At 11:08 PM 31/07/02 +1000, you wrote:
>it's definitely an easier path. You fix the dependencies for one program 
>and it fixes them for everything else.

cool

>nope. Well, that may work, I'm not sure. If there's stuff not working, see 
>if there is config file with a rpmnew extension. A lot of the time you can 
>just copy the rpmnew file over the old one and it will work, but diff them 
>to see what's happening.

some are same, others, like /etc/securetty are diff

>Was that file from the same version of mandrake as the one you're running? 
>If it's not there will be lots of dependencies, if it's the same version 
>it should be fairly straightforward though (assuming you've installed gcc 
>et al)

its from mdk 8.2, thats at least where I downloaded from planetmirror

>ok, replace securetty with securetty.rpmnew. You'll be able to log in then.

excellent, let you know in 24hrs

Russell


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