-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Rajko M. <rmatov101@charter.net> [05-21-07 22:20]:
I don't know internals of rpm --rebuilddb but I was using it and it seems that it doesn't search hard disk for installed third party software.
The sound driver is: realtek-linux-audiopack-4.05f.tar.bz2 and it will compile alsa driver and some XRealMixer v0.5 from sources. John mentioned that he removed directories, but I didn't ask which as installing alsa via YaST should bring sound in order.
Using an rpm-based system requires the use of rpm packages. The use of tar-balls will corrupt the rpm system and do not show up in the rpm database. Tar installations can replace libraries required by your (rpm) installed system and break things as you seem to have found with the alsa package. Removal of tar installations and source built installations is very difficult.
You must be experienced and knowledgable to incorporate a mix. The only really safe usage for the unknowning is those tar packages which are self contained static packages which install in their own directory and are removable by deleting that directory structure.
If you *must* build a driver (as it appears) you should incorporate the use of "checkinstall" which generates rpm packages for installation after build and allows for save removal, if necessary or desired.
Just installed checkinstall and in the absence of a man page... decided to use checkinstall -h to find out about usage .... the result was... well.. a bit weird :-o I think I have deciphered enough to use it, but I get the impression documentation needs a little work :-) . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGUrtzasN0sSnLmgIRAoeDAKDh9Tmzdifx3E2C09gPLVdDMM4ctQCgwrB1 Fqmg4oi9L5hcVAqnoiuBH1M= =FzV/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org