Problem - Mandriva
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On Mandriva 2007 spring, x86_64.
I re-installed using auto-allocate with /usr.
(Gives me "/", Swap, /usr and /home).
Using kde, did all the upgrades. (about 460Mb)
On reboot, kde is gone! Gnome has taken over.
Ok, so went to ...
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Problem
Greetings,
On Mandriva 2007 spring, x86_64.
I re-installed using auto-allocate with /usr.
(Gives me "/", Swap, /usr and /home).
Using kde, did all the upgrades. (about 460Mb)
On reboot, kde is gone! Gnome has taken over.
Ok, so went to configure your computer and selected kde and clicked
on "select all" and it came back with message "These files cannot be
installed".
Tried to do an urpmi kde (as root) and came back with no such file (or
something in that nature)
(This is almost starting to look like MS imposing what applications we can
run).
Did an upgrade installation, to no effect
Has anyone experienced this problem? and what is the solution other than
having to do a new full installation, or use a different distro, like the
latest PCLinux.
I have been a continuous user of Mandrake and then Mandriva and even teach
it at our computer club and would like to continue to use it, but I dont
like gnome and i dont like these kind of impositions.
Any suggestions on how to correct this problem?
TIA
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Rgds.
Edward
Registered Linux User No. 224802
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Re: Problem
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:46:42 +1000, Edward wrote:
> Greetings,
I saw you subject and almost skipped it.
I only opened your post to give you some advice.
You may want to read
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Since I am here,
> On Mandriva 2007 spring, x86_64.
> I re-installed using auto-allocate with /usr.
> (Gives me "/", Swap, /usr and /home).
> Using kde, did all the upgrades. (about 460Mb)
I wonder if you had the wrong mirror set.
I decided to go with the 32 bit install instead of the 64 bit.
Some plugins have not been released for 64 bit.
I use http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ to make sure I pick what mirror I
need to use.
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Re: Problem
Edward wrote:
> Greetings,
> On Mandriva 2007 spring, x86_64.
> Using kde, did all the upgrades. (about 460Mb)
> On reboot, kde is gone! Gnome has taken over.
kde is working fine on my system, Microtel, nVidia nForce 410
motherboard with two dual-core AMD 64-bit cpus, 2007.1 64-bit,
which interalia installs a fair amount of 32-bit software which
will run fine. BitTwistger has probably pegged your problem.
If you had kde working once, I doubt it has disappeared.
In /etc/inittab, make sure your default run level is set to
id:3:initdefault: /* a 3 instead of the 5 for GUI */
Reboot and try starting up kde or gnome with
startx
startx kde
startx gnome
Cheers!
jim b.
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UNIX is not user-unfriendly; it merely
expects users to be computer-friendly.
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Re: Problem
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:59:15 +0000, Jim Beard wrote:
> Edward wrote:
>> Greetings,
>> On Mandriva 2007 spring, x86_64.
>> Using kde, did all the upgrades. (about 460Mb)
>> On reboot, kde is gone! Gnome has taken over.
>
> kde is working fine on my system, Microtel, nVidia nForce 410
> motherboard with two dual-core AMD 64-bit cpus, 2007.1 64-bit,
> which interalia installs a fair amount of 32-bit software which
> will run fine. BitTwistger has probably pegged your problem.
>
> If you had kde working once, I doubt it has disappeared.
> In /etc/inittab, make sure your default run level is set to
> id:3:initdefault: /* a 3 instead of the 5 for GUI */
> Reboot and try starting up kde or gnome with
> startx
> startx kde
> startx gnome
If it really is uninstalled, urpmi kdebase
Note that there is also kdebase4 (KDE 4) and supporting packages on the
mirrors but it is not entirely stable yet.
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