On Saturday 11 Feb 2006 17:13, Kevin B. O'Brien wrote: > At 11:34 AM 2/11/2006, Kevin B. O'Brien said something remarkably > > like (but somehow subtly different from): > >>also, check the file itself: > >> > >>$ ls -l /usr/games/fortune > >>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 17K Jun 7 2004 fortune > > > >OK, this is revealing. I seem to have a zero-byte file for fortune. > >I am not sure how I managed to do that, but I must have done > > *something*.<g> > > > >I will try to reinstall fortune and see if that takes care of it. > > OK, this is harder than I thought. I have my install disks handy, but > how do I install a specific program from them? > > Thank you,
The newbie way with the uninstall GUI in Mandriva Control Centre, and then the install GUI to install it again. Or the not quite so newbie way from a root terminal urpme fortune urpmi fortune see 'man urpmi' 'man urpme' or #urpmi and #urpme in a konqueror URL line. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
