I will try that tonight and keep you posted.
Thanks
Roger
Eunice Thompson wrote:
> Roger,
> When you install in expert mode, you have to make sure that you install all
> the Window Managers (I think that's the term),when it gives you that list of
> packages you want to install.
> This happened to me also. The easiest way I found to correct this, was to
> pop the CD back in, go through the installation process again and do an
> Upgrade,instead of an install (make sure that you've still selected the
> expert mode and either normal or development for the type of install).
> It won't change any of your partitions,
> but it will allow you to add more packages.
> When you get to that stage, just uncheck each (+) to see what's there, and
> select which packages you want/need. I think it's called "xwindow manager"
> or something like that.
> Hope this helps
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger Bird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 7:35 AM
> Subject: [newbie] Odd install problem --- did not set up X
>
> > I performed a new install of MD 7.0-2 last night on my AMD K6-2 350 w/
> > ATI xpert@play, 5.1gb, 96mb.
> >
> > I did an "Expert" install. It detected my nic and I correctly
> > configured @home. (cool!) But the DrakX (i think that is what the
> > install program is called) completely skipped over the "configure X"
> > portion of the install.
> >
> > I did instruct the install to install all X-Windows programs.
> >
> > Xconfigurator, xconf, startx, ... none of this works (yes I ran them as
> > root)
> >
> > So now I have just regular text mode. I need to get X working.
> >
> > What is the easiest way to do this? I want to use KDE. On a previous
> > install, x worked fine and installed all the great icons in KDE. The
> > only problem was my nic was not being detected, so I did a re-install.
> > Not the nic is fine, @home is fine, but X does not work.
> >
> > Please help.
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Roger
> >
> >
> > --
> > Roger Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Toronto, Ontario
> >
> >
> >
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