Re: AS Tools & Config Programs
David Taylor (n9506769@garbo.nepean.uws.edu.au)
Sat, 08 Aug 1998 12:56:50 +1000
Thanks for all your great help, David... but, I am still having
problems. I just cannot find an rpm of 1.4.5.55N6.
Can someone else on the list enlighten me of a site where I can find
this? It is required for a RedHat 5.0 i86 system.
David Mihm wrote:
>
> ! > ! Also, can dockable applications designed for Windowmaker be used in
> ! > ! Afterstep. That is, there are quite a few nifty apps I found at the
> ! > ! Windowmaker site that I'd like to use and swallow into my wharf... will
> ! > ! this work?
> ! >
> ! > All the programs work out of the box for AfterStep as well. I
> ! > happen to run wmppp, wmmixer, wmcdplay, and wmload. You will need
> ! > 1.4.5.3-MSG or 1.4.5.55N6 to fully swallow these applets into the wharf as
> ! > they require the entire 64x64 space. The applets still function as
> ! > advertised in lower versions of AS, only a small portion of the applet is
> ! > cut off in the Wharf.
> !
> ! Where can I find rpm's of these releases? I have 1.4.5.3-2, which I
> ! thought was the latest stable release. Once, I have one of these
> ! releases (any ideas on which one) would it be more advisable to do a
> ! complete reinstall of Afterstep, or is it fine to simply upgrade (via
> ! rpm)?
>
> I have no idea of who made this rpm and or if they follow the
> actual numbering scheme of AS (my thoughts would be that they do). As I
> stated, the wm.applets will work with all versions of AfterStep. The
> AfterStep applets (from above) are within the full AfterStep rpm pkg, so
> an upgrade will be you path - as suggested 1.4.5.55N6 should be what you
> want.
> I can point out places to look for these, as I don't have rpm's
> for these. This site is becoming known as the authorative location when
> searching for rpm's - http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/ .
I tried that site, and freshmeat, and the linux ftp watcher ... can't
find it anywhere.
Thank you for your help, David.
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Regards,
David Taylor
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