[K12OSN] hangs on X server screen
Rasmus Ory Nielsen
ron at ron.dk
Tue Mar 15 10:18:00 UTC 2005
Hi,
Eric Harrison wrote:
> If I think there might be a miss-configuration or otherwised messed-up
> software, I have RPM verify all of the installed software:
>
> rpm -Va > /tmp/rpmreport
>
> This will list every file that has been changed since it was installed
> by rpm. The output will contain one line per modified file, in the format:
>
> S.5....T c /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf
>
> Here is what the first set of letters mean:
>
> S file Size differs
> M Mode differs (includes permissions and file type)
> 5 MD5 sum differs
> D Device major/minor number mismatch
> L readLink(2) path mismatch
> U User ownership differs
> G Group ownership differs
> T mTime differs
>
> The "c" means it is a configuration file.
>
>
> Those are usually enough to point me in the right direction for fixing
> whatever may be broken.
I use the attached script for that purpose. It only prints packages that
doesn't verify and the output is sorted by package name.
Regards
Rasmus Ory Nielsen
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