RH9 Install Problems 040416a

[Gene Sears (MUMC)]

Hi Stuart,

I know RH9 is being written off by RedHat, and I am reaching my limit with
inexplicable failures and software like VIM and EMACS.  I have been using
computers since before the PC appeared. This level of software and failures
was common in the DOS world in the mid-eighties.  I keep reading how
superior Linux is to Windows, so I decided I would dual boot the new (to me)
PC with Win2K and Linux and give it a fair trial.  About 3 hours after
installing the hard drive, it was fdisked, partitioned formatted and Windows
and several of my favorite utilities were installed.  Next I began
installing RH9...  That was on the 11th, or 12th of April, so far the only
thing about Linux RH9 that has worked and is useful is the Grub dual-boot
menu.  None of the foregoing is intended to be a reflection on you.  Your
suggestions have all made sense to me, the fact that so far I haven't been
able to bring any of them to fruition is not your fault.

In regard to your comment that you are using RHEL, (I think you said beta),
why would one choose RHEL as opposed to Fedora, or vice-versa?

Other comments below...

Gene

) -----Forwarded Message-----
) From: Stuart Sears <stuart at sjsears.com>
) Sent: Apr 18, 2004 5:34 AM
) To: etsears at mindspring.com
) Subject: RE: RH9 Install Problems 040416a
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) > itself.  It failed at 20% again.
) https://rhn.redhat.com
) follow the instructions on downloading and installing the new versions
) of up2date and up2date-gnome
) the error is sometimes an SSL problem.

I attempted this, I posted a message a few minutes ago on the experience.
Search for (gs010419a) in the subject line.

) You can always download the updates manually you know - they are on the
) RH ftp site and a number of mirrors.
) just downlaod them using wget or lftp or somesuch tool, move ALL the
) kernel-....rpm packages out of the directory and then run
) rpm -Fvh *.rpm
) which will only update packages that you have installed already
) >
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) I still don't think this is a version incompatibility...
) Can you send me your /etc/X11/XF86Config file and I'll see if I can work
) out the problem?
)

I also attempted the edit of the /etc/X11/XF86Config file.  Everything went
fine until I tried to save it, first it asked if I wanted to overwrite the
existing file, I said yes, then it paused for a while, then said no, the
file was also open in another buffer.  It then became disagreeable and I had
trouble getting out of VIM, but that may have been a screwup on my part.

) Actually, before you do that, what you might also try is editing it
) directly. (time to brush up the old vi skills)
) here are some example sections to base your ideas on...
) (notice that these all end in '1' so you can just add them to the end of

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