At 21:47 20.12.2001 +0000, you wrote:
hi derek, > > > > 1) why the hell is the window which lists all the updates so SMALL ? > > on my screen the list of all the updates is about 2cm in height - with > > scrolling arrows next to it. > > its not possible to resize the list - to see more packages at one time, > > so there are only about 5-8 visible at a time. > > this is really annoying. > >True the default window size is small, but if you grab that little grey box >at the bottom right of the window you can drag it out and resize it. i can drag the overall window ? - but not the small list of packages ? hmm....i will give this a try.... > > 2) i choose the packages that i want upgraded - and it begins to search for > > the packages - after a while it replies "an error > > occured while fetching package xxxxx" > >Yes that seems to happen. Some mirrors seem to be considerably worse than >others. sourceforge for example has always given me trouble in that respect. >Since I switched to sunite.se, I have had no trouble. yes i thought of that too and tried mirrors in austria, germany, france and the sunsite mirror u spoke of. the only package which i was able to download was the mozilla upgrade - nothing else worked. > > despite of this mandrake-update isnt able to fetch the file - this > > SUCKS ! 3) sometimes i am not able to start mandrake-update at all - it > > loads partially - leaving me with a grey main-window > >I find just getting a few files at a time has more chance of success than a >mega upgrade. u r right - but i didnt do a mega-upgrade. for example i tried to upgrade samba-client and server - and mandrake-update came up with a bunch of about 8 packages which the samba packages were depending on. i also tried to select just single packages - which didnt work too....i think the mandrake-update app is simply not ready for use....... > > > > another thing i hate about the "desktop"-linux is that there is no browser > > that can view websites properly. > > regardless which fonts/font-size/browser i use - i always get bad-looking > > fonts - not so smooth like ms-ie shows. > > >Well my fonts look terrific, on my desktop and in all my browsers, Konqeuror, >Opera, and Galeon, and I wonder why yours does not. > > One thing might be worth checking. If you open kde Control >Center>LookNFeel>Fonts >Open up the drop down list of fonts. If you do not see adobe-helvetica, and >mdk-helvetica in that list, then you may be suffering from a KDE 'bug' I had >myself recently. The symptoms would be really ugly fonts, and the font >appearance would improve if I disabled alti-aliasing in kde. hmm....i do have the adobe-helvetica and some other fonts - and i selected them in my browser but still some of my fonts are so "sharp edged" if u know what i mean... (i remember this "KDE-Bug", i had to install a fonts package when i was dealing with this problem in version 7.1 i think) but i could try to disable anti-aliasing - didnt find this option yet - where is it ? >The fix is simply to delete the file ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals >Next time I logged in the file got created again, and my fonts became >beautiful with every font appearing in the list. > > > > > has anybody of u been able to get mandrake-update working - or to get a > > browser that shows smooth good looking fonts ? > > >Yes and yes > > > dont misunderstand me - i like linux - and i am using a linux server that > > handles mail-dns-samba-antivir-ftp-telnet and so on. > > but this is console - and it works well... > > but what does not work - in my eyes - is the X-part of linux....so - are u > > experiencing the same problems i do - or is it just my lack of ability to > > get things working smooth under X ? > >Could it be a video card deficiency? My fonts look great in all 3 of my >computers, one with Geforce256, one with Geforce2MX, and the 3rd a crummy old >laptop with heaven knows what graphics chip. hmm-.....i use a geforce2 pro - and it was recognized by the mandrake-installer with no probs... >HTH > >derek > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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