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

2001-10-28 Thread John Hokanson Jr.
On Saturday 27 October 2001 11:38 pm, you wrote: On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 18:43:50 -0700, John Hokanson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

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
2.2.1 on MD8...the saga continues... | | |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

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

[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