[UCLA-LUG] RPM problems

Daniel B. Rego Daniel@Rego.com
Mon, 03 Jul 2000 03:31:56 -0700


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I have Redhat 6.1 installed with a duel boot with Windows 98 (via LILO).

My Linux system doesn't seem to want to recognize my regular modem (I have
both
a WinModem and a normal modem) and I've been told that this is a bug in=
 Redhat
6.1.  Since I can't get Internet access with my Linux system, I downloaded=
 the
appropriate RPM files for Redhat 6.1 via windows.  I then tried to install=
 the
RPM packages through both the Redhat manager and the Gnome installer.  For
both
instances I got  long list of error messages, so...

Is this a problem due to going through files that were downloaded through
Windows?  If not, then should I force the installation? (I am cautious about
this.  I don't want to reinstall since there are a number of configurations
that I am not familiar with.  When I first installed I was stuck in 600x800=
 X
Windows resolution AND I didn't have any sound, though both are fixed now
thanks to a UCLALUG member who helped me out at the last installation).

If I have to install forceably at a command prompt, then which directory
should
I be in to do this (forgive me if I don't know, I am not familiar with=
 working
at a command prompt in Linux and haven't done it for Dos in over ten years)?

I really would like to try out my Linux system in this regard, so any help
would be helpful.

BTW, I've started learning C++ and compiling with the Windows ported
version of
gcc and am overall pleased with it.  But is there any Linux based program=
 for
helping to write programs that have visual components for a program to run
in a
X Windows session? If not, then where can I learn the particulars so as to
write said programs?

thanx in advance

Daniel B. Rego



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<html><div>I have Redhat 6.1 installed with a duel boot with Windows 98
(via LILO).</div>
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<div>My Linux system doesn't seem to want to recognize my regular modem
(I have both a WinModem and a normal modem) and I've been told that this
is a bug in Redhat 6.1.&nbsp; Since I can't get Internet access with my
Linux system, I downloaded the appropriate RPM files for Redhat 6.1 via
windows.&nbsp; I then tried to install the RPM packages through both the
Redhat manager and the Gnome installer.&nbsp; For both instances I
got&nbsp; long list of error messages, so...</div>
<br>
<div>Is this a problem due to going through files that were downloaded
through Windows?&nbsp; If not, then should I force the installation? (I
am cautious about this.&nbsp; I don't want to reinstall since there are a
number of configurations that I am not familiar with.&nbsp; When I first
installed I was stuck in 600x800 X Windows resolution AND I didn't have
any sound, though both are fixed now thanks to a UCLALUG member who
helped me out at the last installation).</div>
<br>
<div>If I have to install forceably at a command prompt, then which
directory should I be in to do this (forgive me if I don't know, I am not
familiar with working at a command prompt in Linux and haven't done it
for Dos in over ten years)?</div>
<br>
<div>I really would like to try out my Linux system in this regard, so
any help would be helpful.</div>
<br>
<div>BTW, I've started learning C++ and compiling with the Windows ported
version of gcc and am overall pleased with it.&nbsp; But is there any
Linux based program for helping to write programs that have visual
components for a program to run in a X Windows session? If not, then
where can I learn the particulars so as to write said programs?</div>
<br>
<div>thanx in advance</div>
<br>
<div>Daniel B. Rego</div>
<br>

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