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Old 08-14-2004, 04:44 PM   #16
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Quote:
Originally posted by Phin666
Hey I got something! The only thing I did different is from the command prompt "su -" What does the " -" mean?
Well if you read the man page it says:

su is used to become another user during a login session. Invoked without a user-
name, su defaults to becoming the super user. The optional argument - may be used
to provide an environment similiar to what the user would expect had the user
logged in directly.

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The thing that confuses me is that I have ayttm-0.4.6-3mdk.i586.rpm. Isn't that newer than the 0.4.6-17? Very confusing, but I feel as though we are making progress.
Actually it is not. as 17 is greater than 3 - I am just kidding around but that is why. Well it looks installed but it is crashing due to some bug. I hate to say it but you are going to have to scour the net looking for a newer rpm. Sorry. At least now we know that your not crazy
 
Old 08-14-2004, 06:44 PM   #17
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I don't know what I was thinking about the 3 and the 17...I must have been thinking 1.7 or something. Man I feel dumb!

OK, I found this file:

ayttm-0.4.6-17.src.rpm

If I am not mistaken, this is the source file from which I can build a custom ayttm for my PC, is this correct? If I double click it, it asks me to install the source & I said no because I wanted your opinion first.

If this is what I should do, would you happen to have a link to a FAQ to walk me through installing source files and compiling in MDK 10.0?

Thanks for sticking with me on this.
 
Old 08-14-2004, 06:56 PM   #18
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I would love to help you here...but it has been a loooooooong time since I used an rpm based distro and the truth is I really don't know.

EDIT: I did find this web page that seems to have some answers:

http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RpmHowTo

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Old 08-14-2004, 07:14 PM   #19
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I guess that is the end of this thread. BigNate, thanks so much for your help.
 
  


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