Re: [newbie] KDE 2.2.1 on MD8...the saga continues...

2001-10-28 Thread John Hokanson Jr.
On Sunday 28 October 2001 12:41 am, you wrote: There is always the possibility that your hardware is to blame. The problem is that these problems aren't random. If they were I'd be inclined to agree with you. These problems are reproduceable. Some of them are actually documented (like the

RE: [newbie] KDE 2.2.1 on MD8...the saga continues...

2001-10-28 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
What RPMdrake problem? So far I've had no problem with it. (Crossing fingers...). -JMS |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Hokanson Jr. |Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 2:53 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.2.1 on MD8...the saga continues...

2001-10-28 Thread Randy Kramer
John Hokanson Jr. wrote: I just want my computer to work right, and Linux has been a complete bitch to set up properly. I've already spent money on two distributions. If I spend any more, I'll be fast approching the cost of an MS Windows product. Everytime I get a new peice of Linux

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.2.1 on MD8...the saga continues...

2001-10-28 Thread John Hokanson Jr.
On Sunday 28 October 2001 07:25 am, you wrote: John Hokanson Jr. wrote: I just want my computer to work right, and Linux has been a complete bitch to set up properly. I've already spent money on two distributions. If I spend any more, I'll be fast approching the cost of an MS Windows

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.2.1 on MD8...the saga continues...

2001-10-28 Thread Randy Kramer
John Hokanson Jr. wrote: Well, I'd be willing to take the performance hit if I can get certain things working a little bit better. Like I don't know why I can't get Sawfish to load (so I can try it). I can't help you there -- maybe somebody else can. (I'm running Mandrake 7.2, and, if

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.2.1 on LM8 again....

2001-10-27 Thread s
On Saturday 27 October 2001 02:25 am, John Hokanson Jr. wrote: Okay, I downloaded all the Texstar RPMs that I supposedly need. Now I'm at a complete loss as to what I should do with them. I keep getting comflicting answers. Thanks in advance - John Well, I stick 'em all in a

[newbie] KDE 2.2.1 on MD8...the saga continues...

2001-10-27 Thread John Hokanson Jr.
Okay, I'm 99% certain I'm going to have to upgrade to XFree86 4.1.0 if I want to have any chance of installing Textstars RPMs. I also have a LOAD of other dependencies I still need to satisfy. I went to the Xfree site and tried running the Xinstall.sh script with the -check flag. However, it

Re: [newbie] KDE Themes

2001-10-18 Thread Brandon Hutchinson
Another good relatively new site for KDE themes is: http://www.kde-look.org Regards, Brandon Hutchinson On Sunday 14 October 2001 07:55 am, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Sun, 14 Oct 2001 14:24:47 +0200, Michael Spivak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody here know where can i get some

RE: [newbie] KDE Themes

2001-10-18 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
:24 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sridhar Dhanapalan |Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE Themes | | |Another good relatively new site for KDE themes is: | |http://www.kde-look.org | |Regards, | |Brandon Hutchinson | |On Sunday 14 October 2001 07:55 am, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: | On Sun, 14 Oct 2001 14:24:47

Re: [newbie] KDE Themes

2001-10-18 Thread Matt Greer
on 10/18/01 4:24 PM, Brandon Hutchinson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another good relatively new site for KDE themes is: http://www.kde-look.org Cool, thanks for the link. That site has got some good stuff. I can't wait to go home and try out that translucent OSX engine out :) Matt

Re: [newbie] kde startup sound in LM8.1

2001-10-06 Thread Sevatio
the factory. {:-° oops! Sevatio Original Message On 10/5/01, 8:35:48 AM, Joe Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] kde startup sound in LM8.1: I just installed Mandrake Linux 8.1. The kde startup sound does not play upon logging into kde. I have it checked off in the System

[newbie] kde startup sound in LM8.1

2001-10-05 Thread Joe Simon
I just installed Mandrake Linux 8.1. The kde startup sound does not play upon logging into kde. I have it checked off in the System Notification section in the Control Center and when I click on play the sound it plays. The weird thing is that the exiting sound plays when I logout out of kde

[newbie] KDE is hiding in LM8.1?

2001-10-04 Thread Rod . Walsh
I just installed LM8.1 with many windows managers including KDE. However, when I boot up KDE is not an option. Is KDE hiding there? Or do I have to reinstall that part? What steps do I need to follow? Thanks, Rod. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] kde locks up

2001-09-24 Thread s
On Sunday 23 September 2001 03:50 pm, civileme wrote: I would guess off-hand that the power supply voltages need to be checked. 2.2 is right for K6 speed 450 or higher. It was 2.2. I'd forgotten this was an adjustable setting. I remember seeing switches/jumpers on mobo for this now.

[newbie] kde locks up

2001-09-23 Thread s
Hi all, I installed 8.0 freq3 on my husband's amd k6-2 450 machine and it runs fine (if a little sluggish) when being used, but if it sets unattended - kde locks up so hard that I can't even ctrl+alt+backspace or alt+SysRq+b. I turned off trying to use screensaver (which didn't work), and

Re: [newbie] kde locks up

2001-09-23 Thread s
On Sunday 23 September 2001 03:50 pm, civileme wrote: On Sunday 23 September 2001 18:48, s wrote: Hi all, I installed 8.0 freq3 on my husband's amd k6-2 450 machine and it runs fine (if a little sluggish) when being used, but if it sets unattended - kde locks up so hard that I can't

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.2.1

2001-09-22 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Saturday 22 September 2001 12:26, civileme wrote: On Saturday 22 September 2001 10:40, Michel Clasquin wrote: I can see KDE 2.2.1 files just lying there in the cooker, waiting for me, but they don't seem to be showing up at kde.org Which leads me to think that with the code freeze

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.2.1

2001-09-22 Thread civileme
On Saturday 22 September 2001 10:40, Michel Clasquin wrote: I can see KDE 2.2.1 files just lying there in the cooker, waiting for me, but they don't seem to be showing up at kde.org Which leads me to think that with the code freeze over at mdk, it might be better to wait this one out.

Re: [newbie] KDE/Gnome -- Thanks

2001-09-10 Thread Peter Rymshaw
Thanks. --- Randy Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Johnson wrote: I don't know of any comparisons between KDE and GNOME. On the surface KDE is more Windows like and GNOME is more Mac like, but it's only cosmetic. I was a KDE user for a long long time, but I downloaded the Ximian

[newbie] KDE 2.2beta1 to KDE 2.2 final

2001-09-10 Thread Carlos Arigós
I just download KDE 2.2 but can't install it over KDE 2.2beta1 (Spanish). Archives are: bash-2.05# cd /mnt/cdrom bash-2.05# ls XFree86-libs-4.1.0-10mdk.i586.rpm alsa-lib-0.5.10-2mdk.i586.rpm arts-2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm kdeaddons-2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm kdeaddons-static-devel-2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm

Re: [newbie] KDE/Gnome -- Thanks,

2001-09-10 Thread Charles A. Punch
Peter Rymshaw wrote: Thanks for the info. Since I come from Win, I guess I'll keep things simple with KDE...for now. I just downloaded Ximian GNOME and it seems to be pretty easy to use. I don't like the term user friendly, because that usually means limited configuration. Ximian seems to be

[newbie] KDE Desktop Modifications

2001-09-09 Thread Lanman
I'm hoping that someone on the list can help me out with 2 small problems. I'm in the process of trying to Lock Down KDE on Mandrake 8.0 . In other words, I'm trying to remove some functionality. If successful, users will only have the ability to click on designated icons on the desktop. So

Re: [newbie] KDE Desktop Modifications

2001-09-09 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sun, 9 Sep 2001 09:20:19 -0400, Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm hoping that someone on the list can help me out with 2 small problems. I'm in the process of trying to Lock Down KDE on Mandrake 8.0 . In other words, I'm trying to remove some functionality. If successful, users will

Re: [newbie] KDE Desktop Modifications

2001-09-09 Thread etharp
Oh (he said sheepishly) and will they all have their own login? and can not all be a member of group samedesk? On Sunday 09 September 2001 17:08, you had thoughts to the concept of: Normally I would agree with you, but in this case, there will be upwards of 18,000+ users. That's the

[newbie] KDE/Gnome

2001-09-07 Thread Peter Rymshaw
Is there a compare anywhere re the advantages and disadvantages of KDE vs. Gnome? Is this list and Mandrake specifically oriented toward KDE? Before sending this I decided that I aught to check the list archives and there was *nothing* with Gnome in the subject. I don't think that I want to

RE: [newbie] KDE/Gnome

2001-09-07 Thread Mark Johnson
configurable and the Ximian desktop can be configured to look more Windows like or more Mac like... -Original Message- From: Peter Rymshaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 12:29 PM To: Mandrake help Subject: [newbie] KDE/Gnome Is there a compare anywhere

RE: [newbie] KDE/Gnome

2001-09-07 Thread Lionel Pitaru
: [newbie] KDE/Gnome I don't know of any comparisons between KDE and GNOME. On the surface KDE is more Windows like and GNOME is more Mac like, but it's only cosmetic. I was a KDE user for a long long time, but I downloaded the Ximian desktop and it's really nice, I've completely switched. Both (K

Re: [newbie] KDE/Gnome

2001-09-07 Thread hardcorepush
I too recently dl'ed ximian and went with it over kde. Its a bit quicker IMHO. I could never get kde apps to comile on my system so I was laways using gnome apps (gcdmaster, sylpheed, pan, gcombust, zapping). Nautilius could be quicker, I miss konqueror (i know i could run in gnome) and

Re: [newbie] KDE/Gnome

2001-09-07 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:28:35 -0700 (PDT), Peter Rymshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a compare anywhere re the advantages and disadvantages of KDE vs. Gnome? Is this list and Mandrake specifically oriented toward KDE? Before sending this I decided that I aught to check the list archives

Re: [newbie] KDE/Gnome

2001-09-07 Thread Randy Kramer
Mark Johnson wrote: I don't know of any comparisons between KDE and GNOME. On the surface KDE is more Windows like and GNOME is more Mac like, but it's only cosmetic. I was a KDE user for a long long time, but I downloaded the Ximian desktop and it's really nice, I've completely switched.

Re: [newbie] kde 2.2 install

2001-08-30 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 30 August 2001 18:57, you wrote: Hi, It's my turn. I've d/l'd all the packages (except the static ones) and they are eagerly waiting to be installed. Two quick questions #1. Is there a specific order that they must be installed in #2. Is there

Fwd: Re: [newbie] kde 2.2 install

2001-08-30 Thread Dennis Myers
I'm getting senile, forgot and sent it to the poster instead of the list. Again. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] kde 2.2 install Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 22:02:41 -0400 From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bill Winegarden [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday 30

Re: [newbie] kde 2.2

2001-08-30 Thread David E. Fox
the libSDL1.2 is giving me trouble. It needs XFree 4.1.0 and I have XFree 4.0.3 (from my distribution ISOs). How do I go about upgrading a package? Caveat - sometimes you'll find an RPM that depends on some other RPM which depends in turn on some other RPM, and you can get into a circle

[newbie] kde 2.2 install

2001-08-30 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, It's my turn. I've d/l'd all the packages (except the static ones) and they are eagerly waiting to be installed. Two quick questions #1. Is there a specific order that they must be installed in #2. Is there a single command that will install all packages

[newbie] kde 2.2

2001-08-29 Thread Eric Caron
Hi everybody, I'm trying to upgrade to KDE 2.2 just to get some experience in installing new stuff on my box. I managed to find most of the dependencies I need, but the libSDL1.2 is giving me trouble. It needs XFree 4.1.0 and I have XFree 4.0.3 (from my distribution ISOs). How do I go about

Re: [newbie] KDE and Gnome when I log in?

2001-08-28 Thread Mohammed Arafa
panel is the same save sessions options but i cant for the life of me remember where - Original Message - From: Charles A. Punch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 11:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE and Gnome when I log in? I know that there is probably

Re: [newbie] KDE and Gnome when I log in?

2001-08-28 Thread Charles A. Punch
Mohammed Arafa wrote: u guys probably got gmc on autostart (find and erase) OR most likely, u once ran gmc then quit kde with the option to save ur session as is so as to resume it next boot. u can 1. kill the gmc process (that should also kill the gnome icons) then save ur sessions 2.

Re: [newbie] KDE and Gnome when I log in?

2001-08-28 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 20:46, Charles A. Punch wrote: Mohammed Arafa wrote: u guys probably got gmc on autostart (find and erase) OR most likely, u once ran gmc then quit kde with the option to save ur session as is so as to resume it next boot. u can 1. kill the gmc process (that

Re: [newbie] KDE and Gnome when I log in?

2001-08-28 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Tuesday 28 August 2001 12:46, Charles A. Punch wrote: I have already turned off the save session option. I have also already killed the GMC process(if you mean using Xkill). The autostart is something to check out though. I'm not sure where it is, but I'm sure it can't be too hard to

[newbie] KDE and Gnome when I log in?

2001-08-27 Thread Jon Doe
I have a strange problem. I am running Mandrake 8.0 and I have upgraded to the 2.2 KDE. Things work great, except everytime I login now, KDE comes up, then all the Gnome icons come up, over top of the KDE icons and then gmc comes up. I am not sure which file to edit to fix this. Want to buy

Re: [newbie] KDE and Gnome when I log in?

2001-08-27 Thread Charles A. Punch
I know that there is probably a better way to do this, but I, (in desperation) got rid of those bad boys, by slapping them with Xkill everytime they showed up. It took five or six times, but eventually they stopped coming up, so far. If there is a better way to do this that will not leave a lot

[newbie] kde 2.2 install

2001-08-26 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, I would like to try to upgrade my 2.1 to a 2.2 . Is there a faq or a 'howto' for the kde upgrade? Thanks and congrats darklord Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] kde 2.2 install (how I did it)

2001-08-26 Thread John W
I managed to get KDE 2.2 installed and operative. I followed Civilime's advice and did urpme kde followed with, cd directory of kde rpm's rpm -ivh *.rpm Ran into numerous dependencies, eliminated the KDE rpm's I didn't want causing dep. issues then ran rpm -ivh *.rpm and looked at the deps.

[newbie] KDE login

2001-08-21 Thread great_scot
As a follow-up to my last message, when I tell KMail to check my mail, it tells me that it can't talk to klauncher. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] KDE login

2001-08-21 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 03:15, johndickson wrote: P.S. After typing the foregoing, I tried to use KMail (in Gnome) to check my mail. An error came up telling me that it can't talk to klauncher. I don't know about the rest of your problem, but I think I may be able to help on this one. Load the

Re: [newbie] KDE login

2001-08-21 Thread great_scot
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 03:15, johndickson wrote: P.S. After typing the foregoing, I tried to use KMail (in Gnome) to check my mail. An error came up telling me that it can't talk to klauncher. I don't know about the rest of your problem, but I think I may be

[newbie] KDE Problem

2001-08-18 Thread B.
I have an unusual problem with the KDE desktop. When I enter my system under root, the KDE desktop loads with 10 copies of the GMC file manager. I end up deleting all the copies, then everything is fine. Is there a configure file for the KDE desktop? How can I fix this? Michael Want to

[newbie] KDE 2.2 report and a Koffice query

2001-08-16 Thread Michel Clasquin
Installed the new KDE 2.2 final last night. It took me seven hours to get the rpm's from sourceforge, but once I had them things went quickly. No major problems, I just had to hunt down a few oddball dependencies from the mandrake 8 cds and one from the cooker. Kdegraphics now insists on an

[newbie] KDE 2.2-2tex

2001-08-16 Thread Tom Brinkman
Solid and quick and slick ; The claims of 30 to 50 % faster are well warranted. Some apps load twice as fast, many running apps are also a bit quicker. I've been using Texstar's optimized KDE 2.2 final for several hours last night, and now for about 6 hours today. No problems at all, even

Re: [newbie] KDE locks up the machine during logon

2001-08-15 Thread Naka Gadjov
Keith Lynn wrote: Hello everyone, I have been experiencing a strange problem after installing Mandrake 8.0 on PCs with the Intel 810 and 815 Chipsets. Sometimes while logging on, the KDE logo appears and shows the components that are being checked and the machine locks up, and I

Re: [newbie] KDE locks up the machine during logon

2001-08-15 Thread s
On Wednesday 15 August 2001 02:21 pm, you wrote: Hello everyone, I have been experiencing a strange problem after installing Mandrake 8.0 on PCs with the Intel 810 and 815 Chipsets. Sometimes while logging on, the KDE logo appears and shows the components that are being checked and the

[newbie] KDE session

2001-08-05 Thread Carr, Nick
Hey there, One way to fix that is to go into the KDE Control Center. Once you start that, go under the system heading and then session manager. There is a checkbox there next to restore session... Good luck! -Nick

[newbie] KDE applications crash one by one ...

2001-07-30 Thread Wouter Cuypers
Hi, My new M8 installation worked just about fine for the first day. I configured KMail and it was working, the next day KMail wouldn't start anymore. It crashed with signal 11 (SIGSEGV) backtrace: multiple lines of: (no debugging symbols found)... and at the end: [New Thread 1024 (LWP 1033)]

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.2 Safe When??

2001-07-20 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Look here: http://dot.kde.org/995344211/ It says that 2.2 is due on August 6. On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:01, John Rigby wrote: Hi Mandrake folks, Any idea when 2.2 will be considered safe for us Newbies?? -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley:

[newbie] KDE

2001-07-08 Thread Talonholco
Dear Civilme: Thanks a million for the advice, which has proven quite helpful on Netscape. As for the sound on KDE, it's a common problem evidently. It's too difficult to remove alsa, because the program manager then wants to remove all of the dependencies that include everything and the

[newbie] KDE apps freezes

2001-06-21 Thread Juan Carlos
Sometimes one application freezes on KDE. It could be any. It stop of working and redrawing. Any ideas? Thanks. -- Registered Linux User # 219425 __ mensaje enviado desde http://www.iespana.es emails (pop)-paginas

Re: [newbie] KDE Theme Install

2001-06-18 Thread Jeff
I'm assuming your using kde 2.1.1. After you untar the theme you should have a file with the extention .ktheme Sometimes that will even be the only file in the theme. You then open the Control Center in kde--click look and feel--click theme manager then click Add and select your .ktheme file

[newbie] KDE Theme Install

2001-06-17 Thread OOzy Pal
Hello How can Install KDE Theme. I have a bunch of them in tar ball. I did untar them but I could install them = Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life? __ Do You Yahoo!? Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more.

[newbie] KDE mail newsreader doc?

2001-06-11 Thread Ken Knecht
Can someone direct me to a site with printable doc, preferably ASCII, for Kmail and the KDE 2 newsreader (Knode?). I like to read the directions before I set up and use software and I prefer not to do my reading from a computer. I looked at the howto and mini-howto list but couldn't find

[newbie] KDE Icons

2001-06-09 Thread Jordan Elver
Hi, Does anyone know where the icons for the menu items in KDE are stored? I keep trying to add items to the menus and then can't find the icon in the list. But I can find the icon manually. So, I need to know where to copy the icon too? TIA, Cheers, Jord

RE: [newbie] KDE Icons

2001-06-09 Thread Michael Spivak
The icons stored in : /usr/share/icons -Original Message- From: Jordan Elver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 3:44 PM To: Mandrake Newbie List Subject: [newbie] KDE Icons Hi, Does anyone know where the icons for the menu items in KDE are stored? I keep

[newbie] kde themes/style

2001-06-05 Thread Jeff
I am finally able to get kde themes installed (sourceforge has a mirror of themes.org!), but now I cannot figure out how to get the style's installed. I can't even seem to find any doc's for this. Inside of one of the themes I downloaded I found intructions but they are way different and

[newbie] KDE text editor problem.

2001-05-24 Thread Ronald J. Hall
I'm using the standard KDE text editor and I have a problem/bug? with it. Under 7.1, I could open an e-mail text file, highlight something like , remove it using cntrl x, then do a cntrl r, followed by cntrl v to paste it into the replace box. I would then delete all of these in the text file

Re: [newbie] KDE text editor problem.

2001-05-24 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ronald J. Hall wrote: I'm using the standard KDE text editor and I have a problem/bug? with it. Under 7.1, I could open an e-mail text file, highlight something like , remove it using cntrl x, then do a cntrl r, followed by cntrl v to paste it into the replace box. I would then delete all

[newbie] KDE themes

2001-05-02 Thread rh
Can someone out there give me a hand on getting some decent themes for KDE (2.1.1 I think) for LM 8.0? Themes.com's themes aren't loaded for some reason, assuming I have even done that right. In fact I can't even find out where KDE themes are stored under 8.0

[newbie] KDE won't let me open more windows

2001-04-29 Thread Travers Naran
VERSION: Mandrake 7.2 After using KDE for an hour or so, I'll suddenly find KDE reporting Can't start app '{bin path}'. I have to restart my session to start any applications again. Does anybody know why? - Travers Naran New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

[newbie] KDE 2.1.1 System Sounds in MDK 8

2001-04-24 Thread Richard Bozzato
I've just installed Mandrake 8...it's good. I have one problem, though, in that system notifications don't always work in KDE 2.1.1. The start up clip never plays, while others may or may not work once the session has started. If they start, they will then work for the remainder of the

[newbie] KDE 2.1.1 + Mozilla 0.8.1 for LM72

2001-04-07 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Just wanted to pass on the good news that KDE 2.1.1 (the upgrade from KDE 2.1) is now available in i586 rpm format from: http://texstar.dyn.dhs.org All of these i586 rpms (just issued on April 7) have been built from the Cooker site and made available on LM72 (i.e. using our

Fwd: Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 and XFree86 4.0.3

2001-04-07 Thread Anthony
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 and XFree86 4.0.3 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 09:33:27 -0600 From: Salvatore "Eric" Indiogine [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], msoltys [EMAIL PROTECTED] Recently I upgraded KDE 2.1 - 2.1.1 with XFree86 4.0

[newbie] KDE 2.1.1 for LM72 -- Success After All!

2001-04-07 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Well, looks like I was wrong again. But this time it's a pleasant surprise. Let's go back to the KDE 2.1.1 upgrade for LM72 site from Texstar at: http://texstar.dyn.dhs.org This site has i586 rpms for LM72 that will allow you to upgrade your current KDE to the final version

RE: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 - do I also need to update XFree86?

2001-04-06 Thread Liaw, Andy
Check which package the file belong to at rpmfind.net. Andy -Original Message- From: Terry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 10:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 - do I also need to update XFree86? also forgot to ask .. some

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 - do I also need to update XFree86?

2001-04-06 Thread Eric
Not to discourage anybody, but Mandrake 8.0 should come out "real soon now TM". The third beta is already out. We are testing the beta and it is starting to look really good. I would just wait for MDK 8.0 to come out. That release will have KDE 2.1.1, as well as the 2.4.2 kernel and other

RE: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 - do I also need to update XFree86?

2001-04-06 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Terry wrote: also forgot to ask .. some of these dependency errors list files that I have no idea what package they come from (so far the ones that appear regularly are "libfreetype.so.6" and "glibc-devel") .. what package(s) are these files found in? Terry Terry glibc-devel is

[newbie] KDE 2.1.1 help

2001-04-06 Thread Dale Kosan
Okay, I might have screwed up here.I installed xfree86 4.0.3-2.1 in a vain attempt to install KDE 2.1.1.Now when I do a rpm -Uvh *.rpm --test I get the following error: [dale@gandalf kde2.1.1]$ su root Password: [root@gandalf kde2.1.1]# rpm -Uvh *.rpm --test error: failed dependencies:

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 help

2001-04-06 Thread s
Yeah, I got that sh*t too with 4.0.3-2, either use 4.0.3-1 or upgrade glibc to 2.2 and use 4.0.3-3. I did the later and as a side effect I have aa fonts. (Something is messed up the -2 I think). -s On Friday 06 April 2001 02:59 pm, you wrote: Okay, I might have screwed up here.I installed

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 help

2001-04-06 Thread Dale Kosan
How did you upgrade to glibc 2.2?

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 help

2001-04-06 Thread s
I just wrote all that in another email, but it hasn't shown up on the list yet. It'll probably beat this one, but I'll cut and paste: What Alan says is basically true, but if you're brave at heart, here's a method that can enable one to upgrade to glibc 2.2 on a 7.2 install.

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 - do I also need to update XFree86?

2001-04-06 Thread Terry
also forgot to ask .. some of these dependency errors list files that I have no idea what package they come from (so far the ones that appear regularly are libfreetype.so.6 and glibc-devel) .. what package(s) are these files found in? Terry --- Robin Regennitter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 - do I also need to update XFree86?

2001-04-05 Thread msoltys
Michael Leone wrote: Hello all. I'm using KDE 2.1, on XFree86 4.0.1. I want to upgrade to KDE 2.1.1, from sunsite.uio.no/pub/kde/stable/2.1.1/distribution/rpm/Mandrake/7.2/RPMS. I realize I need all the k*.rpms (well, not all the other languages), and all the qt*.rpms. BUT .. are

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 - do I also need to update XFree86?

2001-04-05 Thread Terry
I have been having sooo many problems upgrading to KDE 2.1.1 from KDE 2.0.1 running under LM 7.2 .. I have tried every single installation instruction that someone has posted, and none of them work (even KDE's instructions!) .. i even uninstalled KDE 2.0.1 and then tried to install 2.1.1, and

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 - do I also need to update XFree86?

2001-04-05 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Terry wrote: I have been having sooo many problems upgrading to KDE 2.1.1 from KDE 2.0.1 running under LM 7.2 .. I have tried every single installation instruction that someone has posted, and none of them work (even KDE's instructions!) .. i even uninstalled KDE 2.0.1 and then tried to

RE: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 - do I also need to update XFree86?

2001-04-05 Thread Myers, Dennis R NWO
Title: RE: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 - do I also need to update XFree86? Sorry to jump in here, but be careful in what you start. I tried installing KDE 2.1.1 and first had to go and find 14 dependencies in two stages. First test said I need 7 additional files, second try after I got those said I

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 - do I also need to update XFree86?

2001-04-05 Thread Robin Regennitter
On Thursday 05 April 2001 01:01 pm, you wrote: opps I forgot to mention that you need the libmng files. you can get it in kde2.1 directory in the unsupported directory at the Mandrake's ftp site. Terry wrote: I have been having sooo many problems upgrading to KDE 2.1.1 from KDE

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 - do I also need to update XFree86?

2001-04-05 Thread Robin Regennitter
On Thursday 05 April 2001 01:01 pm, you wrote: what I did to upgrade 2.1.1 from 2.0.1 was first thing first. put XFree in its own directory and cd to that directory and type: rpm -Fvh *.rpm and put qt2 in its directory and cd to that directory and type: rpm -Uvh --replacefiles *.rpm and

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 - do I also need to update XFree86?

2001-04-05 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 05 April 2001 15:01, you wrote: Terry wrote: I have been having sooo many problems upgrading to KDE 2.1.1 from KDE 2.0.1 running under LM 7.2 .. I have tried every single installation instruction that someone has posted, and none of them work (even KDE's instructions!)

[newbie] KDE 2.1.1 - do I also need to update XFree86?

2001-04-04 Thread Michael Leone
Hello all. I'm using KDE 2.1, on XFree86 4.0.1. I want to upgrade to KDE 2.1.1, from sunsite.uio.no/pub/kde/stable/2.1.1/distribution/rpm/Mandrake/7.2/RPMS. I realize I need all the k*.rpms (well, not all the other languages), and all the qt*.rpms. BUT .. are the XFree86 updates actually

[newbie] KDE 2.1.1 and XFree86 4.0.3

2001-04-02 Thread msoltys
Hello All, I installed KDE 2.1 from the rpms and would now like to upgrade to 2.1.1 as 2.1 has some minor annoyances. I notice that the Sourceforge directory where the 2.1.1 fpms are located, also contains rpms for XFree86 4.0.3. Do I need to upgrade XFree in order to run KDE 2.1.1 ? Has anyone

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1.1 and XFree86 4.0.3

2001-04-02 Thread Eric
Recently I upgraded KDE 2.1 - 2.1.1 with XFree86 4.0.3. I had no problems, but be carefull and follow the instructions. 1. download all the rpms to a directory. 2. test using: rpm -Uvh --test *.rpm 3. take care of all missing stuff ( go to http://rpmfind.net a do search there) 4. su - root

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1 + Mandrake 7.2

2001-03-25 Thread Carlos Arigós
El Dom 25 Mar 2001 02:28, escribiste: (...) Your English is muy bueno. Much better than my Spanish. So the libkdefakes.so.3 is part of the kdelibs-2.1 files and if you have that in your rpm list it will be installed. I think what is happening is that the files are read in order of list and

[newbie] kde themes

2001-03-25 Thread Gavin
I want to use the themes from 7.1 on 7.2 desktop how do I do this, 7.2 does not have themes listed in the control panel. I really like the Matrix theme! Gavin

Re: [newbie] kde themes

2001-03-25 Thread Mark Weaver
Gavin wrote: I want to use the themes from 7.1 on 7.2 desktop how do I do this, 7.2 does not have themes listed in the control panel. I really like the Matrix theme! Gavin Gavin, In order for you to accomplish this you will have to upgrade your current version of KDE, which is likely KDE

[newbie] KDE 2.1 + Mandrake 7.2

2001-03-24 Thread Carlos Arigós
I just download the rpm's of KDE 2.1 for Mandrake 7.2, but I can't install it because I get the following mensage libkdefakes.so.3 is needed by kdeadmin-2.1-mdk Whta can I do to solve this problem? Thanks. Carlos Sorry, but my english isn't so good.

RE: [newbie] KDE theme manager not present

2001-03-21 Thread Avdi B. Grimm,
PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kyle Baker Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 10:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] KDE theme manager not present I recently upgraded to KDE version 2.1 It went fine and I was happy. However, I noticed that the supposed Theme Manager is missing. I know to look under Contr

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1 install

2001-03-21 Thread Eric
ot; [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 4:34 PM Subject: [newbie] KDE 2.1 install Greetings! I am downloading the Mandrake 7.2 KDE 2.1 rpms from ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/2.1/distribution/rpm/Mandrake/7.2/i586 The rpms are dated 2001-03-05. I would l

[newbie] KDE theme manager not present

2001-03-20 Thread Kyle Baker
I recently upgraded to KDE version 2.1 It went fine and I was happy. However, I noticed that the supposed Theme Manager is missing. I know to look under Control CenterLook N Feel, but I swear I don't have that module available. In anticipatio to your questions, yes I downloaded and

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1 install

2001-03-17 Thread Oder Santos
- Original Message - From: "Salvatore Eric Indiogine" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 4:34 PM Subject: [newbie] KDE 2.1 install Greetings! I am downloading the Mandrake 7.2 KDE 2.1 rpms from ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/2.1/distri

[newbie] KDE 2.1 install

2001-03-16 Thread Eric
Greetings! I am downloading the Mandrake 7.2 KDE 2.1 rpms from ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/2.1/distribution/rpm/Mandrake/7.2/i586 The rpms are dated 2001-03-05. I would like to kow if there are any special instructions on how to install them. This is my plan: 1. telinit 3 and su - root 2.

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1 install

2001-03-16 Thread Eric
Greetings! Do I have to uninstall KDE 2.0.1 first? Do I have to use one --force --nodeps? I modified my list: 0. mv .kde .kde_old 1. telinit 3 and su - root 2. rpm -Uvh qt2*.rpm 3. rpm -Uvh lib rpms 4. rpm -Uvh the rest of the rpms 5. rebuilddb 6. rpm --rebuilddb 7. update-menus 8.

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1 Java: JESSE -- What's that, pleas

2001-03-12 Thread Rob Regennitter
On Saturday 10 March 2001 05:41 am, you wrote: I've had the same problem using 1.3.I downloaded the Jdk1.2 and it worked better. the java console comes up with no problem. there's a JDK1.2 with the kde2.1 beta2 for mandrake. Usually at www.kde.org in the unstable directory. Dear

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1, Noatun and DIVX playback

2001-03-11 Thread Syamsul Anwar
Hi, yes I really meant that highly-compressed video format based on Microsoft's old MPEG-4 format :). Any ideas on Noatun? Seems like nobody I know have tried it yet (since they haven't yet installed KDE 2.1). On 11 Mar 2001, at 4:01, Digital Wokan wrote: The Divx referred to isn't the old

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