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hmmm. maybe unmount is only possible for root on your system. anyway, which cd-rom drive do you have? maybe some info on that one helps to clear the matter... :)

in order to get access to kde try the folllowing: at prompt, log in as root, then type in "XFdrake" and set up your video modes. then exit and reboot, now, you should be able to log in into kde again. with the cd-rom. you say, you ejected it. okay, but did you mount/unmount them properly afterwards?

hmmm. try to set up easyurpmi-mirrors and try updating again. i am almost sure that one of your rpm-files is the cause.

well, honestly, i don't think that MUB will loose its communitiy feel because of this (look at all those off-topic-fun-discussions). you have to keep in mind that people come and go to, switch distros, head back to windows/apple/..., get annoyed from boards etc. but it is simply that i never, NEVER experieced someone in a linux-discussion forum, only registering because he/she/it wants to complain. of course, everyone has the right to complain, but you usually complain after even with the help of others you don't get anything done. if you hack on the system for a whole months and don't manage to get your network or other stuff working, then you have all the right to say "this distro is shit and you are a bunch of idiots", but only then.... maybe. i remember that i had lots of problems with my SUSE distros (8.1 and 8.2) and with ark-linux. but did i complain? no. i simply took other distros, if the fault was the distro being buggy. in terms of networking, the problem was by the manufacturer of my adsl modem, so i could have blamed him (and i did, but he didn't react :D). so, if i want to complain, i have to take a look first if the problems caused here are problems caused by me, by some hardware vendors of if it is the distro's fault. sure, that mandrake doesn't listen to their users (yoper is the complete opposite ;)) is bad, but i think that he knew that before, because this has not changed over night. i would have apreciated, if he simply would have asked for help instead of blaming someone who doesn't listen anyway.

i think this is unlikely. however, they can all be installed (except firefox and thunderbird) with urpmi afterwards. all available info on the mdk-beta releases can be found at http://www.distrowatch.org :)

here is my working-desktop, featuring kde, nuvola icons and plastic theme+ deco, milk-color-theme.

hi luizmdk! in order to install gimp2 you need to do some things. 1. you have to set up some ftp-mirrors that have the files you need. don't try downloading tar.gz-files, as there are rpm-files available. so, go to here http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php and set up your mirrors, as explained on that site (using the console. just in case that you don't know what the console is: it is the black-screen symbol found in the "terminals" section of your menus. 2. once all mirrors are set up, open the console and log in as root. this is done in the following way: type "su", then hit enter. the console will ask you for the root password. enter it now. now, you have access to the software management. okay, now type in the console "urpmi gimp2" or "urpmi gimp_2.0". you can also add an "-a", thus writing "urpmi -a gimp2" and the console will list all the files available, including plugins. you can also select the "software install" section in mcc and type there gimp2. that should also work, but console is faster and if something doesn't work the way it should, you will see which part didn't function. 3. once all is installed, just go to your menu and start gimp2. keep in mind that you can have both gimp 1.2 and 2.0 installed at the same time. the menu will automatically add two separate gimp entries, the newer version named "Gimp v2" good luck. :)

well, quite unusual behavior of your box, but ... you got it working again ... also in an unusual way. :D

the benefit of firefox is that it is "smaller" (no email, no composer) thus starting faster and it is generally a bit faster than mozilla. in order to properly configure firefox, take a look here: http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=16075 other than that, don't expect too many differences as both browsers are based on the same source. but if you want a stand-alone browser (because you use e.g. ximian evolution for mail) than it is much better to start only a browser and not a whole network-suite. also take a look at the plugins available for firefox. some of them are really useful. (others are simple toys.) :)

the only "major" visual change i noticed is that they added a net-plugger (like SUSE) in the taskbar. apart from that... same boring "galaxy" style that i expected. ;)

there are two things i 'd like to ask you: - if you are able to tweak a system, why do you give up that early? that sounds unlogical to me, unless you pretend you are a linux veteran and are in fact a newbie to linux. - why did you register? only to tell us that you won't use mdk10? wow... i think there are other, more productive ways to spend time. i honestly don't understand what you want to achieve with this posting. either you ask for help (which will gladly be given, if asked for :D ) or you quitely install another system that suits your purposes in a better way. sorry, but this seems kinda kid-like behavior imho.

errrm... i think i did not express in my previous post what i meant. so here is the second try: everybody was blaming that linux would not be ready for the desktop. at the same time, everybody said, that mac is the "most beautiful, most intuitive, most whaddoiknow" thing you can imagine as a desktop, although windows has the biggest marketshare. so... if it is true that linux-destops overtook macintosh in numbers, then this means that the system MUST be ready for the desktop, as mac is regarded as "ready for the desktop" (i won't discuss now, which os is better (it is obvious imho :) )). if linux has a market share of, let say 5% then the simple fact that 5% use this system every day for every task is enough proof that distributors like mandrake are on the right track. and if you keep in mind that the linux-desktop numbers began to increase a lot during the last three years, then we might find computers offered with linux or windows in shops in large scale in maybe two to four years. and then it will drastically increase the number of linux desktops, i guess.

here a nice little article from macminute.com. i think this is proof enough, that linux is NOT an inferior desktop system. (okay, my box is also enough proof ;) )

i already read the first story about linux by preston gralla (who still earns his money writing books for windows), so this second story is only halfway better. if ihe writes then he simply hasn't understood that a linux-system usually has all the stuff you need included in the os cds. so why buy software, if you get it with your distro or free via download. in one respect, i must admit that he is right. i have seen many people who are helpless when installing anything. even when they have to install a windows-app that only has one button to click on, they don't know what to do. so how should these people manage to insert a cd, boot it and install an os?

i would suggest, you should to make a so called ftp-install, in case you have broadband. then of course, the three cd's are, sorry, more or less "useless". :unsure: keep in mind that with 3 gb of hard-disk space available (next to win98 if you want to keep it), you should make a reduced install first (no bloat-apps, only the really necessary stuff) and add other tools later on. it is important that you install the basic parts first, thus having a stable "source" to which you can add other stuff via urpmi. this will save you time and headaches, in case your connection to ftp gets killed. the bad thing is: the whole process will take some time until the online(ftp)-install is complete, so prepare for some hours of work. you can also download the ftp-directory and then do an installation, using either the cd-rom or a hd-partition. in either case, the files that you find on your first cd should be downloaded from ftp. this is more than enough to equip you with a running os. the other stuff can be (again) dowloaded via urpmi. third possibility: if you have a second comp, you can plug them together and do an install on the laptop via the other workbox. but don't aske me how to do it in detail. i never did such thing before, only know, that this works (e.g. via tweaked printer-cable or network ) good luck

the 10.1 beta is downloadable right now, so i think, the community-edition will be available at september, official maybe by december. just keep your eyes pinned on www.distrowatch.com. ;)

harddrake gives no answers/doesn't give you info on that reader? hmm... this might sound strange, but have you tried the card reader on another comp these last days? maybe something got broken (how old is the device?). other idea is, look at your fstab. maybe some modifications to it will bring that thing back working. if nothing works, give us all info you can get on this "problem". good luck :)

aaahh... i just realized what you mean... what you are talking about will be implemented in kde 3.3. so, you have to install the 3.3-testing version or you have to wait 'till the final release. :D

hmmm... are you referring to the kde desktop? if yes, your themes can be selected not via "configure your computer", but "configure your desktop". if you are running gnome, choose the gnome control center. for the other ones (fluxbox, icewm,...), you have to copy the styles to the appropriate styles-directory. ;)

if you have set up your download sources via easyurpmi, then you should be able to install gdesklets via urpmi. ;)

hi. :) i suggest you take a look here http://web.onetel.net.uk/~showerail/simple_net_setup.html maybe that helps. if not, post some furter information here. e.g. the output of typing "ifconfig eth0" in the konsole. have you enabled it already? does it work then or not? do you have a firewall enabled? if yes, disable it for testing purposes.

somewhere earlier (too lazy to search that post now ;) ), it was said, that we should enable more install-options. i thought a bit about that thing, and here are my ideas (each of these package selections should have a "advanced select" button, adding some options for individual installations) remember: the basic idea behind this is to give a working area that does not need/install automatically a default desktop: minimal graphic install: gives the user only a minimal operating system that only uses the command line basic graphic install: uses only lightweight windowmanagers like icewm, only one app per task installed, apps are reduced to a office-desktop. normal graphic install: uses kde/gnome/... and adds some bloat like media-players codecs etc. full graphic install: uses all the eyecandy available (like: superkaramba/gdesklets/qt-gtk-engine) remember: every of these options should be able to be modified to personal tastes. the "conventional selection" of software packages should still be there (office/server/development/...), but as a second stage. so the installation way could be: starting cd-install selecting partitions selecting graphic install type selecting software packages selecting languages,... so what do you think? is it usable or a rather stupid idea? :) p:s: in terms of office applications: why don't the office-apps use e.g. .rtf files as default? they are fully compatible with mac- and windows-office suites and are smaller than .doc files (although a bit bigger than .swx files).

it can be that your server has been set up that you can ONLY use gnome and nothing else. same for the mozilla-stuff. talk to the admin, but i doubt, that they will set up kde just for you. ;)

yupp!. also the entrys made by "Emon" are mine... but psssst!... don't tell anyone. ;)

no, they can't. but don't worry. you can find almost every major "old" theme (plus some new and/or improved themes) in a new version at kde-look.org. :) the only "old" themes that do work in kde 3.2 are the icewm windecos.