Thanks much.  I always thought that when you added new rpms using the 
Update mode that rpm eliminated the old rpms automatically.

I'll keep this in mind if I run into problems again.

I have also  noted that when I shut the computer down,  it hangs during 
the shutdown process

Troy Dawson wrote:
> Harold Norris wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have enjoyed working with SL 4.4, but some of the programs I wanted 
>> to run needed upgraded programs and files.  After compiling numerous 
>> libraries and programs, I finally came to the realization that it 
>> would be a lot easier to upgrade to SL 5.
>>
>> The upgrade from your DVD.iso went well, but when I went to use the 
>> updater, I got the following errors:
>>
>> kernel conflicts with e2fsprogs < 1.37-4
>> Missing Dependency: freetype = 2.1.9-6.el4 is needed by package 
>> freetype-utils
>> Missing Dependency: freetype = 2.1.9-4.el4 is needed by package 
>> freetype-utils
>>
>
> You need to clean up your old system first.
> You have two versions of freetype currently installed.  Yum (and hense 
> the installer) doesn't like this.
>
> How to clean it up.
> Do an
>   rpm -qa | grep freetype
> You'll probrubly see something like
>   freetype-2.1.9-6.el4
>   freetype-utils-2.1.9-6.el4
>   freetype-2.1.9-4.el4
>   freetype-utils-2.1.9-4.el4
>
> Get rid of the old version, you do that by giving it the full name and 
> version, like so
>   rpm -e freetype-2.1.9-4.el4 freetype-utils-2.1.9-4.el4
>
> Then try the upgrade and see what you get.
> Or, even better, make sure you do a "yum update" first, and don't get 
> any errors.
>
> Troy