Re: Running GNORPM as root

[Rebecca Ore <rebecca ore op net>]

On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 03:05:47PM -0600, Dax Kelson wrote:
> Rebecca Ore said once upon a time (Fri, 3 Sep 1999):
> 
> > I can run gnorpm as user rebecca without any problems, except that I
> > can't install or remove packges.  However, I get this when I try to
> > query packages as root, or do anything else.
> > 
> > [root@ogoense gnorpm-0.9]# gnorpm
> > Broken pipe
> > [root@ogoense gnorpm-0.9]# 
> > 
> > I don't have a core file.
> 
> Is your DISPLAY env variable set correctly?
> 
> Try, just "su" without the dash (su -) and then run gnorpm.

Looks like downgrading to rpm-3.0.0 and rebuilding, then rebooting did
something useful, or typing su after su'ing into root did something.

I dunno.  I did reboot in and out of this when helping a friend install a new
hard drive on this machine and I had been getting the error earlier, too.
Combination of things, I suppose.


-- 
Rebecca Ore