On Sunday 27 April 2003 5:57 pm, O'Smith wrote:
On Sunday 27 April 2003 08:31, Frits Wüthrich wrote:
When I boot my SuSE8.1 system, I get this message:
" Please check the following files (see /var/adm/rpmconfigcheck): /etc/X11/qtrc.rpmnew /etc/isdn/isdn.conf.rpmnew /etc/isdn/isdn.conf.rpmsave /etc/samba/smb.conf.rpmnew "
Since I am fairly new to Linux, I have no idea if this is serious, or what I should do to fix it. Any help is welcome.
-- Frits Wüthrich
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Frits, These are backups of files that have been replaced during an update or upgrade of some of your programs, etc. I believe it also mentions to check these against the new files for anything you need out of the old ones and delete them if all is behaving/working ok for you. Or it may not, that may be something I read in the books that came with my SuSE. ;o) Yes, I do read the manuals! :o)
If everything on your system is working ok, then it is probably safe to remove those files to make the list go away on boot up.
Patrick -- --- KMail v1.5.9.1i --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...
Thanks for this Patrick, I had Frits' question at the back of my mind for a week. Having looked at them, I think you are right they relate to an upgrade, but AFAICT, the files are related to user config files which were already in the system prior to an update, and are what a fresh install would supply. ie they are not replaced files, they are candidate replacement files. I shall remove these case by case, after evaluation. regards Vince Littler