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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: openSUSEftw on December 11, 2009, 02:33:07 AM

Title: Removing X.org
Post by: openSUSEftw on December 11, 2009, 02:33:07 AM

I'm sorry I have to be a killjoy on this, but SME has gotten to the point where I want to destroy this server. I tried to update it, and X.org packages are, for some reason unknown to me, installed and cause missing dependencies. Before I go off on a convoluted hacking job to purge the unclean graphical environment, is it a default install, or a problem I've inherited from someone unable to use the command line?

Title: Re: Removing X.org
Post by: sal1504 on December 11, 2009, 03:22:06 AM

openSUSEftw

To me it sounds like you have inherited a server from someone unable to use the command line. What version of SME is on the server? Do you have a good backup of the system?

Sal

Title: Re: Removing X.org
Post by: openSUSEftw on December 11, 2009, 06:11:02 AM

Version 7.4 I think (I didn't do the install). Backups were broken today, but I think I've fixed  them (assuming that it doesn't delete my cron jobs again). Yum was complaining about missing font dependencies, but I prefer the command line to either the web admin or a graphical tool, so am quite happy to get rid of it if I can

Title: Re: Removing X.org
Post by: Stefano on December 11, 2009, 06:10:10 PM

please post the output of

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/sbin/e-smith/audittools/newrpms

thank you

Title: Re: Removing X.org
Post by: CharlieBrady on December 11, 2009, 07:50:13 PM

Quote from: openSUSEftw on December 11, 2009, 02:33:07 AM

I'm sorry I have to be a killjoy on this, but SME has gotten to the point where I want to destroy this server.

You can easily do that by dropping into the ocean, or using fdisk.

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I tried to update it, and X.org packages are, for some reason unknown to me, installed and cause missing dependencies.

If you want good quality assistance, you should provide specifics. Exactly what do you see when you try to update?

Title: Re: Removing X.org
Post by: janet on December 12, 2009, 12:43:45 AM

openSUSEftw

I'm guessing someone has configured additional repositories and yum is updating stuff that you do not really want to update.
Check the FAQ (see link at top of forums) re which repositories to configure and enable.
Apart from the default repos, quite a few extra repos are OK to have configured, but they should remain disabled and you only use those repos to do specific updates using
yum update --enablerepo=reponame packagename

Title: Re: Removing X.org
Post by: cactus on December 12, 2009, 09:00:50 AM

Quote from: openSUSEftw on December 11, 2009, 02:33:07 AM

I'm sorry I have to be a killjoy on this, but SME has gotten to the point where I want to destroy this server. I tried to update it, and X.org packages are, for some reason unknown to me, installed and cause missing dependencies. Before I go off on a convoluted hacking job to purge the unclean graphical environment, is it a default install, or a problem I've inherited from someone unable to use the command line?

There are some Xorg packages on SME Server by default as they are required by some packages from the base. Are you sure you have a full graphical shell on the machine or only some of the Xorg packages. A basic clean installation of SME server contains the following Xorg packages by default:

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[root@smetest7-i386 ~]# rpm -qa xorg*
xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.2-1.EL.63
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.63
xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.2-1.EL.63
xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.63
[root@smetest7-i386 ~]#