Re: glibc2.3

> From: "vvor" <[email protected]>
> To: "Linux" <[email protected]>
> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 13:34:14 -0500
> Subject:  glibc2.3
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> 
> i upgraded python. now, the only way to control my seawolf is thru ssh, because
> i have lost keyboard control. i get a login window (either kde, gnome,
> whatever), mouse functions (if i don't use my omniview switcher), but *any*
> keyboard input is...idiosyncratic, to say the least. any keystroke makes the
> monitor blank out and change resolution: 640x480 -> key -> 800 x 600 -> key ->
> 1024 x 7xx, etc. so, i have to log in remotely (ssh). apparently, my x is toast.
> i can't run xconfigurator because that results in a segmentation fault. is this
> good usability, or what?
> 
> what i want to do, is shut down my xserver 

"telinit 3" will do that until you reboot.  If you want to shut down X for the 
long run, you should change the default runlevel in /etc/inittab from 5 to 3.
You can also type Ctrl-Alt-F1 at the X screen to switch to a text console 
(although if your keyboard is flaky, this may not work).

so i can upgrade xfree so i can
> upgrade kde so i can use kde on cygwin so i don't have to deal with my omniview
> malfunctioning everytime i switch back and forth between win2k and seawolf when
> i want to do upgrades. i would like my server to just stay in console mode, but
> then a bunch of services don't start! i think i understand how to fix that
> though.

"chkconfig" allows you to control which services start and stop in each runlevel.
> 
> but i upgraded python to 2.2...so my lpd now (silly me for not anticipating
> this!) suddenly has no printer specified, because it (presumably?) needs (now
> that it sees i'm using python 2.2) glib2.3 (rather than 2.2, which is what i
> have) and can't do printconf, or something needing widgets.

Actually this sounds like you need to upgrade your Tk/Tcl packages for the new 
python.

How did you upgrade python?  Did you install a binary RPM that was built against 
glibc 2.3?  Or did you build it from source?  I assume from your Subject: header 
and the version number that "glib" is a typo for "glibc".  Did you upgrade other 
RPMs as well?
> 
> but glib2.3 won't install because...it needs binutils, a new gcc, and
> linuxthreads, and thinks my kernel is 2.4.2, not 2.4.9! fun! i installed
> binutils, new gcc, and let glibc go with 2.4.2, but linuxthreads won't
> configure/make/make install without an advanced degree in exoskeletel
> amniopsyrioasistology, and i thought i had them anyway?
> 
> 1. will glib2.3 build on seawolf?

Never tried it.  If you intend to continue using glibc 2.3, I recommend 
upgrading your system to Red Hat 8.0 or higher.  FreshRPMs.net or 
Fedoralegacy.org are good starting points for doing a network upgrade.  Do you 
have broadband?  Does your Linux box have a network connection or do you have to 
download packages to your Windows box first?
> 2. what version of linuxthreads? can't find a howto...

Linuxthreads seems to be an optional feature of glibc.  Maybe a glibc-howto?
> 3. how do i specify my printer without a gui? it's an ethernet printer, and my
> seawolf serves for it for my net.

I believe LPRng still uses /etc/printcap.
> 4. if i remove my new python (i upgraded to help a friend compile a module...so
> much for generosity), how can i convince my system that it doesn't need
> glibc2.3?

I thought you only needed glibc 2.3 for lpd.
> 
> 
> :(
> 
> vora

John