Re: [newbie] upgrading 8.0 to 8.1

2001-12-01 Thread dfox
I got KDE2.2.2 installed! I used linuxconf to do the install. You can specify to install all of the rpms in a given directory. After downloading all of the files and I had no real problems upgrading to kde2.2.2 after I found that going to the KDE ftp site and getting the 2.2.2 rpms was a

Re: [newbie] upgrading 8.0 to 8.1

2001-11-29 Thread Richard Wenninger
On Wednesday 28 November 2001 12:49 pm, you wrote: On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Carroll Grigsby wrote: Grant Fraser wrote: I give up trying to upgrade a piece at a time. When trying to upgrade to KDE 2.2.2 I found that it wanted me to install setup which conflicts with bash and I cant force

Re: [newbie] upgrading 8.0 to 8.1

2001-11-29 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 29 November 2001 17:17, you wrote: On Wednesday 28 November 2001 12:49 pm, you wrote: On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Carroll Grigsby wrote: Grant Fraser wrote: I give up trying to upgrade a piece at a time. When trying to upgrade to KDE 2.2.2 I found that it wanted me to install

Re: [newbie] upgrading 8.0 to 8.1

2001-11-29 Thread Grant Fraser
Thanks for the tip. No I havent backed it up. No point. I've spent so much time tinkering with the OS I haven't actually found a use for the computer. Played a few games of freeciv. Cant play tuxracer, opengl not supported. Ive upgraded the kernel, and lots of other things. I even managed to

Re: [newbie] upgrading 8.0 to 8.1

2001-11-28 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Grant Fraser wrote: I give up trying to upgrade a piece at a time. When trying to upgrade to KDE 2.2.2 I found that it wanted me to install setup which conflicts with bash and I cant force it. Is there an 8.1 upgrade disk? even with cable internet it still takes 10 hours to download one

Re: [newbie] upgrading 8.0 to 8.1

2001-11-28 Thread Lanman
Grant; a couple of tips here. First, if your downlad speeds are that slow, try a different FTP site. On cablemodem, I usually hit speeds over 100kbps., and so should you. If your download is slow, it's probably because your connected to an FTP site that is really busy. Second, when you do

Re: [newbie] upgrading 8.0 to 8.1

2001-11-28 Thread Manuel Drake
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Carroll Grigsby wrote: Grant Fraser wrote: I give up trying to upgrade a piece at a time. When trying to upgrade to KDE 2.2.2 I found that it wanted me to install setup which conflicts with bash and I cant force it. Is there an 8.1 upgrade disk? even with cable

[newbie] upgrading 8.0 to 8.1

2001-11-27 Thread Grant Fraser
I give up trying to upgrade a piece at a time. When trying to upgrade to KDE 2.2.2 I found that it wanted me to install setup which conflicts with bash and I cant force it. Is there an 8.1 upgrade disk? even with cable internet it still takes 10 hours to download one ISO. The last time I