No matter what directory I enter in the configuration box and no matter how many times I quit and reload Glint, the scan for available packages fails. I've tried useing the cdrom (/mnt/cdrom) dir and several local directories which contain rpm files I have downloaded, but I get the same error everytime. The scan window pops up and then just sits there. Anyway, I hope this is not old news. I usually try to solve these little setbacks myself, but I have no experiance with python and can't find any reference to my problem anywhere else. By using an xterm to launch Glint I was able to retrieve this as output from the error... Maybe it will help. In this case I set the configuration to /var/lib/rpm There are several RedHat rpm's here as well as rpm's I downloaded from the net. <xterm output> Exception in Tkinter callback Traceback (innermost last): File "/var/tmp/python-root/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 752, in __call__ return apply(self.func, args) File "./glint.py", line 62, in available availablePackageSet = PackagePathSet(currentPackagePath) File "./packageset.py", line 157, in __init__ self.setPath(path) File "./packageset.py", line 148, in setPath self.addPackage(package) File "./packageset.py", line 40, in addPackage self.packages[package.getLabel()] = package File "./package.py", line 138, in getLabel return (self.getName() + ":" + self.getVersion() + ":" + File "./package.py", line 116, in getName return self.h[rpm.RPMTAG_NAME] AttributeError: h <end xterm output> ps.. Other than the above annoyance [just an oppurtunity to learn command line rpm! ;-} ] I am thouroughly pleased with your particular flavour of Linux. Although I got my copy of RedHat 5.1 from a friend, I am definately going to buy a copy for myself (as soon as personal economics allow that is!!) THANX!!! Sean M Henderson Toronto Ontario Canada
This was a known problem with Glint shipped with 5.1 We have posted an update to our web site at http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/rh51-errata-general.html#glint. Please obtain this package and upgrade. This should hopefully solve the problem you are having.