r--1

Re: Glint

gnorpm, the replacement for glint, TOTALLY sucks. Big time. I tend to agree. However I wonder what actually needs updating in Glint to make it work with newer versions of RPM. Is there any RPM experts out there that could shed some light on this? Frank = ICQ: 7205161

RPM 3.0.5 issues

Whats up with RPM 3.0.5, I've been treading water for the last 3 or 4 days using it. I kept getting packages that wouldn't build exiting with weird errors. Then after I switched back to RPM 3.0.4 things started working again. What changed so much in 3.0.5 that would break many src.rpms??? --

Re: Gnome on Redhat

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They are available. I ever used them instead of the RPMS. Look at ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/helix/distributions/RedHat-6/SRPMS Yes those are the ones I've downloaded. Frank ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL

Glint

Anyone remember that nice app called Glint which was a GUI front-end to RPM? I loved that app so I had this brilliant idea to go download it and try to use it on RHL 6.2 but it sadly doesn't work. Is there any plans to update this very nice app? Thanks, Frank

Re: Glint

Anyone remember that nice app called Glint which was a GUI front-end to RPM? I loved that app so I had this brilliant idea to go download it and try to use it on RHL 6.2 but it sadly doesn't work. Is there any plans to update this very nice app? Obviously not - we would have included

Re: RPM 4

If RHI isn't using RPM 4, I sure wouldn't;-) So what would be your choice, if you were creating your own distribution? Should I go with RPM 3.05? Thanks, Frank ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Gnome on Redhat

I'm downloading the latest Gnome src.rpm packages from helixcode, I am going to build these and I want to replace the ones on the RH 6.2 install disk with these. Should I expect any problems by doing this? Hopefully everything will work nice. Thanks, Frank

/usr/src/redhat

If I wanted to change the usage of /usr/src/redhat by RPM where would I change this? Is this hard coded in the RPM source code? I'd like to do something like /usr/src/my_distribution_name_here. Thanks, Frank ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL

boot process

What src.rpm package is the message "Welcome to Red Hat linux" in? This message is displayed during the boot process. Thanks, Frank ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: custom dist based on Redhat

An overview of Red Hat's trademarks and their usage, see: http://www.redhat.com/about/trademark_guidelines.html Thanks everyone for the helpful information, I will take this into credit when I go about building my distribution. Thank you, Frank = ICQ: 7205161

RPM 4

If I decide to upgrade to RPM 4 for my customized distribution should I build all the RPMs again? Right now they are built with RPM 3.04. Thanks, Frank = ICQ: 7205161 http://sapphire.sourceforge.net - Another X11 Window Manager __ Do You

Anaconda 6.2 question

I'm trying to dig through the source to find where the different install components are defined. For instance I want to remove the kde workstation selection in the installer. I would like to also define my own with a pixmap. I know that these are defined in the comps file but where are the

boot images

On RH 6.2 in the images directory I see: -r--r--r--1 root root 348 Mar 9 13:37 TRANS.TBL -rw-rw-r--1 root root 1474560 Aug 29 21:19 boot.img -rw-rw-r--1 root root 1474560 Aug 29 21:20 bootnet.img drwxrwxr-x2 root root 4096 Mar 8 17:51

Re: binary packages to include specs

Of course one can use SRPMS packages, but that is not always handy. Speaking of RPMs I was wondering how people go about creating RPMs for complicated packages such as the kernel, or mysql or something that installs a load of files. I am pretty new to making RPMs and therefore find

Re: building perl rpm

I actually gave it a go on a Zoot box before posting my reply. Aside from issues picking up the man pages in the %files list (the .spec file should probably use /usr/share/man, since the patch that fixes buildrooting for Makemaker modules has to hard-code the path for Pinstripe, and the

anaconda

When you get to the components screen in anaconda the components have images next to them. Where in the code are these defined. I've edited my comps file the way I'd like it but I want to know how to add images to new components if I add them. Thanks, Frank

.xinitrc - default window manager

On redhat 6.2 what src.rpm contains the default .xinitrc file. I'd like to change it so that it starts up with a different window manager on a fresh install. Thanks, Frank ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: .xinitrc - default window manager

On redhat 6.2 what src.rpm contains the default .xinitrc file. I'd like to change it so that it starts up with a different window manager on a fresh install. Thanks, Frank okay I feel stupid. Its in the xinitrc src.rpm. What I should have said was where does Redhat define which window

Re: .xinitrc - default window manager

BTW, are you creating your own distribution or something? You seem to be rebuilding a whole collection of rpms the last few days! Thank you for the explanation. Yes I am building a customized Redhat 6.2 distribution. At the moment its simply RH 6.2 with alot of different packages so its

XFree86

About how long do you think it would take to build XFree86 3.3.6 on a PIII 500 with 256 megs of ram? I'm talking about the src.rpm's? I'm just trying to get a good rough estimate of the time it will take so I can plan my work accordingly. Thanks, Frank

Re: Changing Distribution

"A.Sleep" wrote: I'm looking for information on how to change the RH distribution for a client. I have to add a few RPMs and remove some others. Beacuse of the size and requirements of the client I need to put the distribution on CD, so a smimple kickstart config will not work. I'm

Re: python-1.5.2-13.src.rpm

(general) Some of them are official, others come when people submit that along with their bug reports (hurrah!), others are picked up from mailing lists, others are written by us to fix bugs, others are written by us to give requested or needed functionality and others are given us by the

Re: building perl rpm

Nalin Dahyabhai wrote: On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 12:10:26PM -0400, Frank Hale wrote: I have no problem building perl-5.00503-10.src.rpm, but when I try to build perl 5.6.0 it complains that it cannot find ndbm.h when it works fine for 5.00503 whats the problem? Are you building on Zoot

Re: building perl rpm

There's a patch in the 5.6.0 package in Pinstripe that adds this directory to the link path -- you may want to try starting with it instead of the perl 5.00503 package from Zoot. I took your advice and downloaded 5.6.0.src.rpm but now I cannot install it because I have rpm-3.0.4. Damn!!! I

Re: Redhat kernels

Chris Abbey wrote: have you looked at the configuration they used to build the kernel? and the patches applied? That shed a lot of light on it for me. No actually I hadn't yet. I will do that today though thank you. Frank ___

Redhat kernels

to compile my own kernels, create kernel RPMS, and create custom boot disks. Where can I find information which will shed some light on these topics? Thank you, Frank Hale ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman

Re: anaconda's code

VMware has been around for at least 18 months.. Where have ya been? Hehehehe. I know, I just never thought about it until now. Using CDRW like CDR's though works fine as long as your writer and reader support CDRW disks. Mine does, its worked fine so far. Mount the iso image on a

Re: customizing RedHat 6.2

Why don't you stop mucking around and tell us WHERE it's documented? Okay lets play nice. The best form of documentation is the source code, it never lies. Frank = ICQ: 7205161 http://sapphire.sourceforge.net - Another X11 Window Manager

Re: customizing RedHat 6.2

You can define RPM macros on the command line, hence: rpm --define "release_version 6.2" --define "release_name Zoot" -ba \ redhat-release.spec :) Thanks, I didn't know that. I wasted 3 days trying to find where those variables were defined. Frank

RedHat boot disks

How are the RH boot disks created? I am modifying my RH 6.2 CD and would like to provide updated boot disks with kernel 2.2.16 on it. Is there a HOWTO or FAQ somewhere that shows how to make an install boot disk for RedHat linux? I'm specifically talking about the install boot disk for RH

running anaconda to test it.

How do you test anaconda. I made some changes to the pixmaps and I wanna test it before I burn it to cd. I'm using 6.2 I've tried: ./anaconda --gui --rootpath=path/I/want/to/install/it/in --method=dir://path/to/my/modified/redhat/dist This starts up and gives me the RedHat logo but then craps

Modifying RedHat 6.2

I am in the process of changing the packages which are installed with RH 6.2. I will then burn it to CD so that it can be installed. Since I am making rather large changes to the installed packages I want to change the release name (Zoot) to something like (Zoot-Update) or something like that so

installing anaconda

after you make changes to anaconda where do you install it? Does it go under /RedHat/instimage? All the changes I made never took place because I didn't know you had to install it. I figured since the src was on the install cd that it used that one to install RedHat, I was wrong. Frank

anaconda's code

Do the programmers at RedHat believe in putting comments in anaconda? Jesus christ the code couldn't be anymore unreadable. Frank ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list

older redhat installers (before anaconda)

I've got several old RedHat dists, with the text mode installer. Does anyone know what language it was written in? Frank ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list

Re: running anaconda to test it.

This starts up and gives me the RedHat logo but then craps out with some error which doesn't really give me any information See, this may not look like information to you, but it can tell me exactly what is wrong. One thing I hate about "bug" reports is when people say "it printed an

Re: running anaconda to test it.

When anaconda reads /etc/resolv.conf, it knows that the loader (the C part of the installer that lives on the boot disk) has written /etc/resolv.conf - so it knows what the format will look like. What's your resolv.conf say? #resolv.conf - domain worldnet.att.net search worldnet.att.net

Re: running anaconda to test it.

Nuke the first and last line... Got it, Thank you! It works now. Okay next question. When I am testing it what do I do when it gets to the partition screen? Can I go past that point without screwing my hard drive up? I'd like to see if it sees my new packages correctly. Thanks a million,

Re: RedHat boot disks

When make-boots is done, your images should be in the subdirectory images (still relative to the root of the CD). Instead of "make make-boots", you might want to try "make do-make", which also rebuilds the hdimage and the driver disks. I hope that helps. Ok I did a make inside

Re: running anaconda to test it.

Matt Wilson wrote: As long as you're running it with -r (--rootpath) or -t (--test) you should be fine -- no partitioning or formatting will take place. Yes using -t. So I can just run through the partition screen as normal (but nothing will happen) and go on through the installation?

Re: RedHat boot disks

Make sure /usr/sbin is in your $PATH Got it thanks, /usr/sbin is not currently in my path as I a su'ed to root. Will exit out and login as root. Thanks! So what will happen when it creates the boot disks? Will it use the kernel I have currently installed on my machine? 2.2.16? If not how

RedHat boot images

Is there a howto which describes how to make a boot disk that would be suitable for using with a RedHat install? I'm using RedHat 6.1 and I would like to be able to make a custom boot disk using kernel 2.2.14. Thanks, Frank = ICQ: 7205161 http://sapphire.sourceforge.net - Another X11

Re: modifying Anaconda

Oops I really gotta watch what I am doing. I forgot to install pythod-devel, duh!!! Sorry to bother everyone. --- Frank Hale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Simon Epsteyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RTFS :) It's python. Included is a small shell script for running anaconda in test mode

boot images

I'm currently creating a custom RedHat distribution and I would like to also create custom boot images with kernel 2.2.14. Is there any documentation around which describes how to create custom boot disks? Thanks, Frank = ICQ: 7205161 http://sapphire.sourceforge.net - Another X11 Window

modifying Anaconda

What is the proper method of executing Anaconda for purpose of testing changes made to it? I've tried copying it from the redhat cd to my drive and running it but it does not run. I get error messages everytime. Also no documentation comes with it, is there somewhere I can find some? Thanks,