Re: switchdesk question
On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 11:53:05PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 31 July 2005 15:34, Eric Cheney wrote: On Sunday, 31 July 2005 at 10:56:44 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: No, I want to switch the desktop from gnome to kde. How is this done in debian? If you have gdm installed, when you log in using gdm you can choose which session to log into using the mouse. Someone will have to help you if you use kdm or xdm. There's also a file called .dmrc store in your home directory that stores you default session. I don't know if that is contingent on having gdm installed. You could edit that. I have something like session=xfce4 to start If you want to start gnome, I think it would be session=gnomesession. I am not sure about kde. Mine is really, really, helpfull, not! session=Default Is this down to alternatives then? Have you tried update-alternatives --config x-session-manager ? Simon -- ... And 1.1.81 is officially BugFree(tm), so if you receive any bug-reports on it, you know they are just evil lies. - Linus Torvalds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: switchdesk question
On Monday 01 August 2005 13:18, Simon Huggins wrote: [...] Have you tried update-alternatives --config x-session-manager ? Simon Dunno if thats nessessary, I just got around to looking at the login window, and DUH!. The switch is there, under the session button. Geez do I feel dumb right now. -- Cheers, Gene There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
switchdesk question
Greetings; New debian user, old readhat/fedora user. I have sarge installed and had aptitude install both gnome and kde. gnome looks ok I guess althought there are errors, but I'm a kde fan and the utility called 'switchdesk' doesn't seem to be available... I tried to do an 'aptitude install switchdesk' and got this error synopsis after it munched thru the database: Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched switchdesk The following packages have been kept back: adduser base-config base-files base-passwd bash bsdmainutils console-common cron debconf debconf-i18n debianutils exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light findutils gettext-base grep groff-base iptables libattr1 liblocale-gettext-perl liblzo1 libnewt0.51 libpcre3 libtasn1-2 libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libtext-wrapi18n-perl login makedev man-db manpages net-tools netkit-inetd passwd procps psmisc tasksel wget whiptail 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 41 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Writing extended state information... Done Setting up gdb (6.3-6) ... gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error install-info(/usr/share/info/gdb.info): read gzip -cd /usr/share/info/gdb.info.gz |: 256 dpkg: error processing gdb (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bug-buddy: bug-buddy depends on gdb; however: Package gdb is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing bug-buddy (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-core: gnome-core depends on bug-buddy (= 2.8.0); however: Package bug-buddy is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-core (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-desktop-environment: gnome-desktop-environment depends on gnome-core (= 64); however: Package gnome-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-desktop-environment (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-office: gnome-office depends on gnome-core (= 64); however: Package gnome-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-office (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome: gnome depends on gnome-desktop-environment (= 64); however: Package gnome-desktop-environment is not configured yet. gnome depends on gnome-office (= 64); however: Package gnome-office is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: gdb bug-buddy gnome-core gnome-desktop-environment gnome-office gnome E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover: Setting up gdb (6.3-6) ... gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error install-info(/usr/share/info/gdb.info): read gzip -cd /usr/share/info/gdb.info.gz |: 256 dpkg: error processing gdb (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bug-buddy: bug-buddy depends on gdb; however: Package gdb is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing bug-buddy (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-core: gnome-core depends on bug-buddy (= 2.8.0); however: Package bug-buddy is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-core (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-desktop-environment: gnome-desktop-environment depends on gnome-core (= 64); however: Package gnome-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-desktop-environment (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-office: gnome-office depends on gnome-core (= 64); however: Package gnome-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-office (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome: gnome depends on gnome-desktop-environment (= 64); however: Package gnome-desktop-environment is not configured yet. gnome depends on gnome-office (= 64); however: Package gnome-office is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: gdb bug-buddy gnome-core gnome-desktop-environment gnome-office gnome Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions...
Re: switchdesk question
On (31/07/05 09:30), Gene Heskett wrote: New debian user, old readhat/fedora user. I have sarge installed and had aptitude install both gnome and kde. gnome looks ok I guess althought there are errors, but I'm a kde fan and the utility called 'switchdesk' doesn't seem to be available... I tried to do an 'aptitude install switchdesk' and got this error synopsis after it munched thru the database: Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched switchdesk The package doesn't appear to be available in Debian; it might be insorporated into the main package but it's a while since I used kde. However, if you're talking about the ability to switch between virtual desktops, it's part of KDE, I recall using 8 desktops. The following packages have been kept back: adduser base-config base-files base-passwd bash bsdmainutils console-common cron debconf debconf-i18n debianutils exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light findutils gettext-base grep groff-base iptables libattr1 liblocale-gettext-perl liblzo1 libnewt0.51 libpcre3 libtasn1-2 libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libtext-wrapi18n-perl login makedev man-db manpages net-tools netkit-inetd passwd procps psmisc tasksel wget whiptail 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 41 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Writing extended state information... Done Setting up gdb (6.3-6) ... gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error install-info(/usr/share/info/gdb.info): read gzip -cd /usr/share/info/gdb.info.gz |: 256 dpkg: error processing gdb (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bug-buddy: bug-buddy depends on gdb; however: Package gdb is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing bug-buddy (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-core: gnome-core depends on bug-buddy (= 2.8.0); however: Package bug-buddy is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-core (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-desktop-environment: gnome-desktop-environment depends on gnome-core (= 64); however: Package gnome-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-desktop-environment (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-office: gnome-office depends on gnome-core (= 64); however: Package gnome-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-office (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome: gnome depends on gnome-desktop-environment (= 64); however: Package gnome-desktop-environment is not configured yet. gnome depends on gnome-office (= 64); however: Package gnome-office is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: gdb bug-buddy gnome-core gnome-desktop-environment gnome-office gnome E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover: Setting up gdb (6.3-6) ... gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error install-info(/usr/share/info/gdb.info): read gzip -cd /usr/share/info/gdb.info.gz |: 256 dpkg: error processing gdb (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bug-buddy: bug-buddy depends on gdb; however: Package gdb is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing bug-buddy (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-core: gnome-core depends on bug-buddy (= 2.8.0); however: Package bug-buddy is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-core (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-desktop-environment: gnome-desktop-environment depends on gnome-core (= 64); however: Package gnome-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-desktop-environment (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-office: gnome-office depends on gnome-core (= 64); however: Package gnome-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-office (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome: gnome depends on gnome-desktop-environment (= 64); however: Package gnome-desktop-environment is not configured yet. gnome depends on gnome-office (= 64); however:
Re: switchdesk question
On Sunday 31 July 2005 09:54, Clive Menzies wrote: On (31/07/05 09:30), Gene Heskett wrote: New debian user, old readhat/fedora user. I have sarge installed and had aptitude install both gnome and kde. gnome looks ok I guess althought there are errors, but I'm a kde fan and the utility called 'switchdesk' doesn't seem to be available... I tried to do an 'aptitude install switchdesk' and got this error synopsis after it munched thru the database: Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched switchdesk The package doesn't appear to be available in Debian; it might be insorporated into the main package but it's a while since I used kde. However, if you're talking about the ability to switch between virtual desktops, it's part of KDE, I recall using 8 desktops. No, I want to switch the desktop from gnome to kde. How is this done in debian? The following packages have been kept back: adduser base-config base-files base-passwd bash bsdmainutils console-common cron debconf debconf-i18n debianutils exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light findutils gettext-base grep groff-base iptables libattr1 liblocale-gettext-perl liblzo1 libnewt0.51 libpcre3 libtasn1-2 libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libtext-wrapi18n-perl login makedev man-db manpages net-tools netkit-inetd passwd procps psmisc tasksel wget whiptail 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 41 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Writing extended state information... Done Setting up gdb (6.3-6) ... gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error install-info(/usr/share/info/gdb.info): read gzip -cd /usr/share/info/gdb.info.gz |: 256 dpkg: error processing gdb (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bug-buddy: bug-buddy depends on gdb; however: Package gdb is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing bug-buddy (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-core: gnome-core depends on bug-buddy (= 2.8.0); however: Package bug-buddy is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-core (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-desktop-environment: gnome-desktop-environment depends on gnome-core (= 64); however: Package gnome-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-desktop-environment (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-office: gnome-office depends on gnome-core (= 64); however: Package gnome-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-office (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome: gnome depends on gnome-desktop-environment (= 64); however: Package gnome-desktop-environment is not configured yet. gnome depends on gnome-office (= 64); however: Package gnome-office is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: gdb bug-buddy gnome-core gnome-desktop-environment gnome-office gnome E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover: Setting up gdb (6.3-6) ... gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error install-info(/usr/share/info/gdb.info): read gzip -cd /usr/share/info/gdb.info.gz |: 256 dpkg: error processing gdb (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bug-buddy: bug-buddy depends on gdb; however: Package gdb is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing bug-buddy (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-core: gnome-core depends on bug-buddy (= 2.8.0); however: Package bug-buddy is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-core (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-desktop-environment: gnome-desktop-environment depends on gnome-core (= 64); however: Package gnome-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-desktop-environment (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-office: gnome-office depends on gnome-core (= 64); however: Package gnome-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-office (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome: gnome depends on gnome-desktop-environment (= 64);
Re: switchdesk question
On Sunday, 31 July 2005 at 10:56:44 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 31 July 2005 09:54, Clive Menzies wrote: On (31/07/05 09:30), Gene Heskett wrote: New debian user, old readhat/fedora user. I have sarge installed and had aptitude install both gnome and kde. gnome looks ok I guess althought there are errors, but I'm a kde fan and the utility called 'switchdesk' doesn't seem to be available... I tried to do an 'aptitude install switchdesk' and got this error synopsis after it munched thru the database: Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched switchdesk The package doesn't appear to be available in Debian; it might be insorporated into the main package but it's a while since I used kde. However, if you're talking about the ability to switch between virtual desktops, it's part of KDE, I recall using 8 desktops. No, I want to switch the desktop from gnome to kde. How is this done in debian? If you have gdm installed, when you log in using gdm you can choose which session to log into using the mouse. Someone will have to help you if you use kdm or xdm. There's also a file called .dmrc store in your home directory that stores you default session. I don't know if that is contingent on having gdm installed. You could edit that. I have something like session=xfce4 to start If you want to start gnome, I think it would be session=gnomesession. I am not sure about kde. -- Eric Cheney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: switchdesk question
On Sunday 31 July 2005 15:34, Eric Cheney wrote: On Sunday, 31 July 2005 at 10:56:44 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 31 July 2005 09:54, Clive Menzies wrote: On (31/07/05 09:30), Gene Heskett wrote: New debian user, old readhat/fedora user. I have sarge installed and had aptitude install both gnome and kde. gnome looks ok I guess althought there are errors, but I'm a kde fan and the utility called 'switchdesk' doesn't seem to be available... I tried to do an 'aptitude install switchdesk' and got this error synopsis after it munched thru the database: Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched switchdesk The package doesn't appear to be available in Debian; it might be insorporated into the main package but it's a while since I used kde. However, if you're talking about the ability to switch between virtual desktops, it's part of KDE, I recall using 8 desktops. No, I want to switch the desktop from gnome to kde. How is this done in debian? If you have gdm installed, when you log in using gdm you can choose which session to log into using the mouse. Someone will have to help you if you use kdm or xdm. There's also a file called .dmrc store in your home directory that stores you default session. I don't know if that is contingent on having gdm installed. You could edit that. I have something like session=xfce4 to start If you want to start gnome, I think it would be session=gnomesession. I am not sure about kde. Mine is really, really, helpfull, not! session=Default -- Eric Cheney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Cheers, Gene There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
