Alex Haun wrote:
> I just installed Mandrake 7.1 on my system. At first, I installed
> over 7.0 to keep all of my preferences and such, but because of a
> recurring problem with the theme manager not changing the colors in
> the panel and in windows (whereas in root it would work fine) I
> decided to go ahead and do a clean install of 7.1. During the
> installation, I entered the same network info that I was using for
> 7.0 three days ago, yet after the install, when I boot into Linux,
> I have no internet access. I've tried tweaking around in netconf
> but it doesn't help. I have a 3com 3c905-B card and all the forums,
> etc say that particular card always works. The only thing I know to
> do is to reinstall 7.0, then upgrade to 7.1 on top of it (because
> the internet worked when I did that). BUT... when I do that,
> sometimes (seems random) the theme manager will not change the
> colors of the pager and the windows (such as the window color when
> you open the theme manager)... that's not hugely important, but
> it's really annoying. Also, reinstalling over and over takes
> FOREVER, since the size of 7.1 is greater than 7.0 (which is a good
> thing: ). Is there ANY way to get this working inside 7.1 without
> upgrading 7.0?? If upgrading is the best route (since networking
> always worked in 7.0) how can I give users the correct permissions
> so that the theme manager will work correctly? Thanks,Alex Haun
You need to provide more information about how you have things
configured, what services you have running, is this a cable
connection, etc, etc. And please use plain text.
