Bob H a écrit :
> I just installed Mandriva 2007 and after I rebooted back in to it I
> cannot do the following:
> Firefox just loads into the top left corner, and I can't maximise it as
> there is no options to do so. Neither can I drag the sidebar across to
> make it bigger.
> Also I can't do the same with any of the other applications as they seem
> to have a default loading position, either top left or bottom right.
> I have tried to make some changes in 'configure your computer' I think
> it was, by changing the window properties etc, but nothing happened.
> When Mandriva first loaded up I had 4 desktops on the taskbar, then when
> I rebooted I had 1, and tried to change it back again to 4, clicked on
> 'Apply' but nothing happened again.
>
> When I loaded up Thunderbird to create a new email account, there was a
> default name in the text box, which I needed to change but I couldn't.
> It was like everything was disabled.
>
> Any solutions please?
>
> Thanks
You shouldn't use 3D desktop, these are known bugs of compiz setup.

José Jorge wrote:
> Bob H a écrit :
>> I just installed Mandriva 2007 and after I rebooted back in to it I
>> cannot do the following:
>> Firefox just loads into the top left corner, and I can't maximise it
>> as there is no options to do so. Neither can I drag the sidebar across
>> to make it bigger.
>> Also I can't do the same with any of the other applications as they
>> seem to have a default loading position, either top left or bottom right.
>> I have tried to make some changes in 'configure your computer' I think
>> it was, by changing the window properties etc, but nothing happened.
>> When Mandriva first loaded up I had 4 desktops on the taskbar, then
>> when I rebooted I had 1, and tried to change it back again to 4,
>> clicked on 'Apply' but nothing happened again.
>>
>> When I loaded up Thunderbird to create a new email account, there was
>> a default name in the text box, which I needed to change but I
>> couldn't. It was like everything was disabled.
>>
>> Any solutions please?
>>
>> Thanks
> You shouldn't use 3D desktop, these are known bugs of compiz setup.

I wasn't aware I was using 3D desktop!
So what can I do to be able to change things as I want?

Bob H wrote:

> José Jorge wrote:
>> Bob H a écrit :
>>> I just installed Mandriva 2007 and after I rebooted back in to it I
>>> cannot do the following:
>>> Firefox just loads into the top left corner, and I can't maximise it
>>> as there is no options to do so. Neither can I drag the sidebar across
>>> to make it bigger.
>>> Also I can't do the same with any of the other applications as they
>>> seem to have a default loading position, either top left or bottom
>>> right. I have tried to make some changes in 'configure your computer' I
>>> think it was, by changing the window properties etc, but nothing
>>> happened. When Mandriva first loaded up I had 4 desktops on the taskbar,
>>> then when I rebooted I had 1, and tried to change it back again to 4,
>>> clicked on 'Apply' but nothing happened again.
>>>
>>> When I loaded up Thunderbird to create a new email account, there was
>>> a default name in the text box, which I needed to change but I
>>> couldn't. It was like everything was disabled.
>>>
>>> Any solutions please?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>> You shouldn't use 3D desktop, these are known bugs of compiz setup.
>
> I wasn't aware I was using 3D desktop!
> So what can I do to be able to change things as I want?

if in fact u are using 3d desktop u may be just be able to reboot and
everything be alright.

u can configure 3ddesktop my going into mandriva control center and to
hardware and the 3d desktop. u can turn it off there. then just log out and
back into your desktop.

if u want to keep 3ddesktop u can click the box on metisse and in advanced u
can use aiglx. that works for me. metisse is one of the options in the
3ddesktop

On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:02:39 -0400, Bob H wrote:

> I just installed Mandriva 2007 and after I rebooted back in to it I
> cannot do the following:

Have you applied all of the updates? See
http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.os...513c1e70d1da1?

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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David W. Hodgins wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:02:39 -0400, Bob H wrote:
>
>> I just installed Mandriva 2007 and after I rebooted back in to it I
>> cannot do the following:
>
> Have you applied all of the updates? See
> http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.os...513c1e70d1da1?
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>

Not yet as I can't do anything much in Mandriva the way it is.
I didn't have any updates previously when I installed it and could do
most things, where as now I can't do much at all.

patrick darcy wrote:
> Bob H wrote:
>
>> José Jorge wrote:
>>> Bob H a écrit :
>>>> I just installed Mandriva 2007 and after I rebooted back in to it I
>>>> cannot do the following:
>>>> Firefox just loads into the top left corner, and I can't maximise it
>>>> as there is no options to do so. Neither can I drag the sidebar across
>>>> to make it bigger.
>>>> Also I can't do the same with any of the other applications as they
>>>> seem to have a default loading position, either top left or bottom
>>>> right. I have tried to make some changes in 'configure your computer' I
>>>> think it was, by changing the window properties etc, but nothing
>>>> happened. When Mandriva first loaded up I had 4 desktops on the taskbar,
>>>> then when I rebooted I had 1, and tried to change it back again to 4,
>>>> clicked on 'Apply' but nothing happened again.
>>>>
>>>> When I loaded up Thunderbird to create a new email account, there was
>>>> a default name in the text box, which I needed to change but I
>>>> couldn't. It was like everything was disabled.
>>>>
>>>> Any solutions please?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>> You shouldn't use 3D desktop, these are known bugs of compiz setup.
>> I wasn't aware I was using 3D desktop!
>> So what can I do to be able to change things as I want?
>
> if in fact u are using 3d desktop u may be just be able to reboot and
> everything be alright.
>
> u can configure 3ddesktop my going into mandriva control center and to
> hardware and the 3d desktop. u can turn it off there. then just log out and
> back into your desktop.
>
> if u want to keep 3ddesktop u can click the box on metisse and in advanced u
> can use aiglx. that works for me. metisse is one of the options in the
> 3ddesktop
>
>
>
How do I know if I am using 3d desktop?
I tried to disabel something in configure your computer but it didn't
make any difference.

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:16:07 +0000, Bob H wrote:

> How do I know if I am using 3d desktop?
> I tried to disabel something in configure your computer but it didn't
> make any difference.

I'd recommend you just give up, right now. You are clearly not going to
be able to ever use Linux. Just stick with Windoze, and be happy. Some
people are just not smart enough to use anything else. It's OK.

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Dan C wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:16:07 +0000, Bob H wrote:
>
>> How do I know if I am using 3d desktop?
>> I tried to disabel something in configure your computer but it didn't
>> make any difference.
>
> I'd recommend you just give up, right now. You are clearly not going to
> be able to ever use Linux. Just stick with Windoze, and be happy. Some
> people are just not smart enough to use anything else. It's OK.
>

Thanks for the words of encouragement, I will.

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:06:12 +0000, Bob H wrote:

>> I'd recommend you just give up, right now. You are clearly not going to
>> be able to ever use Linux. Just stick with Windoze, and be happy. Some
>> people are just not smart enough to use anything else. It's OK.

> Thanks for the words of encouragement, I will.

No problem. Buh-bye.


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On 2007-04-10, Bob H wrote:
> Dan C wrote:
>> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:16:07 +0000, Bob H wrote:
>>
>>> How do I know if I am using 3d desktop?
>>> I tried to disabel something in configure your computer but it didn't
>>> make any difference.
>>
>> I'd recommend you just give up, right now. You are clearly not going to
>> be able to ever use Linux. Just stick with Windoze, and be happy. Some
>> people are just not smart enough to use anything else. It's OK.
>>
>
> Thanks for the words of encouragement, I will.

Hi Bob, please put "Dan C" in your killfile and forget he/it
exists. Everyone who has been in this newsgroup more than a
few days has already plonked "Dan C".

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On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:15:03 -0400, Bob H wrote:

> Not yet as I can't do anything much in Mandriva the way it is.
> I didn't have any updates previously when I installed it and could do
> most things, where as now I can't do much at all.

If you can get into a console under kde, or Gnome, run "sudo drak3d",
and ensure "No 3d desktop effects" has been selected.

Another thing that can cause problems, before the updates have been
installed, is the icon theme selection, in kcontrol.
Run the command kcontrol. Select Appearance & Themes, then Icons.
Ensure the icon theme you have selected is anything other then
iKons, KDE-Classic, or KDE-LoColor. Using any one of those three
will cause rpmdrake to segfault.

As a quick fix (after checking the icon theme), you could copy the
appended file to /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg (after making a backup copy
of the orignal file), and then run the updates as per the message
from Bit Twister, that I linked to earlier.

Note: this will only work if you are using the i586 architecture.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

{
downloader: wget
resume: 1
retry: 30
verify-rpm: 1
wget-options: --timeout=300
}

main ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/m...a/main/release {
hdlist: hdlist.main.cz
key-ids: 70771ff3
synthesis
with_hdlist: media_info/hdlist.cz
}

main_updates ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/m...a/main/updates {
hdlist: hdlist.main_updates.cz
key-ids: 22458a98
synthesis
update
with_hdlist: media_info/hdlist.cz
}

contrib ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/m...ontrib/release {
hdlist: hdlist.contrib.cz
synthesis
with_hdlist: media_info/hdlist.cz
}

contrib_updates ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/m...ontrib/updates {
hdlist: hdlist.contrib_updates.cz
key-ids: 26752624
synthesis
update
with_hdlist: media_info/hdlist.cz
}

plf-free ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_...se/binary/i586 {
hdlist: hdlist.plf-free.cz
key-ids: caba22ae
synthesis
with_hdlist: hdlist.cz
}

plf-nonfree ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_...se/binary/i586 {
hdlist: hdlist.plf-nonfree.cz
key-ids: caba22ae
synthesis
with_hdlist: hdlist.cz
}

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Robert M. Riches Jr. wrote:
> On 2007-04-10, Bob H wrote:
>> Dan C wrote:
>>> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:16:07 +0000, Bob H wrote:
>>>
>>>> How do I know if I am using 3d desktop?
>>>> I tried to disabel something in configure your computer but it didn't
>>>> make any difference.
>>> I'd recommend you just give up, right now. You are clearly not going to
>>> be able to ever use Linux. Just stick with Windoze, and be happy. Some
>>> people are just not smart enough to use anything else. It's OK.
>>>
>> Thanks for the words of encouragement, I will.
>
> Hi Bob, please put "Dan C" in your killfile and forget he/it
> exists. Everyone who has been in this newsgroup more than a
> few days has already plonked "Dan C".
>
Yes I should have ignored him, I realise that.

Actually I found that I am not using 3d desktop, because when I clicked
on it, I was asked if I wanted to install some extra files, which I
canceled.
So apart from that I don't know why when I first loaded or booted into
mandriva I had the option to maximise and move windows around, then on
the subsequent reboot that option along with others, has suddenly gone.
If I don't get that sorted I will just have to try a re install.

Thanks

David W. Hodgins wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:15:03 -0400, Bob H wrote:
>
>> Not yet as I can't do anything much in Mandriva the way it is.
>> I didn't have any updates previously when I installed it and could do
>> most things, where as now I can't do much at all.
>
> If you can get into a console under kde, or Gnome, run "sudo drak3d",
> and ensure "No 3d desktop effects" has been selected.
>
> Another thing that can cause problems, before the updates have been
> installed, is the icon theme selection, in kcontrol.
> Run the command kcontrol. Select Appearance & Themes, then Icons.
> Ensure the icon theme you have selected is anything other then
> iKons, KDE-Classic, or KDE-LoColor. Using any one of those three
> will cause rpmdrake to segfault.
>
> As a quick fix (after checking the icon theme), you could copy the
> appended file to /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg (after making a backup copy
> of the orignal file), and then run the updates as per the message
> from Bit Twister, that I linked to earlier.
>
> Note: this will only work if you are using the i586 architecture.
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>
> {
> downloader: wget
> resume: 1
> retry: 30
> verify-rpm: 1
> wget-options: --timeout=300
> }
>
> main ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/m...a/main/release {
> hdlist: hdlist.main.cz
> key-ids: 70771ff3
> synthesis
> with_hdlist: media_info/hdlist.cz
> }
>
> main_updates ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/m...a/main/updates {
> hdlist: hdlist.main_updates.cz
> key-ids: 22458a98
> synthesis
> update
> with_hdlist: media_info/hdlist.cz
> }
>
> contrib ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/m...ontrib/release {
> hdlist: hdlist.contrib.cz
> synthesis
> with_hdlist: media_info/hdlist.cz
> }
>
> contrib_updates ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/m...ontrib/updates {
> hdlist: hdlist.contrib_updates.cz
> key-ids: 26752624
> synthesis
> update
> with_hdlist: media_info/hdlist.cz
> }
>
> plf-free ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_...se/binary/i586 {
> hdlist: hdlist.plf-free.cz
> key-ids: caba22ae
> synthesis
> with_hdlist: hdlist.cz
> }
>
> plf-nonfree ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_...se/binary/i586 {
> hdlist: hdlist.plf-nonfree.cz
> key-ids: caba22ae
> synthesis
> with_hdlist: hdlist.cz
> }
>
Thanks for the links etc, but when I load up a console it is disabled! I
cannot type anything in any consoles. The icon them selected is the
first one in the list and is not any of those which you told me not to use.

Robert M. Riches Jr. wrote:
> Everyone who has been in this newsgroup more than a
> few days has already plonked "Dan C".

That is a statement that cannot be proven to be true. "Dan C" is not
in my scorefile, so I know that statement is untrue.

On 2007-04-10, Scott B. wrote:
> Robert M. Riches Jr. wrote:
>> Everyone who has been in this newsgroup more than a
>> few days has already plonked "Dan C".
>
> That is a statement that cannot be proven to be true. "Dan C" is not
> in my scorefile, so I know that statement is untrue.

Okay, so there's one exception. 1/2 :-)

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Bob H wrote:
> I just installed Mandriva 2007

Did you install it on the same box you had problems with about which
you posted articles on April 4 and 5 to the newsgroup
uk.comp.homebuilt?

Did you verify the md5 checksums matched after you downloaded the
Mandriva ISO images before you burned the CDs?

Robert M. Riches Jr. wrote:
> Okay, so there's one exception. 1/2 :-)

Here's a freebie for you: I suspect some of my previous employers
have thought I might not be worth a sh**, but they still had to
pay me. LOL

On Tuesday 10 Apr 2007 20:36, Scott B. wrote:

> That is a statement that cannot be proven to be true. "Dan C" is not
> in my scorefile, so I know that statement is untrue.

Seconded.

Dan C wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:16:07 +0000, Bob H wrote:
>
>> How do I know if I am using 3d desktop?
>> I tried to disabel something in configure your computer but it didn't
>> make any difference.
>
> I'd recommend you just give up, right now. You are clearly not going to
> be able to ever use Linux. Just stick with Windoze, and be happy. Some
> people are just not smart enough to use anything else. It's OK.
>

be nice dan.

in the mandriva control center or media center as it seems driva wants
us to call it now go the place that says hardware then 3ddesktop.

u can put a click on the box that says no 3ddesktop or u can click one of
the 3d desktop versions. i use aiglx with metisse and that works for me.