> -----Original Message----- > From: Wade Hampton [mailto:wade.hampton@nsc1.net] > Sent: Tue, October 08, 2002 5:23 PM > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > Subject: several RH 8.0 questions.... > > > I love RedHat 8.0 and have installed it on 2 laptops (updates) > and one desktop (fresh install). However, it's not without its > glitches. I have several questions for the list: > > 1. Man pages have strange characters in them. > > After doing an install of 8.0, man (e.g., man man) > displays the man page with occasional a^ (^ over the a) > symbols and the "-"s are missing. Is this a LOCALE issue? > I do not see this problem on my laptop (RH 7.3 updated to 8.0). > > 2. Can't launch up2date. > > On my laptop, while logged in as a user, I tried to launch up2date. > I got the prompt for the root PW, entered it then nothing happened. > I tried to launch it from an xterm, logged in as root; up2date seems > to hang. From the root login, up2date-nox seemed to hang as well. > When you launch up2date, it tries to contact RedHat site first, and probably collect some information about installed packages. It may take some time. > 3. RPM hung for all operations until reboot. > > Yesterday on a desktop, I tried loading mozilla 1.1. The RPM hung. > I killed it. I tried doing queries, installs, --rebuilddb, > etc. Each > program Try rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__* . This may fix problems with up2date as well > hung. I finally tried the **Windows (C)(R) Microsoft ** solution of > reboot and upon login, rpm worked fine and I could update Mozilla. > > A reply with suggestions/fixes would be most welcomed. > -- > Wade Hampton > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list >
