Re: [Eug-lug] install problems

2007-11-07 Thread LinuxRocks!
06, 2007 at 12:30:56PM -0800, Eponymous wrote: > Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:30:56 -0800 > From: Eponymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] install problems > > Thanks Jamie and Mike > > Another "k

Re: [Eug-lug] install problems

2007-11-07 Thread LinuxRocks!
Strangely enough, I was able to apt-get install both kubutu-desktop, and kde, and they both downloaded and installed bunch of stuff. Jamie On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 11:24:55AM -0800, Mike Cherba wrote: > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] install problems > From: Mike Cherba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Eug-lug] install problems

2007-11-06 Thread Eponymous
4, and apt-get install kubuntu > failed for me. The internets tell me: > apt-get instal kubuntu-desktp > and > apt-get install kde > > will do it, the latter lacks a few kde programs though. > Jamie > > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 04:59:47PM -0700, Mike Cherba wrote: > >

Re: [Eug-lug] install problems

2007-11-06 Thread Mike Cherba
ntu 7.10 on amd64, and apt-get install kubuntu > failed for me. The internets tell me: > apt-get instal kubuntu-desktp > and > apt-get install kde > > will do it, the latter lacks a few kde programs though. > Jamie > > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 04:59:47PM -0700, Mike C

Re: [Eug-lug] install problems

2007-11-06 Thread LinuxRocks!
ect: Re: [Eug-lug] install problems > From: Mike Cherba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group > Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:59:47 -0700 > X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 > > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 16:53 -0400, Knoppix UseAlan crandall wrote: > > I a

Re: [Eug-lug] install problems

2007-11-06 Thread Eponymous
Mike This "apt-get-install kubuntu" sounds like a great idea, about how much space does the OS take up, after all the updates. I'm assuming it's not that much, that it would make a difference. I guess what I'm asking is "any downside to this install?" Are there certain updates that are humongou

RE: [Eug-lug] install problems

2007-11-05 Thread Jason LaPier
x and Gnu/Linux User Group Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] install problems Ron, My notes are below. The problem is related to upsplash. It is defaulting to a resolution that is outside of the range that most laptops can support. So you basically need to change the resoluti

Re: [Eug-lug] install problems

2007-11-03 Thread Garl Grigsby
> Garl, you mention that the long, blank loading is a common issue in > Ubuntu 7.10, and you have the fix for it. Would you mind posting it > whenever you find the link or whatever? I installed 7.10 for my friend > recently, on his laptop, and just told him to ignore it, but it's > annoying, and

Re: [Eug-lug] install problems

2007-11-02 Thread Ron Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Garl, you mention that the long, blank loading is a common issue in Ubuntu 7.10, and you have the fix for it. Would you mind posting it whenever you find the link or whatever? I installed 7.10 for my friend recently, on his laptop, and just told him

Re: [Eug-lug] install problems

2007-11-02 Thread Mike Cherba
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 16:53 -0400, Knoppix UseAlan crandall wrote: > I am down loading Kubuntu 7.10 on my laptop right > now as I prefer KDE and will see what happens with that install.Will > have to > install some thing other than Knoppix as I can not see my XP install > during > the boot option

Re: [Eug-lug] install problems

2007-11-02 Thread Knoppix UseAlan crandall
On Friday 02 November 2007 16:57, Garl Grigsby wrote: > Alan, >You say when you reboot you have no screen. Can you elaborate? What > is the last thing you see? Do you get the grub boot loader? If so, is > that when it goes black? If so, be patient. There is a bug in 7.10 that > causes a VERY lo

Re: [Eug-lug] install problems

2007-11-02 Thread Garl Grigsby
Alan Crandall wrote: I am still a Linux newbie but consider myself well enough versed in installs to be up to the task.I have been using Mandriva and when 2008 come out I dled/burned/installed/rebooted/installed the updates.Rebooted ok but I no longer had the reboot options, just the end session