Peter Berg Larsen wrote:
>On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Guy Zelck wrote:
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>>>>>I guess this is a old thing, I get this with 8.1 also.
>>>>>Whenever i boot mandrake with any of the Aurora rpms installed
>>>>>it complains that it can't run kudzu cause it can't open the console.
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>>>>Yes, I noticed the aurora variable used in the concerning startup script
>>>>stays empty so the if statements fail.
>>>>Where this aurora variable is supposed to be defined I don't know but
>>>>would like to.
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>>>It (aurora variable) is defined in /etc/rc.d/rc, but it is never exported.
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>>That's true, but, the next line in /etc/rc :
>>"[ -f /lib/aurora/functions -a -f /etc/aurora/Monitor ] &&
>>/etc/aurora/Monitor startable && aurora=1"
>>will never yield aurora=1 since /etc/aurora/Monitor is of size 0 and on
>>my system even absent.
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>/etc/aurora/Monitor is a softlink to the gui (script) you want
>aurora to use (e.q. gtk+, newstyle) in /lib/aurora/Monitors/.
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>>Or is this script called Monitor created when you enable aurora in the
>>Mandrake control center. Anyway, sth. is wrong as I had the same pb.
>>as the "HeadTechnician".
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>If I understand it correct then yes. (and removes the softlink if aurora
>is not used).
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>Peter
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I've done the test. I didn't think about the symlink because I saw a
plain file in the package but this is what they do in the postinstall
phase of the aurora package :
# rpm -q --scripts Aurora
postinstall scriptlet (through /bin/sh):
rm -f /etc/aurora/Monitor
preuninstall scriptlet (through /bin/sh):
touch /etc/aurora/Monitor
[root@gz:/tmp]
Then after enabling aurora we get :
# ll /etc/aurora/Monitor
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 38 jan 4 02:02
/etc/aurora/Monitor -> /lib/aurora/Monitors/Traditional-WsLib*
Nevertheless, the cmd "/etc/aurora/Monitor startable" in /etc/rc must
under some circomstances yield a false so aurora=1 is not set or is it
just "export aurora" that's missing from the file? Anyway, knowing all
this we can test and solve further.
One other thing on aurora, I chose the Traditional style but never see
the mouse pointer on startup. I've seen it only once but do not know
under which conditions. It can't be needing gpm that early in the
bootprocess can it?
See ya,
Guy.
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