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 Good evening Fedora Gurus,
I have been tasked to provide active xdmcp sessions to windows users running Exceed on their systems. Yet, I do not have any idea about where to begin. Could somebody guide this lost soul? The Fedora system is FC4 with all the latest updates.
Cheers
Stan


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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: 'GPL encumbrance problems' (Les Mikesell)
   2. yum problem (Gerhard Magnus)
   3. RE: high resolution timer (Gu, John A. (US SSA))
   4. Re: yum problem (Chris Norman)
   5. Re: X (Chris Norman)
   6. Re: AMD 64 bit laptop resolution RHEL 4 u2 (William Hooper)
   7. RE: high resolution timer (Erwin Rol)
   8. Re: black screen with nVidia ia32 driver and GEForce 6150
      (Rickey Moore)
   9. Re: IPTables won't start (jludwig)
  10. Re: X (Les Mikesell)
  11. Existing connections / changing IpTables (Richard Emberson)
  12. Re: high resolution timer (Mike McCarty)
  13. Re: 'GPL encumbrance problems' (Mike McCarty)
  14. mount, install problem (Guillaume)
  15. FYI:  get 30gigs of email from 30 Gigs.com website
      (Antonio Olivares)
  16. Re: xfs - gui - recent updates (Gregory P. Ennis)
  17. Re: RPM database question (David Boles)
  18. Re: Fedora Core 3 Transferred to Fedora Legacy (Guy Fraser)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:57:55 -0600
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: 'GPL encumbrance problems'
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <1137707874.3936.108.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain

On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 15:23, David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud) wrote:

> I really do see a need for a GPL-like restriction on creating true 
> derivative works based on free software created by others.  I think 
> the success of GPLed software in attracting developers shows that 
> people are more willing to donate their time and effort if they know 
> that someone else can't simply pick up whatever they have created, 
> re-package it somehow and sell it.

That makes much more sense in the world of packagers selling bundles and support than it does to a developer willing to give his work away.  If you give something away, why wouldn't you want it to be used in every possible way that is useful to someone (more or less the *bsd philosophy)?  On the other hand if you are selling support of you have a vested interest in keeping something better than your own package from becoming easily available.

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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:58:30 -0800
From: Gerhard Magnus <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: yum problem
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <1137707910.3400.8.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain

Hello All,

	I've found most problems updating using yum resolve themselves within a
few days.  But this one has lingered for several weeks now.
	system-config-bind (4.0.0-38_FC4, the Red Hat BIND DNS Configuration
Tool) shows up on the yumex list of packages to be updated. But the
update bombs out with this message:
Missing Dependency: libwx_gtk2-2.4.so.0(WXGTK2_2.4) is needed by package
audacity
Missing Dependency: libwx_gtk2-2.4.so.0 is needed by package audacity
	The problem is I have audacity (1.2.3-5.lvn.1.4) listed as already
installed.
	What's going on here?  Any advice as to how to proceed is appreciated,
as always.

Jerry






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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:04:18 -0500
From: "Gu, John A. \(US SSA\)" <john.gu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: high resolution timer
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID:
	<FDA1EF80FDB36F45BC641D25321D87510319DB98@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"

I have a ADC (Analog-to-Digital Converter, Maxim 197) integrated with a
SBC (Single Board Computer) running the Linux Kernel. The ADC has its
sample rate of 10K per second (100 usec interval). The ADC can only
operate on a single trigger and read fashion. Creating a driver is a
good way to handle it. But I don't see any proper timer or delay logic
available for my situation. By using udelay() will block all the other
processes. 

As mentioned from you guys, getting some RT-patch may be the only way
out.

John

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[mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike McCarty
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 1:02 PM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: high resolution timer

Erwin Rol wrote:

[some good information followed by]

> You also might want to critically look at your software/hardware on 
> why you need those timers. Maybe if you explain what you are trying to

> do someone has a better/different solution for you that does work with

> the normal kernel.

I second this advice. It's pretty abnormal to need 100us resolution in
timing, especially in a "sloppy scheduling environment" like that
provided by the standard Linux kernels. Ask yourself whether you really
really need that, or if you don't have a design masquerading as
requirements. What does this timing requirement stem from? Surely there
is some reason for its existence. That is probably a real requirement.
See if you can accomplish the same result without needing stringent
timing.

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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:07:59 -0800
From: "Chris Norman" <cnorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: yum problem
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <00a501c61d44$cf268e70$b700a8c0@sparky>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="iso-8859-1"

...

system-config-bind (4.0.0-38_FC4, the Red Hat BIND DNS Configuration
Tool) shows up on the yumex list of packages to be updated. But the
update bombs out with this message:
Missing Dependency: libwx_gtk2-2.4.so.0(WXGTK2_2.4) is needed by package
audacity
Missing Dependency: libwx_gtk2-2.4.so.0 is needed by package audacity
The problem is I have audacity (1.2.3-5.lvn.1.4) listed as already
installed.
What's going on here?  Any advice as to how to proceed is appreciated,
as always.

Can you not just try and install the shared objects.

Jerry




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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:12:49 -0800
From: "Chris Norman" <cnorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: X
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <00ec01c61d45$7c05c660$b700a8c0@sparky>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="iso-8859-1"

Hi mate, I have the VNC client, that's working fine.

I made the changes to xorg.conf, but nothing seems to have happened. The 
thing is, I'm running over SSH, is there a service I can restart in order to 
get VNC listening?

Cheers,

Chris Norman
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Billy Tallis" <wtallis@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: X


On 1/19/06, Chris Norman <cnorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi people,
> Is there any way I can use my x desktop remotely?
>
> Using it first hand is inpractical because speach will not read it, but 
> here
> on my laptop (windows XP), I've heard it's possible to run an x desktop, 
> and
> listen to music.
>
> How would I do this please?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris Norman
> <!-- chris.norman4@xxxxxxxxxxxx -->

Set up an ssh server on your fedora box and install Cygwin/X on your winxp 
box.
I do not know of any way to forward sound over an ssh connection, but
with cygwin you can recompile many linux apps to run on your xp box.
xmms is even in the Cygwin ports collection.

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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:14:25 -0500 (EST)
From: "William Hooper" <whooperhsd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: AMD 64 bit laptop resolution RHEL 4 u2
To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <3488.12.29.16.103.1137708865.squirrel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1


Marc M wrote:
> Hello:
> I would like some advice from anyone willing to help me.

You would have more luck on a RHEL4 mailing list.

https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/nahant-list

-- 
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:22:54 +0100
From: Erwin Rol <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: high resolution timer
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <1137709374.4405.23.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain

On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 17:04 -0500, Gu, John A. (US SSA) wrote:
> I have a ADC (Analog-to-Digital Converter, Maxim 197) integrated with a
> SBC (Single Board Computer) running the Linux Kernel. The ADC has its
> sample rate of 10K per second (100 usec interval). The ADC can only
> operate on a single trigger and read fashion. Creating a driver is a
> good way to handle it. But I don't see any proper timer or delay logic
> available for my situation. By using udelay() will block all the other
> processes. 

Does the ADC signal the CPU via a IRQ ? Or do you have to poll it to see
if it ready ? In both cases it is highly unlikely that you can do that
with a standard kernel, since you will only have a small < 100us window
to get your sample, and in the normal kernel there can be latencies of
op to several 100ms so you would lose like 1000 or more samples. 

I suggest you look at the RTAI project and reask your question on their
mailing list, cause data acquisition is not that special and people
using RTAI use it a lot. 

The principle in your case would be a realtime task with a latency less
than the valid sample window that puts the values in a FIFO, and than
another less critical task to do "something" with those values. 

- Erwin




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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:24:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Rickey Moore <wayward4now@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: black screen with nVidia ia32 driver and GEForce 6150
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <20060119222406.65427.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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David Niemi <drn_temp2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > xvidtune is your friend.
Not if you're not exactly sure of what you're doing... <g> I blew the living heck out of a very nice 15" multisync, back when they cost large bucks. Make VERY sure that you have all of your specs and resist the urge to push it with just a little bit more. ZZZZZT! <poof> <smoke wafts up and out of the backside> <--That's what happened to me, nor was there a replacement flyback to be found for the no-name multisync of vague oriental origins. It sat forlornly in the garage as a home for various creepy crawlies, a constant reminder of my sin, for a very very long time.  <sigh>  
 
 In short, xvidtune has no brakes, it will do exactly what you tell it to do, quite happily, including warping your flyback clear across to the 8th dimension. And so it goes... Ric
 
 
 



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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:29:10 -0500
From: jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: IPTables won't start
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <200601191729.10474.wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Wednesday 18 January 2006 03:35, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> On 1/18/06, Chris Norman <cnorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > The subject says it all really. I can't get IPTables to start.
> >
> > Neither the command "service iptables start" or "/etc/init.d/iptables
> > start"
> > does anything.
> >
> > Can anyone help please?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Chris Norman
> > <!-- chris.norman4@xxxxxxxxxxxx -->
>
> To my knowledge, iptables is not a service, but a part of the kernel. Why
> do you think that it is not working?
>
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Iptables is a separate program with the executable in /sbin or /usr/sbin. You 
will find an init script in /etc/init.d. If you look at it you will see the 
prerequisite start, stop, restart, and status.
The reasons iptables will not start are the same as any other daemon or 
program;
1) bad script starting it 
2) Bad rule set
3) location of executable not where expected, corrupt, or not installed.
4) myriad of others reasons.

Try these
1) rpm -qv iptables
2) yum install iptables (or download the proper rpm and manually refresh or 
install) rpm -Uvh iptables*.rpm



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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:38:01 -0600
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: X
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <1137710281.3936.118.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain

On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 16:12, Chris Norman wrote:
> Hi mate, I have the VNC client, that's working fine.
> 
> I made the changes to xorg.conf, but nothing seems to have happened. The 
> thing is, I'm running over SSH, is there a service I can restart in order to 
> get VNC listening?

You need to restart X.  Logging out at the console would do it,
or hitting control-alt-backspace at the console.  From a
remote connection, doing an 'init 3' followed by an 'init 5'
as root should do it.  There might be something less drastic.

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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:56:35 -0800
From: Richard Emberson <remberson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Existing connections / changing IpTables
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <43D01923.5030303@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed


What happens to existing connections if one reconfigures the
machine's IpTables?
Add a new rule?
Remove a rule?
Blow away configuration and set a new one?
Add a host/port mapping?
Remove a host/port mapping?

Thanks

RME

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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:51:57 -0600
From: Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: high resolution timer
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <43D0180D.6060004@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Gu, John A. (US SSA) wrote:
> I have a ADC (Analog-to-Digital Converter, Maxim 197) integrated with a
> SBC (Single Board Computer) running the Linux Kernel. The ADC has its
> sample rate of 10K per second (100 usec interval). The ADC can only
> operate on a single trigger and read fashion. Creating a driver is a
> good way to handle it. But I don't see any proper timer or delay logic
> available for my situation. By using udelay() will block all the other
> processes. 
> 
> As mentioned from you guys, getting some RT-patch may be the only way
> out.

Ok. But how often must you read it? The best way may simply be
to trigger a read in a device driver, then just hang and wait
for 100us or until the sample is ready. If your time budget is
not too stringent, this may work ok. If you need to read the A/D
say every 100ms, then eating 100us/100ms is not too much load.

Are there any other devices which cannot accept a 100us interrupt
latency? IOW, will you blow some other time constraint, even
though the CPU load may not be too great using this technique?

Mike
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Message: 13
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:57:04 -0600
From: Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: 'GPL encumbrance problems'
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <43D01940.6080604@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud) wrote:
> mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>> I don't "hope to extract money" from people, and object to the use
>> of the term wrt me. 
> 
> 
> Mike, I'm an unabashed capitalist.  I look at it as businesses extract 

So am I. But the word "extract" really implies force is involved.
The denotation may simply be "to remove from something", but the
connotation is as important. The first definition in my dictionary
is "ex.tract (ik.strakt') v.t. 1. to draw out by force."

[snip]

> brought back both the customer and his friends, family, etc.  Funny 
> thing is that people who use expressions like "...hope to extract 
> money..." pejoratively seem to focus strictly on the movement of the 
> money and not on the goods or services that the customer gets in return.

As I said, business transactions *should* be friendly acts.

Mike
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:24:36 +0100
From: Guillaume <guillaume.chardin@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mount, install problem
To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <aa184bd0601191524y163e659cm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

I list;
i try to install  a fedora core4 with ISO, but when i try to mount an
iso with this command:

mount -o loop -t iso9660 /my/iso/file /mount/point

I have this error:
mount: could not find a spare loop device

any idea?
thanks



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Message: 15
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:30:30 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: FYI:  get 30gigs of email from 30 Gigs.com website
To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
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Message: 16
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:46:51 -0600
From: "Gregory P. Ennis" <PoMec@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: xfs - gui - recent updates
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <1137714411.24720.28.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 10:06 -0600, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 09:40 퍍㐶⠞镦鵻૨뗡ꭺਫ죱➞⬰꺋帍 List,
> > > 
> > > I have had two desktops that have had their gui stop working over the
> > > weekend.  Both were E-Machines with ATI Mach64 video cards using
> > > Princeton Ultra 72 and Ultra 74 monitors.  I have other E-Machines with
> > > different cards using the same monitors that are still working.
> > > 
> > > These two machines functioned without problems until the following
> > > updates occurred :  ( I can boot each to runlevel 3 without difficulty)
> > >  
> > > Jan 14 14:24:38 Updated: system-config-bind.noarch 4.0.0-38_FC4
> > > Jan 14 14:24:41 Updated: flex.i386 2.5.4a-35.fc4
> > > 
> > > The above only represents one machine, because I rebuilt the os on the
> > > other before I recognized it was not my mistake.  I currently do not
> > > have bind running nor do I use flex on either machine.  
> > >  
> > > Other observations that I have made include the X.org.0.log entry of:
> > > 
> > > Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
> > > 
> > > Fatal server error:
> > > could not open default font 'fixed'
> > > 
> > > I have also noticed that the xfs daemon is not running and when I try to
> > > start it manually I get a "Segmentation Fault" error.
> > > 
> > > Has anyone else reported problems related to these updates.  Can any of
> > > you help me.  
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Greg Ennis
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > I'm not running FC here at work, so can't give specific answers, but I might 
> > have some general pointers you could check.
> > 
> > When xfs starts it opens a unix domain socket, port 7100, to listen for requests 
> > (hence the "font path element unix/:7100" above). On RHEL this is in 
> > /tmp/.font-unix/fs7100. Does this file exist, is there a problem with the /tmp 
> > or /tmp/.font-unix directory? This is how /tmp/.font-unix and 
> > /tmp/.font-unix/fs7100 appear on my RHEL system:
> > 
> > drwxrwxrwt  2 root root 4096 Jan  4 08:54 /tmp/.font-unix/
> > srwxrwxrwx  1 root root 0 Jan 18 09:35 /tmp/.font-unix/fs7100
> > 
> > Can you run xfs manually, via strace, to see what system calls it makes, and if 
> > one is failing somewhere and causing it to abort? It might help pinpoint the 
> > location of the problem. A seg. fault is not normal when starting xfs ;-)
> > 
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> 
> 
> Nigel,
> 
> Thank you for your help. Here is some information as to your questions.
> This information came from a unit that was a new install of an
> "E-Machine" that worked well until I did an update with yum -y update.
> The update was done immediately after the install  After the update the
> gui login screen has failed.  I have two other units (all of which are
> E-Machines) that have been running about 2 months without difficulty.
> 
> I posted a bug report with Red Hat, but they feel like this is a config
> problem and directed me back to this list.  It may be a config problem,
> but it is not one that I or the other users have created in that this
> the data below comes from a new install.
> 
> Unfortunately, this problem has left the units unusable for the users,
> and will need to be fixed for us to continue the migration from MS to
> FC.
> 
> Your help will be greatly appreciated!!!!
> 
> Greg
> 

Dear List,

I am in a jam with 3 Fedora units that had their gui become unusable
after the 14th.  One was even a fresh install that only became disabled
after the yum update was done.

This is really hurting the Fedora conversion effort with my client.  If
any of you can help me I would greatly appreciate it.  I am going to
have to return these units to MS if I can not get the problem fixed so I
would appreciate your help!!!!

Thank you,

Greg




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Message: 17
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:54:53 -0800
From: David Boles <dgboles@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: RPM database question
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <43D026CD.1000807@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Neal Becker wrote:
> David Boles wrote:
> 
>> Sorry if this posts twice. It did not appear to post.
>>
>> I seem to recall that there was a long CLI command that would list the
>> 'duplicate installs' in the RPM database. These caused false dependency
>> problems because RPM thought the 'old' version was still installed.
>>
>> Example:
>>
>> foopackage-1.2.3-1.i386.rpm    and
>> foopackage-1.2.3-2.i386.rpm
>>
>> And there was a way to repair this.
>>
>> Would someone please post this if it is still an option? Or another
>> solution?
> 
> If you don't actually want to remove, then you can do:
> 
> rpm -e --justdb.
> 

I want to thank eveyone for their help and suggestions. But...

Either I can not type or I am just not doing something exactly correctly. Or
maybe it is not possible anymore.

Sometimes the rpm database would get stuck with two listings of the same
package and one is -1 number higher in version. Or .1 higher. There WAS a way
to get RPM to ONLY show the duplicate packages that had different version
numbers. Not all of them with the duplicates listed together in a long list.
This duplicate problem would cause dependency problems. The older version
could then be rpm -e <old packagename/number> by looking at the list and that
would solve this problem.

-- 


  David



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Message: 18
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:58:22 -0700
From: Guy Fraser <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Fedora Core 3 Transferred to Fedora Legacy
To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <1137715102.4159.223.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Tue, 2006-17-01 at 14:35 +0800, John Summerfied wrote:
> Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> >>> and responsibility to contribute. If you care about older releases 
> >>> why not step up and do the required work in getting Fedora Legacy 
> >>> going better?. I am sure everyone in the team would welcome your 
> >>> contributions.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I think you missed the point somehow. Some people think that FC5 isn't
> >> ready yet. 
> > 
> > 
> > It doesn't have to be. Fedora Core 4 still gets updates from Fedora Core 
> > developers. Fedora Legacy is ready. You will continue to receive updates 
> > for Red Hat Linux 7.2, 8, Fedora Core 1,2,3.
> I thought 7.2 was dropped. Nine too.
> > 
> 
> If we wanted FC4, we'd have installed it ages ago. In fact, had _I_ 
> installed any FC machines in the past six months ago, I would have 
> installed FC4.
> 
> At this time in its life, I don't care for FC4; if I must choose between 
> upgrading my FC3 boxes and switching to Legacy, the choice I want is to 
> upgrade to FC5.
> 
I will add to this, saying FC4 had a very rocky start, and I 
don't recall any announcement that the ISO images were fixed 
and re-released. With the nightmare I went through getting FC3
installed and the reported problems installing FC4 seeming 
trivial in comparison, I have not wanted to chance it.

I have tried FC5t2 and it is a little fussy but I was able to 
get it to install.

I also intend on moving straight from FC3 to FC5.

I have great hopes for FC5 and appreciate the hard work done 
by the developers.



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