Installed rpm-4.3.2-0.10, which screwed everything up. I installed the rpm 4.0.4 libraries!
Now, how do I fix it. rpm obviously doesn't work. I have the rpm-4.3.2-0.4 rpms, but I can't install them.
rpm2cpio doesn't work, so I can't install using cpio.
Is the a tool to extract rpm files that doesn't depend on rpm being installed?
Where are the plain source files, i.e. rpm-4.3.2.tar.bz2?
sean
It was reported yesterday with Kernel - 525 that sound modules where not loading.
Today we have new kernel and still there is no sound.
Anybody has an answer?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Bart Kalita MCP
Registered Linux User #347493 Fedora Core 3 test 1
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 18:08:07 +0100, Bart Kalita bartk@clara.co.uk wrote:
It was reported yesterday with Kernel - 525 that sound modules where not loading.
Technically... i dont think its been "reported"... as in i don't think there is a bugreport specifically about this. Discussion in this list is simply discussion, if its not in bugzilla its not reported. I haven't filed it because i don't have a clue as to where things are going wrong.
I'm not sure if this is a udev bug or an initscripts bug or a kernel bug.
-jef
On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 13:16 -0400, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 18:08:07 +0100, Bart Kalita bartk@clara.co.uk wrote:
It was reported yesterday with Kernel - 525 that sound modules where not loading.
Technically... i dont think its been "reported"... as in i don't think there is a bugreport specifically about this. Discussion in this list is simply discussion, if its not in bugzilla its not reported. I haven't filed it because i don't have a clue as to where things are going wrong.
I'm not sure if this is a udev bug or an initscripts bug or a kernel bug.
-jef
I have a strange feeling that you know the way around it, care to share? :)
+ I would expect people responsible for updates to test releases to at least monitor this group.
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 18:37:51 +0100, Bart Kalita bartk@clara.co.uk wrote:
I have a strange feeling that you know the way around it, care to share? :)
Around it? i modprobe snd-card-0 by hand before logging into the desktop As i reported in my previous thread about this, when I was looking for confirmation and feedback.
- I would expect people responsible for updates to test releases to at
least monitor this group.
I'm sure they do monitor the list... as im sure the monitor a number of lists... but lists can be overwhelming... and you certaintly can't expect the responsible people to sit all weekend long reading the lists. (only irresponsble people like me do that). People will miss threads, that's why its important to get confirmed bugs with useful information into bugzilla. Bug tickets don't get lost in the shuffle, but mailinglist posts do.
-jef
On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 20:09, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 18:37:51 +0100, Bart Kalita bartk@clara.co.uk wrote:
I have a strange feeling that you know the way around it, care to share? :)
Around it? i modprobe snd-card-0 by hand before logging into the desktop As i reported in my previous thread about this, when I was looking for confirmation and feedback.
I wonder if this is a case of udev breaking module autoloading...
On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 18:08 +0100, Bart Kalita wrote:
It was reported yesterday with Kernel - 525 that sound modules where not loading.
Today we have new kernel and still there is no sound.
Anybody has an answer?
Bart Kalita MCP
Registered Linux User #347493 Fedora Core 3 test 1
Another lister that can't start a thread of his own!! Please don't hijack threads.
Scott
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 12:53:04PM -0400, sean darcy wrote:
rpm2cpio doesn't work, so I can't install using cpio.
Hm ...
Is the a tool to extract rpm files that doesn't depend on rpm being installed?
An rpm archive is really a header followed by an attached cpio archive compressed with bzip2 or gzip. So a simple way to extract it is to search to a "magic" of a compressed blob and pipe bytes from that moment on through an uncompressor and cpio. A slightly primitive, as a "magic signature" could be in theory found accidentally earlier in a header, but in practice really effective.
Some years ago I wrote myself such extractor in literally few lines of perl. I am afraid that I do not know now where I stuck it if it is still around. I have seen also something like that done in bash. Not very difficult.
Michal
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 11:27:07AM -0600, Michal Jaegermann wrote:
Some years ago I wrote myself such extractor in literally few lines of perl. I am afraid that I do not know now where I stuck it if it is still around. I have seen also something like that done in bash. Not very difficult.
You can also boot the CD image in rescue mode and use the rpm on there with "--root" to rescue yourself.
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Michal Jaegermann wrote:
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 12:53:04PM -0400, sean darcy wrote:
rpm2cpio doesn't work, so I can't install using cpio.
Hm ...
Is the a tool to extract rpm files that doesn't depend on rpm being installed?
An rpm archive is really a header followed by an attached cpio archive compressed with bzip2 or gzip. So a simple way to extract it is to search to a "magic" of a compressed blob and pipe bytes from that moment on through an uncompressor and cpio. A slightly primitive, as a "magic signature" could be in theory found accidentally earlier in a header, but in practice really effective.
Some years ago I wrote myself such extractor in literally few lines of perl. I am afraid that I do not know now where I stuck it if it is still around. I have seen also something like that done in bash. Not very difficult.
Though I believe Alan Cox's advice is the best (using rescue environment), there is a bash script in /usr/lib/rpm called rpm2cpio.sh that does not use librpm to implement rpm2cpio like functionality.
Cheers...james
Michal
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 01:59:32PM -0400, James Olin Oden wrote:
there is a bash script in /usr/lib/rpm called rpm2cpio.sh that does not use librpm to implement rpm2cpio like functionality.
Indeed. Thanks! One should look at a local disk first. :-)
This one calculates a header size instead of blindly searching for a signature; which is definitely more reliable. OTOH it sends what it extracts through gunzip always but this is easy to rectify.
Michal
On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 12:53 -0400, sean darcy wrote:
Installed rpm-4.3.2-0.10, which screwed everything up. I installed the rpm 4.0.4 libraries!
Now, how do I fix it. rpm obviously doesn't work. I have the rpm-4.3.2-0.4 rpms, but I can't install them.
rpm2cpio doesn't work, so I can't install using cpio.
Is the a tool to extract rpm files that doesn't depend on rpm being installed?
Where are the plain source files, i.e. rpm-4.3.2.tar.bz2?
sean
Use another box and copy the files with scp or whatever :-)
On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 12:53 -0400, sean darcy wrote:
Installed rpm-4.3.2-0.10, which screwed everything up. I installed the rpm 4.0.4 libraries!
Now, how do I fix it. rpm obviously doesn't work. I have the rpm-4.3.2-0.4 rpms, but I can't install them.
rpm2cpio doesn't work, so I can't install using cpio.
Is the a tool to extract rpm files that doesn't depend on rpm being installed?
Where are the plain source files, i.e. rpm-4.3.2.tar.bz2?
sean
I have no solution for you, as I have the same problem(s) Can't yum or up2date. FC3t1 won't boot into rescue mode, rpm has a bajillion dependencies! Not to mention the screwed up xinitrc making the reboot an additional joy.
Well at least if I can't help you, you know you're not alone!
Scott