He actually had a point. You may not have found him articulate in
bringing it up, but he was right. Assuming you have some knowledge in
setting up a Linux system, you should not have to reinstall the entire
thing. Though, I must admit, sometimes even I have found it to be the
most expedient solution to the problem.
Alan Shoemaker wrote:
>
> flupke....because your opinion/solution and mine differ is no
> reason to be rude towards me when you expound upon your own
> remedy. Yelling that my suggestion to help this person was
> 'BAD' was simply not called for and I resent it.
>
> Yelling in general is rude, but what you said, in the manner
> in which you said it, was pompous and condescending in the
> extreme as well as just plain rude.
>
> Please contemplate and consider the above comments when
> composing future public messages.
>
> Alan
>
>
> flupke wrote:
> >
> > I also installed XFree4.0 while I shouldn't BUT I DIDN'T REINSTALL THE OS.
> > Please FORGET about this BAD idea! You are in a UNIX environnement! This
> > is NOT windows!
> > If you have installed XFree4.O and want to install XFree3.3.6, then you
> > just have to boot, uninstall XFree4.0 and install XFree3.3.6. And you are
> > done.
> > Everybody should understand that if one package has problems, then you
> > just handle the faulty package. And you don't have to reinstall the whole
> > thing from scratch. Could it be a problem with X, the security level, the
> > internet connection, or anything, you can repair it.
> >
> > Sorry, but I had to say it.
> > Flupke
> >
> > On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> >
> > > Carl....that sounds like what I experienced when I first
> > > installed 7.1 and chose version 4 of XF86. I reinstalled 7.1
> > > and picked version 3.6 of XF86 and those symptoms no longer
> > > occured.
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> > >
> > > Carl Kehley wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I just installed Mandrake 7.1 yesterday, development install from
> > > > install and ext. cd's, and I've got a few minor problems. Any help
> > > > would be greatly appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > First, Mandrake refuses to recognize my mouse as Logitech MouseMan+,
> > > > and instead keeps calling it a generic PS2. I've changed it in the
> > > > mouseconfig in DrakConf, it's recognized correctly in Lothar, but I've
> > > > got no support for the wheel(even as a third button).
> > > >
> > > > Next, gnome-ppp------what is meant by "remote name" in the config? I've
> > > > set it up exactly the same as kppp, but it disconnects about 30 seconds
> > > > after the handshake, and I've got no dns, even though everything is
> > > > entered correctly.
> > > >
> > > > Finally, there seem to be major conflicts between the RealPlayer 7
> > > > Netscape plugin and plugger in Communicator, to the point where
> > > > RealPlayer freezes and I've got to reboot to get my sound back. I
> > > > remember seeing something similar in the list last week, but I didn't
> > > > save the message, and can't locate it in the archives.
> > > >
> > > > Any help, advice, creative criticism gladly accepted.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > Carl Kehley
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
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