On Monday 23 June 2003 10:30 pm, Allan wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know why Mandrake 9.1 seems to come up with different > results each time I install it? I installed it twice on my machine and > another time on a friend's machine. On my system the end result was > different each time, with minor differences showing up in KDE. (I've > since switched to Window Maker and love it.) However, the WindowMaker > default setup varies between users added on the same system. For > instance, some users by default had the wmCalClock dockapp and others > didn't, some have an "extra" WPrefs dock icon, etc. > > Also, I wanted to help my friend get started with Linux, but when we > were installing it, it didn't show a lot of packages to select from. In > particular, I wanted to install Window Maker and Aterm. Neither showed > up in the package selection screen during initial installation or > afterwards with rpmdrake. I thought it might be because my friend has > an older machine (~400 MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, etc.), but KDE and Gnome > installed okay so I don't think it's the hardware support that's > lacking. IceWM installed successfully, but it still runs slower than > Win98 on the same computer (dual boot). > > Anyone know why the install is different each time? How can I get > WindowMaker onto my friend's computer? Why would IceWM run slower than > Win98? (Sorry for so many questions, but I felt they're all related > somewhat.) > > Thanks, > Allan I often wonder the same thing. I just had to do a minor reinstall on the machine that would not play xmms. Guess what, it now plays. I choose all the same packages and input the answers on the setup and yet now it works when before it didn't. Oh, well. Mysteries are for solving. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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