Re: Fwd: [newbie] first linux install: double clicking 'home' doesn't do anything

2005-01-23 Thread Michaël Van Dorpe
> The packages are downloaded to /var/cache/urpmi/rpms and removed when the > install is finished. Check that directory (you will need to su to root) and > if you have a slew of packages there try to install them, one at a time, > until you see which packages can't be installed. This should tell

Re: Fwd: [newbie] first linux install: double clicking 'home' doesn't do anything

2005-01-23 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 23 Jan 2005 07:20, Michaël Van Dorpe wrote: > > I installed most of the bug fixes and security updates. Some > kdebase... and libkdebase4... files are left, 43 MB in total. I select > all of them and click install, and this happens: > > Addi

Re: Fwd: [newbie] first linux install: double clicking 'home' doesn't do anything

2005-01-22 Thread Michaël Van Dorpe
David E. Fox wrote: > > install these, I get messages about invalid signatures and even when I > > ignore those, the installation still doesn't work. > > You usually can ignore the sigs. But what error messages do you get when > you try installing these files? I installed most of the bug fixes an

Re: Fwd: [newbie] first linux install: double clicking 'home' doesn't do anything

2005-01-22 Thread David E. Fox
On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:55:02 +0100 Michaël Van Dorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > install these, I get messages about invalid signatures and even when I > ignore those, the installation still doesn't work. You usually can ignore the sigs. But what error messages do you get when you try installin

Re: Fwd: [newbie] first linux install: double clicking 'home' doesn't do anything

2005-01-22 Thread Michaël Van Dorpe
> You need Security and Bug Fixes. It's a bit download, that first time, but it > won't ever be as big a that again. So I downloaded the 191 files or 691MB... unfortunately one of those files was corrupted or something, and I tried to install (and download) those security and bug fixes in batche

Re: Fwd: [newbie] first linux install: double clicking 'home' doesn't do anything

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 20:26, Michaël Van Dorpe wrote: > Logging out/in didn't help. So, now I'm going to try your other > suggestion: updates. Top-posting is frowned upon, on the list. Read http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailing

Fwd: [newbie] first linux install: double clicking 'home' doesn't do anything

2005-01-22 Thread Michaël Van Dorpe
ent a reply instead of an e-mail to the whole list. Thanks for your help! -- Forwarded message -- From: Rick Kunath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:07:43 -0500 Subject: Re: [newbie] first linux install: double clicking 'home' doesn't do anything

[newbie] first linux install: double clicking 'home' doesn't do anything

2005-01-22 Thread Michaël Van Dorpe
I just removed Windows XP pro from my Dell Inspiron 5100 (PIV 2.4, 512MB ram) and installed Mandrake 10.1 'powerpack'. The 'starter guide' said I would find Mozilla in Internet/Browsers, but that is not the case. So, I tried to launch Konqueror from the, uhm, (*looks in manual*), oh yes, the 'pane