Subject: Re: Yup, RPM and source (was Re: X 4.1)
From: Iain Stevenson (iain@IainStevenson.com)
Date: Tue Jun 12 2001 - 12:54:58 MDT
on 12/6/01 4:08 pm, Sam Moore at samiwas@macconnect.com wrote:
> OK, here's a strategy question:
> How does one get the RPM and yup databases updated after compiling
> and installing software from source?
With difficulty - I generally remove the rpm version before installing from
source to avoid potential conflicts.
> Is it best to build an RPM
> package and use RPM to (re)install it once you know it works? How
> does yup know what's going on in this case?
>
It would be possible to build your own RPMs although I haven't done this.
Iain
> At 2:47 PM +0100 6/12/01, Iain Stevenson wrote:
>> Isak,
>>
>> I have it working fine. Some advice (assuming you have XFree86 4.01 running
>> at the moment):
>>
>> - start in runlevel 3 without X running (ie init 3). Make a backup of
>> XF86Config-4
>>
>> - the video driver you need may not be compiled by default. Copy
>> xc/config/cf/xf86site.def to xc/config/cf/host.def then edit host.def to
>> include any features you need. I edited this to make sure the ati driver
>> was built
>>
>> - after building and installing run Xautoconfig4 again. Start X - it may
>> work. If not, gradually change the appropriate parts of XF86Config-4
>> manually. I am using the XF86Config-4 from XFree86 4.01 but with the
>> "Device" section updated.
>>
>> Iain
>>
>>
>>
>> on 12/6/01 1:37 pm, Isak Lyberth at ily@serv01.vejlehs.dk wrote:
>>
>>
>> Has anyone gotten x 4.1 to work on YLD?
>> I tried copiling it and got a very fast error. don't have it now but it
>> wrote about ten lines and the returned an error. Has anyone else
>> experimented with it?
>>
>> Regards
>> Isak
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rick Sheridan [mailto:thunder@ccountry.net]
>> Sent: 12. juni 2001 14:25
>> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>> Subject: Install YLD 2.0 on UMAX C600 w/ Ixmicro
>>
>> Anyone have any luck with YLD 2.0 installer? I have previously installed
>> 'LinuxPPC 1999Q4', ',YLD Champion Server 1.2', 'LinuxPPC 2000', and LinuxPPC
>> 2000Q4'. All have their little qwerks, but I never had a complete failure
>> to install.
>>
>> Unable to get a useable video output. Selecting 'No Video Driver' alone
>> presents multiple columns (unreadable) of boot messages. Adding video
>> settings to the kernel arguments command line gets closer. At best when the
>> ramdisk images start loading the display has the first 2 to 4 columns of
>> characters (depending on the vmode and cmode settings) on the right edge of
>> the screen. The text is also subdued.
>>
>> I have gotten to a somewhat readable license agreement only to find the
>> keyboard would not work.
>>
>> -- Rick
>
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