Trying to upgrade to Gnome 2.9 [SOLVED]

[a13x]

I selected the Gnome packages one by one until I reached gtk. I clicked and I got an error saying that the package is not allowed or something like that.

 

So I decided to try urpmi from the console. And this is what I got:

 

[root@Alex root]# urpmi libxorg-x11-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586
Some package requested cannot be installed:
libxorg-x11-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586 (trying to promote libxorg-x11)
libxorg-x11-devel-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586 (due to missing libxorg-x11-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586)
xorg-x11-100dpi-fonts-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586 (due to unsatisfied /usr/X11R6/bin/xset[*])
xorg-x11-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586 (due to missing libxorg-x11-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586)
xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586 (due to unsatisfied /usr/X11R6/bin/xset[*])
xorg-x11-Xnest-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586 (due to missing libxorg-x11-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586)
xorg-x11-server-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586 (due to missing libxorg-x11-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586)
xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586 (due to missing libxorg-x11-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586)
Continue? (Y/n) n
[root@Alex root]#

 

"trying to promote libxorg-x11" - WTF ? :blink:

unsatisfied /usr/X11R6/bin/xset[*] - Huh ? :huh:

 

Edited November 15, 2004 by a13x

[thinkliberty]

Place all the following files in the same directory/folder by themselves

libxorg-x11-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586

libxorg-x11-devel-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586

xorg-x11-100dpi-fonts-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586

xorg-x11-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586

xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586

xorg-x11-Xnest-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586

xorg-x11-server-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586

xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586

 

open the console in the directory/folder that these files are in and type

rpm -Uvh *.rpm

 

what errors do you get now?

[a13x]

I didn't download all the packages (all except 3). Anyway I ran the command and it doesn't look promising :unsure: ...........

 

[root@Alex xorg]# rpm -Uhv libxorg-x11-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
       X11-libs = 6.7.0 is needed by (installed) xorg-x11-6.7.0-3mdk
       libXfontcache.so.1 is needed by (installed) xorg-x11-6.7.0-3mdk
       libxorg-x11 = 6.7.0-3mdk is needed by (installed) xorg-x11-6.7.0-3mdk
       libxorg-x11 = 6.7.0-3mdk is needed by (installed) xorg-x11-xfs-6.7.0-3mdk
       libxorg-x11 = 6.7.0-3mdk is needed by (installed) libxorg-x11-devel-6.7.0-3mdk
       libxorg-x11 = 6.7.0-3mdk is needed by (installed) xorg-x11-server-6.7.0-3mdk
       libxorg-x11 = 6.7.0-3mdk is needed by (installed) xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts-6.7.0-3mdk
       libxorg-x11 = 6.7.0-3mdk is needed by (installed) xorg-x11-Xnest-6.7.0-3mdk
       libxorg-x11 = 6.7.0-3mdk is needed by (installed) xorg-x11-100dpi-fonts-6.7.0-3mdk
[root@Alex xorg]# rpm -Uhv *.rpm
error: xorg-x11-100dpi-fonts-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586.rpm: headerRead failed: hdr blob(156469): BAD, read returned 12416
error: xorg-x11-100dpi-fonts-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586.rpm cannot be installed
error: xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586.rpm: headerRead failed: hdr blob(156523): BAD, read returned 13876
error: xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586.rpm cannot be installed
error: xorg-x11-server-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586.rpm: headerRead failed: hdr blob(54323): BAD, read returned 2194
error: xorg-x11-server-6.8.1-7.mdk10.1.thac.i586.rpm cannot be installed
[root@Alex xorg]#

[thinkliberty]

It will not work unless you have all the rpm's and It looks like you have a corrupt rpm. Although you may need to fix your rpm database. you an do this by typing (as root of course)

rpm --rebuilddb

 

 

 

I didn't download all the packages (all except 3). Anyway I ran the command and it doesn't look promising  :unsure: ...........

[thinkliberty]

BTW. how much space left do you have on your /var and /usr partions?

[a13x]

Thx man, it worked

 

The rpm -rebuilddb command solved the problems, I guess.

BTW, I had about 1.4 GB of free space left.