RE: [newbie] KDE3.0 a BIG disappointment.

2002-04-08 Thread Peter Nunn 

Thanks guys,

I got the fix's from the Texstar site and am now a happy little vegemite.

Now,

assuming it runs OK for a while and I'm game (or silly), given that I don't
have much disk space, how do I get rid of KDE 2 (or is this not a good idea
yet)?

The only problem I had was that I couldn't install the KDevelop rpm because
of a conflict with /opt/kde3/bin/extractrc conflicting with a file from
kdesdk3-3.0-1mdk?

Any ideas on this one.

If I can fix this, and get the laptop to suspend properly every time I close
the lid (instead of every second time) I'd be wrapped.

Thanks again.

Peter.

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of SpeedMan
 Sent: Sunday, 7 April 2002 11:32 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE3.0 a BIG disappointment.


 On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 05:45, Peter Nunn wrote:

  KDE 3.0 is simply not ready yet...
 
  I spent 24 hours downloading it (yes, I'm on a dialup),
 installed it with
  the instructions given here (and it worked fine).
 
  However,
 
  every time I log in it takes me through the stupid setup screen. Its now
  lost my panel for some reason (and I can't get it back), and I
 can't get the
  sound working at all (all of which are fine under 2.2).
 
  This is a real bummer because it looks so much better.
 
  Has anyone heard of a workaround for this mess yet?  I've
 searched, but not
  turned up anything.

 Texstar has some good info on these issues on his site:

 http://pclinuxonline.com

 WRT the KWizard launching on each login - from this page:

 http://pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=17
97mode=order=0thold=0

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Here is a quick fix to stop kwizard/kpersonalizer from running each time
you start kde3.

Option #1: (Worked for me) Open up with a text editor
/opt/kde3/bin/startkde

Comment out lines :117 -131.

Option #2: Open up with a text editor the kpersonalizerrc file in your
home .kde3 or .kde /share/config directory and put the following two
lines in:

[General]
FirstLogin=false

On my system Option #1 worked best. It seems each time I would log out
with option #2, the information gets removed.

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Alternately, you can go to this page where Tex has detailed the fixes he
applied to several KDE packages that he recompiled and has made
available:

http://pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=1801mode=o
rder=0thold=0

He has packages here that fix both the KWizard and Arts sound issues.

Also, anytime you lose your panel in KDE you can just right click on the
desktop select Run Command and type in kicker to spawn a new taskbar.

HTH


Regards,

SpeedMan






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[newbie] Laptop suspend problems

2002-03-24 Thread Peter Nunn 

Hi again folks,

just wondering if anyone has got suspend and standby working reliably on
their laptop?

I'm trying to get it going on a Dell Latitude CPi and it works about 50% of
the time.

If I trigger it with the lid closing, about every second time it goes into
suspend, the other 50% into standby.

If I trigger it by a button press or by apm --suspend, about 50% of the time
it works, the other 50%, X seems to hang and eventually (after about 5
minutes) it wakes up briefly, and then suspends.

Anyone got any clues for me?

Thanks folks.

Peter






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RE: [newbie] Can't get openoffice to install with 8.2

2002-03-24 Thread Peter Nunn 

Thanks guys,

the speed of response is amazing.

I've now installed the rpm, should I now continue on with the install and
update to the newer version, or is this dangerous?

Ta

Peter

 -Original Message-
 From: Dennis Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 Sent: Sunday, 24 March 2002 1:24 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: [newbie] Can't get openoffice to install with 8.2


 On Saturday 23 March 2002 05:36 pm, you wrote:
  Hi folks,
 
 
  I just tired to follow the directions to install openoffice on a new 8.2
  installation from the .tar file and the setup failed with a
 message saying.
 
  glibc version: 2.2.4
  /tmp/sv001.tmp/setup.bin: error while loading shared libraries:
  libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No
 such file or
  directory.
 
  Any idea how I fix this please.
 
  Thanks.
 
  Peter.
 You can also go to rpmfind.net and get the libstdc rpm file and
 install it
 first. Then install open office. That's the way I did it and it
 works ok, but
 the rpm on the d/l discs installs to the Kpanel and puts icons in
 the right
 places. HTH
 --
 Dennis M.  linux user #180842




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[newbie] Can't get openoffice to install with 8.2

2002-03-23 Thread Peter Nunn 


Hi folks,


I just tired to follow the directions to install openoffice on a new 8.2
installation from the .tar file and the setup failed with a message saying.

glibc version: 2.2.4
/tmp/sv001.tmp/setup.bin: error while loading shared libraries:
libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory.

Any idea how I fix this please.

Thanks.

Peter.





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