[101689] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Red Hat Sucks?!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Sat Nov 28 15:59:09 1998
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 15:35:31 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
To: clints@1starnet.com, TripKill <tripkill@1starnet.com>,
RedHat Mailing List <redhat-list@redhat.com>
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TripKill wrote:
> I installed Red Hat 5.2 about a month ago, and other than not being able to
> install from a dos drive and having to buy the cd I didn't have many problems.
> The installed went fairly well, I just wasn't able to install lilo on the
> hard-drive like I wanted, but I'm satisfied with the boot disk. I have
> installed X-Windows, and KDE and I love it. It is configurable, and very
> stable. I just love the stablility compared to windows. However, I can't
> stick with an OS if I can't run programs, and that's just my problem. I can't
> compile, or run most popular programs. I don't know if I have
> something configured wrong, or it's because of the glibc6 based system.
>
> Please provide me with any information...I've been working with this problem
> for two weeks.
What error message (detail please) does it give you
when you type lilo as root?
Please email your /etc/lilo.conf if you would like
to fix up booting from the hard drive.
Also send the output of fdisk -l too.
>
>
> Examples:
> Xirc
> -------------------------------------------
> Tar gives me the following error:
> logged in as root
> I use tar xfvzp xirc-2.2p1.tar.gz
> and on every file extracted I get the error
> "tar: xIrc-2.2p1/xIrcSocket.h: Cannot chown to uid 205 gid 1000: Operation not
> permitted"
> Then it exits with "tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors"
Tar should work ok if you don't use the p option.
If that fails, use one of the other tar options to make it
ignore uid and group id: tar --help|less
>
>
> Then I go to compile xirc and I get the errors:
> I type make
> gcc: installation problem, cannot exec 'cc1plus':
> make[1]: *** [xApp.o] Error 1
> make: *** [LibX++.a] Error 2
This means you do not have c++ installed. c++ support
is not present in the gcc rpms. Instead of gcc, you might
install the egcs rpms instead, including
egcs-1*.rpm
egcs-c++*.rpm
>
> --------------------------------------------
> Xplorer
> --------------------------------------------
> I installed the xplorer rpm
> I enter the /usr/local/bin directory logged in as root
> I type xplorer to execute the program and I get the following error
> xplorer: can't resolve symbol '_vt.6QFrame'
> --------------------------------------------
> tar
> --------------------------------------------
> as you see above, I get the error "cannot chown to" even though
> I'm logged in as root...I would really appreciate any help on this
> annoying problem
> --------------------------------------------
>
> That isn't the half of the programs that won't work....if I can get passed
> this problem, then I think I can be a happy Linuxer and go on to be
> a pillar of the Linux Community :)
Don't use the tar p option - that tells it to restore original uid,gid,
which it can't for some reason. If that is not enough, there are
some other tar options that affect uid,gid: tar --help|less
--
Jan Carlson
janc@iname.com Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Mailed with Netscape 4.5 on Red Hat Linux 5.2
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