Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2425 mails)

[noc@xxxxxxxxxx (NOC - Kulish)]

The original question I had was concerning the GTK+ and Gllib RPMs (which were
actually redhat).  After I installed them, my sound quit working in KDE (this
is on a SuSE 6.4 system).  I thought that them being non SuSE RPMs they somehow
broke my sound.

Now, the kernel modules are not automatically loaded from modules.conf and when
I try to insert them manually, they show when I use lsmod, but they still wont
work.

On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Frank Lepore wrote:
> NOC, -, Kulish, "Inc." wrote:
> > 
> > Well, I didnt receive any responses to my sound card question, which leads me
> > to believe that I have probably snafu'd something that will require a fresh
> > install of SuSE 6.4.
> 
> I just subscribed so missed the question, however, there's virtually
> never any reason to re-install Linux to fix a problem. Everything that
> is configured during installation can be done so after installation.
> 
> 
> > 
> > But before I go and screw up that install by doing the same silly things, I
> > would like to know if it is safe to use Redhat RPMs on a SuSE 6.4 system??
> 
> Sometimes. No for KDE and GNOME and most libraries, yes for many other
> userland apps.
> 
> 
> > 
> > The situation is that I wanted to install gkrellm (latest) but that required
> > GTK+ and Glib 1.2.8 or later.  Not being able to find a SuSE RPM for these
> > (anyone got a good place to find this kind of thing for the latest SuSE, let me
> > KNOW!) on rpmfind.net., I downloaded a *generic* RPM created by Redhat for i386
> > Linux.  Is this where I screwed up?
> 
> Perhaps. First does gkellm refuse to run without 1.2.8 or is this a RPM
> dependency? If it's the later, use the --nodeps switch and try again. 
> 
> To see if this RH version is compatible do a query on it and on the Suse
> rpm and compare the output. Check to see if file locations are the same.
> If they are not then that could cause problems.
> 
> 
> > 
> > I have been using SuSE since 6.1, by which I mean I have purchased each
> > version. Is it just me, or is SuSE a little slow coming out with the latest
> > RPMs?
> 
> The english language version of Suse comes out about a month after the
> German and there's lead time even before the German release so, yes
> there is a slight lag. It probably doesn't help that there are over 1500
> packages to keep track of.
> 
> > 
> > And yet another question (yaq).  I have never tried nor have I done any
> > research (yet), how hard is to create RPMs?  Can anyone give me a brief (very)
> > on whats involved? I'm thinking maybe thats the route to go, create your
> > own.
> 
> See http://www.rpm.org. Everything you need to know is there. It looks
> like an involved process but there is a GUI frontend to creating the
> SPEC files necessary for an RPM file which should make things
> considerable easier.
> 
> Frank
> 
> P.S. What was the original question?


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