>>>>> "SC" == Steve Croteau <stevecroteau@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: SC> Excellent!! Just one question, how does one go about installing a SC> patch if it's not done through up2date or yum? Check the source out of Fedora CVS, hack the spec file to apply the patch at build time, change the version and build the package. Not too hard if you know all of the basics, pretty difficult if you don't. But, hey, I have a few minutes, so here's the procedure: Make sure you have "cvs" installed. CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/cvs/dist export CVSROOT cvs login (when asked for a password, just hit enter) cvs co hal cd hal/FC-3 Grab the patch from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=117249 and save it in hal-0.4.7-floppy.patch. Edit hal.spec: Change the Release field; I ended up at "1.FC3.UH.2" After the "Source0" line, add: Patch0: hal-0.4.7-floppy.patch After the "%setup -q" line, add: %patch0 -p1 Save the file. Run "make build" It will probably complain about prerequisites; install them all. Run "make build" again and repeat until the package builds. Enjoy your new RPM; with luck it will fix the problem. (It works for me, but your milage may vary. You should just need to install it with "rpm -Fvh" and you'll see the floppy in /media if it works.) - J<
