[CLUE-Tech] ALSA Install# rpm -qa | grep gcc

[Joe Linux]

It's not a laptop.  I just did a complete reinstall as this is just sort
of experimental at this point.  I have all the development packages now,
but I'm not sure about kernel source.  I missed on the screen resolution
and tried to reset it with the Mandrake Control Center, but that
"feature" is broken too.  I can't really change the resolution with
their alleged tool.  I suppose I might be able to hand edit the
"XF86config" file.  Otherwise I might just do yet another reinstall.
In spite of all these complaints, the look of Mandrake is superb.  Also
this is only a release candidate, not the release.  I know RedHat says
don't attempt to use their betas.  I may try Gentoo again.  I tried last
year but had some sort of compiler error at that time too.  I could also
work harder at the Knoppix HD install, although I see problems with that
too.  I tried Libranet 2.7 yesterday, but it was just too primative
after Mandrake's eye candy.  I would be rather pleased with Mandrake if
it had sound.  As for the screen resolution, I don't change that once
it's set properly so that isn't much of an issue.

Ed Hill wrote:

>On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 13:54, Joe Linux wrote:
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>>Ed Hill wrote:
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>>>It looks like you either don't have a compiler installed or the user
>>>doesn't have it in their path.  Does the command "rpm -qa | grep gcc"
>>>return anything?
>>>
>>>And its generally a good idea to build things as a non-root user and
>>>then switch to root just to do the install.
>>>
>>>hth,
>>>Ed
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>>[root at Knoppix /]# rpm -qa | grep gcc
>>gcc-cpp-3.2.2-3mdk
>>libgcc1-3.2.2-3mdk
>>[root at Knoppix /]#
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>>Is there anyway to back up on "the build"  as I "built" as "root".
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>Hi Joe,
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>I'm sorry, I really don't understand your "back up on 'the build'"
>comment.
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>If you want to compile things, then you need to install the gcc compiler
>using the appropriate Mandrake RPMs.  I'm not a Mandrake user, but it
>appears that the two gcc rpms that you do currently have installed are
>just libraries--not the actual compiler.
>
>Is this a laptop?  If so, you could bring it this evening to the Golden
>Hacking Society (http://www.hackingsociety.org/chapters/golden) where we
>could try to get things working.
>
>hth,
>Ed
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