Dave Anderson
11-03-2001, 02:30 PM
First, is anyone having trouble with RPM in RH 7.2? Here's my problem:
I'm going to be doing some RedHad training in a few months. Previously I used mostly Slackware and simply compiled any software I needed to install. While I still have Slackware on my home server, I decided to put Linux on my laptop (wiping XP from it).
It's an IBM Thinkpad 390X - all the hardware, including the winmodem, is supported under Linux.
I downloaded, burned, and installed RH 7.2 on the laptop. New installation on a wiped hd. I didn't even do a custom install - I chose the Standard Laptop install. Though I did choose both KDE and Gnome, making KDE my primary.
Anyway, after install I download a few RPM programs to install. I go to the RPM Package Manger in KDE that is under the System Utils menu. It opens the RPM file and comes up with a little error window. There's no description or text, except for a 'RPM error' of some sort. I can get out of the window and actually install the RPM, the program even works, but while it's installing I can't see the progress bar at the bottom because the error window comes back.
It's really strange. I should take some screenshots and post them here I suppose. Just curious if anyone is having similar problems.
Thanks!
I'm going to be doing some RedHad training in a few months. Previously I used mostly Slackware and simply compiled any software I needed to install. While I still have Slackware on my home server, I decided to put Linux on my laptop (wiping XP from it).
It's an IBM Thinkpad 390X - all the hardware, including the winmodem, is supported under Linux.
I downloaded, burned, and installed RH 7.2 on the laptop. New installation on a wiped hd. I didn't even do a custom install - I chose the Standard Laptop install. Though I did choose both KDE and Gnome, making KDE my primary.
Anyway, after install I download a few RPM programs to install. I go to the RPM Package Manger in KDE that is under the System Utils menu. It opens the RPM file and comes up with a little error window. There's no description or text, except for a 'RPM error' of some sort. I can get out of the window and actually install the RPM, the program even works, but while it's installing I can't see the progress bar at the bottom because the error window comes back.
It's really strange. I should take some screenshots and post them here I suppose. Just curious if anyone is having similar problems.
Thanks!