Does your scheme assume that I have X installed on the server? I don't have
a functional copy of X on my server machine. I always get the X
server/client stuff (and what needs to be where) all screwed up in my head,
usually resulting in a bad headache.
Matt
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Asheesh Laroia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 3:30 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] Console manipulation of RPMs
>
>
> I have the same type of problem with my headless / inputless
> P133 server.
>
> Quick IP address list:
>
> server = "thecore" = 192.168.0.4
> my personal machine inside the LAN = "Renaissance" = 192.168.0.3
>
> First, I log into Renaissance and type "xhost +192.168.0.4"
>
> Then, I telnet (or SSH) into the server, and su to root.
> In the telnet window, I...
>
> # export DISPLAY=192.168.0.3:0
> # kpackage
>
> Then, using the display on my personal computer, I remove / add RPMs.
>
> Isn't X fun? 8-)
>
> - Asheesh Laroia
>
>
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.) wrote:
>
> > I've got a strange request. Are there any easy ways to
> manipulate the
> > entire RPM DB at the console?
> >
> > I just finished installing mdk7.1 on an old Pentium to become my new
> > firewall machine. Due to bugs in the install script I
> could not choose
> > expert mode to hand pick my packages at install-time. The
> best I could do
> > was "customize" and "server". I'm not running X on the
> machine so I can't
> > run rpmdrake. I want to browse the list of installed rpms,
> view their
> > descriptions and remove the unnecessary rpms for security's
> sake. I know
> > that I do "rpm -qa" to list the installed rpms and "rpm -qi
> <rpmname>" to
> > view the description. Is there anything more "automated"
> than that? I like
> > the way rpmdrake organizes the rpms into categories.
> >
> >
> > Matthew Zaleski
> > R&VT Vehicle Dynamics
> > Ford Motor Company
> > Phone: (313) 248-9866, Fax: (313) 390-4833
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
>
> --
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> member of the
> opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember.
> -- Oliver Herford
>
>
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