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(by Francis Galiegue, edited):
Do, as root:
find /usr/share/applnk -name "*rpmsave" -exec
rm {} \;
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(contributed by Marc Siegel, abridged)
This solution turned up on dejanews (simplified
to comandlines by me)
As root:
- Remove sendmail:
rpm -e sendmail
- Backup deferred mail:
cp -Rp /var/spool/postfix/def*
/tmp/
- Remove postfix:
rpm -e --nodeps postfix
- Make sure it's gone:
rm -rf /var/spool/postfix
- Re-install Postfix:
rpm -Uvh /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/postfix*
- Restore deferred mail:
cp -Rp /tmp/def* /var/spool/postfix/
- Make sure files are in order, permissions, etc:
postfix check
- Start postfix daemon:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/postfix
start
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(by J.M. Dault, abridged)
That is not a bug, that's a feature. We don't
want to trash a user's database during upgrade.
Solution is either:
1) read the documentation and convert the existing
database from 6.4 to 6.5
2) rpm -e all postgresql packages, delete /var/lib/pgsql and re-install the
rpms.
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(concocted from various mails) As a user, type: xhost
[IP]. If you haven't assigned an IP to your computer (e.g. if your
connection to the outside world is by dial up only), use 127.0.0.1 (xhost
127.0.0.1). If you are concerned about security, remove the IP from
the access control list by typing xhost -127.0.0.1.
You can automatically grant root access to
your display by putting the above line in either ~/.xinitrc
(if you start X Windows from the console) or ~/.xsessionrc (if
you boot into X).
(Note: You may not have these files in your home-directory
yet. Open an editor and write these lines:
#!/bin/sh xhost [IP]
Put in the appropriate value for [IP], of course ;-). Save and close the
file under the appropriate name and make it executable by
chmod 755 [filename]
Don't forget the dot!)
You shouldn't forget, however, that this may cause a
security issue when connecting to the outside world (by allowing intruders
to connect to your display)! You can help this by supplying an executable
mini-script like
#!/bin/sh xhost -[IP]
and run it from your connect script or your favourite
dialer (most of them allow running programs after connect). Likewise you
can run your .xinitrc or .xsessionrc after disconnecting (of course not if
they contain other commands, too. In this case write another script to add
the IP again).
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This is related to some chipsets (mainly VIA). Fix: Change the last line
of/etc/rc.d/init.de/halt from
eval $command -i -d -p
to
eval $command -i -d
LM User Nico Neumann reports:
I installed Mandrake 7.0 - 2 successfully,
but did not manage to get the "power off after shutdown" - function working.
I use a DFI P5BV3 Rev. B mainboard.
I now found a new BIOS at www.dfi.com from March 2000 that solves this problem.
There are new BIOS versions for all revisions of the board.
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