[SLUG] No response to question

From: Thomas Ringate (tringate@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Mon Oct 28 2002 - 14:52:04 EST


Hi All,

I did not get any response to a question I asked, and was wondering if it
was because:
a - Have not posted to the list for a couple of years
b - A stupid question
c - No one knows the answer
d - all of the above

Here is my original question again.

I've been away from linux for awhile, and have the bug again. I installed
Red Hat 8.0 and am trying to get
gnome rpm to operate.

My specific problem appears to be something with where the actual
configuration file is located.

When I select the GUI panel "operations/preferences/distributions" it is
completely blank.

If I try to do a WEB FIND and select some package, it gives the message "no
packages to download".

It appears that the configuration file is simply non existant, or is blank.

If I try to enter something into the "distributions" panel, gnomerpm gives
the "crash" panel and terminates.

Just for grins, I put my old RH 7.1 HD in the PC and tried the exact same
thing, and got exactly the same results.

The last time I actually remember using this tool was back on release RH
6.0, and I do not remember having to configure anything.

Looking at the Red Hat site, they show all these pannels, and they have
information already in them, which makes me believe I have left something
out along the way.

Here is a link to the RH site that has the panel displayed. It is the very
last panel that is totally blank on my system.

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/s1-gnor
pm-config.html

I am in root, and I am using the GUI gnome interface. I checked the file
etc/rpmfind.conf and it has information in it, that looks a lot like what
you see on the Red Hat site, but it is not being displayed on my system.

Is there a different configuration file for gnome rpm that I have to do
something with?

Is there some very obvious thing I am missing?

The package is "gnomerpm.0.96"

Tom



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