Subject: Re: Ruff Pack 0.80
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Fri Feb 25 2000 - 11:15:38 MST
> 1) The /usr/ppc-yellowdog-linux directory needs a symlink to /lib. Netscape
> at least won't start without the existence of this link.
As in /usr/lib/ppc-yellowdog-linux/?
> 2) Netscape's default home page (file:/usr/doc/HTML/index.html) is a Red Hat
> page.
Fixed.
> 3) xterm cursor highlighting with mouse focus is still broken somewhere. Not
> sure if it is Gnome, Enlightenment, or X that is causing the problem.
Can you give me your details.. I'm not clear on this.
> 4) Xconfigurator still doesn't work for a 99 PowerBook. Don't think I have
> ever seen a version that did work. At least not with FBDev.
>
> 5) When starting Gnome, I received a message stating
> /usr/share/enlightenment/themes/CleanBig was a badly formed theme package.
Fixed
> 6) At boot time, there are messages claiming unresolved symbols for...
> /lib/modules/2.2.15-2.5.0/block/nbd.o
> /lib/modules/2.2.15-2.5.0/misc/usb-scsi.o
> /lib/modules/2.2.15-2.5.0/pcmcia/epic_cb.o
Working on a new kernel with some cleanups.
> 7) At boot there is a message stating "Warning. Gobs of debugging output
> has .... Check kern.debug ..."
USB stack has debugging turned on and its going to kern.debug.
> 8) At boot there is a message stating /etc/adjtime: read-only file system.
Not fixed yet, but I know about this :)
> 9) There didn't appear to be replacement packages for the following, which
> were on my system when I started the upgrade.
> * ext2ed-0.1-19a
Not safe on big-endian, removed.
> * iptraf-2.1.1-1
in extras.
> * irda-utils-0.9.4-1
lots of header file problems; removed.
> # kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.6-16a
pcmcia is built into the main kernel rpm now.
> * knfsd-1.4.7-8
> * knfsd-clients-1.4.7-8
now called nfs-utils
> * libxml10-1.0.0-2
Extras.
> * pdisk-0.7-2
Need to add that.
> * pmac-utils-1.1.1-1a
Need to add that.
> * quik-1.3.1-0a
quik 2.0 will beo n the cd for RS/6000.
yaboot rpm as well.
> * rpmlint-0.8-1
extras.
> * setuptool-1.2-3a
Now called setup, need to obsolete setuptool
> * webalizer-1.30.04-1
extras.
> * xbill-2.0-6
need to fix.. does not build.
extras = the 3rd Tasty Morsels cd, btw.
> 10) The following Ruff Pack 0.80 packages appeared to be older versions
> than what was already present after the 0.75 upgrade.
>
> package trackpad-0.1-2 (which is newer than trackpad-0.1-0)
Fixed.
package setup-2.0.2-1 (which is newer than setup-1.2-3)
Ya see the note on setuptool. setuptool is now called setup.
setup is now called basecfgs. RH called 2 things setup so I fixed.
> package mouseconfig-4.2-1 (which is newer than mouseconfig-4.0-1a)
4.2 is kudzied, and kudzu does not support USB.
> package modemtool-1.21-6a (which is newer than modemtool-1.21-6)
fixed.
> package gdb-4.18-9 (which is newer than gdb-4.18-4)
Ya, we reverted to an older version due to some problems.
> package basesystem-6.0-4 (which is newer than basesystem-6.0-3)
fixed.
> 11) The following are errors I received while upgrading.
>
> [root@freyr rp80]# rpm -Uvh linuxconf-1.17r2-4.ppc.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
> redhat-release is needed by linuxconf-1.17r2-4
Fixed.
> [root@freyr rp80]# rpm -Uvh console-tools-19990829-3.ppc.rpm
> console-tools ##################################################
> var/tmp/rpm-tmp.27355: /etc/sysconfig/keyboard: line 2: unexpected EOF while loo
> king for matching `"'
> var/tmp/rpm-tmp.27355: /etc/sysconfig/keyboard: line 3: syntax error: unexpected
> end of file
Please send me your /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
> [root@freyr rp80]# rpm -Uvh kernel-2.2.15-2.5.0.ppc.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
> kernel <= 2.2 conflicts with initscripts-4.93-2
fixed.
> bash-2.03# rpm -Uvh sudo-1.6.2p1-0.ppc.rpm
> warning: /etc/sudoers created as /etc/sudoers.rpmnew
> sudo ##################################################
> rm: cannot remove `/var/run/sudo/*': No such file or directory
> execution of script failed
> rm: cannot remove `/var/run/sudo/*': No such file or directory
> execution of script failed
fixed.
> [root@freyr rp80]# rpm -Uvh setup-1.2-3.ppc.rpm
> file /usr/sbin/setup from install of setup-1.2-3 conflicts with file from packag
> e setuptool-1.2-3a
See above.
>
> Hope there is something useful in all of that. The above aside, my PowerBook
> is now running all 0.80 packages and seems to be doing just fine.
Thanks Jim
Regards,
Dan
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