Hi Devon, Thanks and Merry X'mas
B.R. Stephen At 05:42 PM 12/21/2001 -0500, you wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Friday 21 December 2001 11:50 am, Stephen Liu wrote: > > Hi Devon, > > > >Do the upgrades all at once. Like: > > >rpm -Fvh /mnt/hda5/RH7.2-up2date/up2date*.rpm > > > > rpm -Fvh /mnt/hda5/RH7.2-up2date/*rpm > > Preparing... ########################################### [100%] > > 1:up2date ########################################### [ 50%] > > 2:up2date-gnome ########################################### [100%] > > > > In 1:up2date above only 50% complete, any problem ? > >No problem at all. You were upgrading 2 rpms, after the first installed, >the job was 50% done. If you had 3 rpms, it would have said 33%, etc. > > > What is the trick to have all rpms updated simultaneously ? > >I normally put all the rpms I want to upgrade in one directory, with the >exception of any kernel rpms. I move the kernel upgrade rpm to a >subdirectory. I can then.. >cd upgradedirectory >rpm -ivh kernelupdate/kernel*.rpm to install the updated kernel package. >rpm -Fvh *.rpm to update all the rpms in the directory. > >If any of the packages are new installs, rather than updates, you'll need >to use rpm -ivh. (-Uvh would work as well.) > > > Now it comes to the final stage to install a driver for the sound card > > built-in on motherboard > > > > rpm --rebuild /mnt/floppy/alsa-driver-0.9.0beta9-1.72.1.src.rpm > > Installing /mnt/floppy/alsa-driver-0.9.0beta9-1.72.1.src.rpm > > Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.37755 > > ..... > > ....... > > ......... > > checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no > > checking for current directory... > > /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/alsa-driver-0.9.0beta9 checking for directory > > with kernel source... /usr/src/linux-2.4 checking for kernel version... > > RPM build errors: > > Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.44522 (%build) > > > > Do I need to install the kernel-source to proceed ? > >Yes. That should do the trick. > >Good luck, > >- -D > >- -- > >pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/pgpkey.txt _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
