Re: Installation problems.

["Just a Quick Letter from Chad" <acidrain olywa net>]

Try running rpm --rebuilbdb after installing rpm packages it's sorta like
running ldconfig, that might help also make sure you did the remove of
gtk+1.0.6 and glib-1.0.6 and installed gtk+10 and glib10, some times it's
also better to just compile it i know it takes much longer than just
rpm -Uvh *.rpm but you usually get less errors once it's started and it
seems to work 100% better over the rpm's cause it's compiled against your
libs and your compiler not what some one else had, also when you remove
items "packages" it would be rpm -e --nodeps <firstname> not the whole thing
like foo-1.0.6.i386.rpm that might be your problem. hope tis helps you out.

Chad
----- Original Message -----
From: Coley, James <JCOLE11@alldata.net>
To: <gnome-list@gnome.org>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 1:59 PM
Subject: Installation problems.


> Please excuse my feeble requests for information, as I'm a new (Gnew?)
user
> to Linux from the NT world trying out the Gnome interface.  If I'm
directing
> this to the wrong forum let me know and I'll head elsewhere.
>
> I installed Redhat 5.2 (everything) & downloaded Gnome 1.0 i386 & noarch
> from ftp.cybertrails.com mirror.  I verified the four required rpm's from
> the install instructions and then applied the noarch & i386 Gnome rpms.
> After editing Xclients I ran startx.  The initial execution gave me a
> glimpse of the Gnome desktop (Foot menu button, etc.) and then went to a
> blank grey screen with a cursor.  With no keyboard response I hard booted,
> subsequent startX commands open the GUI, display the Enlightenment startup
> bar to 100%, and then I get my blank screen again.
>
> I've tried deinstalling, however, I've run into a Catch-22 when I run rpm
> -e, the response is that the package is not installed, but if I run
rpm -Uvh
> or -Ivh, the response is that the package is already installed and cannot
be
> installed.
>
> I realize there are issues here that someone more skilled in the OS would
be
> able to pinpoint more easily, but with my inexperience I'm hoping that
this
> forum may be able to offer me some direction.
>
>
> James Coley
> jcole11@alldata.net
>
>
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