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Kdevelop uses qt. QT is for C++ which is why I decided on GTK. I am trying to convert some existing C programs that I have written in Windows. All the programs are mature and working and nicely functioned out and I see absolutely no reason to move to C++ unless forced. When I checked on the pango stuff, in mandriva KDE for possible deletion and reinstallation I was advised that "the following programs must also be removed" and it proceeded to list half my desktop plus a bunch of stuff that I had no idea what it was. This being the case I backed off. This also leads me to believe that KDE stuff too is pretty dependent on pango for stuff.

I am, however, beginning to believe that I should probably switch my desktop to GNOME. I have no real problem with this as I am still learning stuff and I doubt its that much different (ignorance is bliss?) All I have to figure out is how to switch desktops. I have noticed that some folks are actually switching between the two. Its interesting but I really don't want to do that. Just want to settle down and get on with it. My main problem, now, remains with anjuta and the text bug that exists in my version (and pango 1.10 (I think))

I think my next move is to try and take care of my desktop thing. If I could be pointed in the right direction to get this done I would appreciate it. Evidently I can goto the control center and simply install GNOME. As usual the problem is in the details and this one seems to be a doozy. When I went there and choose to install GNOME I was presented with a LOT of choices and have no clue as to what I should choose. Once I have installed GNOME I assume there is some way to switch between the two or should I remove KDE? This is all very mysterious. I suspect that before I am done I will end up reinstalling and just choosing GNOME as the desktop (I suspect this would be the best path to follow as there is nothing on this machine I need to actually save).

Thanks for the reply and anybody's thoughts would be gratefully accepted.

I can't remember the one I am missing. I think you have, however, answered one of my question that has been bugging me and that is that Anjuta is supposed to run under KDE as well as GNOME? I do have v 2.2.3 (I think Its the last version completed for Mandriva I believe). I have been gone for two days. Perhaps I should install GNOME instead of KDE (I have no idea how to do that but I could make a run at it (given that I am clueless what I use for a desktop makes no difference to me at this time (I am using KDE as that is how Mandriva installed))).

My problem with the Anjuta screen overwriting it self and behaving badly is, pretty much, covered at anjuta.org and has to do, evidently, with Pango. The fix, evidently, is to drop back to v1.8 If one removed Pango, however, it takes a LOT of other stuff with it. My thought is to, now, wait for v2007 of Mandriva in the hopes that they have new versions of stuff that will overcome the problem. Removing Pango, and then reinstalling stuff that was removed, just seems to be a lot more trouble than its worth (if the new version has a better Pango (there is one in the cooker several versions ahead).

Thanks for the reply....................java script:emoticon('', 'smid_9')

I am trying to get going on some programming. I have some experience programming c (mostly in dos) and am coming from windows. I am running with mandriva and a kde desktop. I want to use plain 'C'. I decided that gtk+ is probably the best way to go with this. I ran through glade 2 demo/tutorial(s) with no problem but then decided I needed an environment/ide. As far as I can tell Anjuta is the way to go with this.

I installed anjuta (1.2.2) and brought it up. I imported a program (a code snippit from glade2) to see what happened. What happened is that it kinda went nuts. descriptors started getting magically moved. Pieces of code would get overwritten (they remained) with other code, etc. I have no idea why this happened. I went through the setup but there was nothing there (that I saw) that would fix the problem. I have since removed that program (the installation may have been bad). Then I went out to see if there were newer versions - there were. My problem there is that I cannot seem to get to them. I did get to one (v 1.2.4) but the installation failed due to a missing package (which I searched for and never found).

Anyway, I am now stuck. Perhaps I should be using the gnome desktop instead of kde?

Is anjuta the way to go and what did I do wrong?

Are my basic assumptions as to what I should be using to be programming in C right?

Any, and all. thoughts would be gratefully accepted as I am completely at sea and, obviously, confused and clueless.

Thank you................

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That almost exactly how I got into trouble in the first place. I swapped out my cd/dvd and when it came back it had a new name while the mandrake 2005 system still wants to use the old name (dev/hdd). The cd/dvd is functional but, when I am installing programs, it says to put the source dvd into the oldname and all that is available is the new name.

Its all very mysterious............... (thanks for the reply)

I am running with mandriva 2005

I have a benq DVD. I was trying to install a program and it said to put the dvd into dev/hdd I put in the dvd and it didn't find it. I then went and check my hardware and it said:

Old device file: ?/dev/hdd/

New devfs device: ?/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/cd

An interesting point is that the old device file name (/dev/hdd/) would seem to be in violation of device file naming convention.

I tried a couple of other things but it always wantws to read dev/hdd instead of the other location/file.

I should mention that this used to work just fine. In a fit of strange I decided to swap out the old drive with another and, I suspect, this is what caused the problem. One part of the system knows things are changed but the other doesn't?

I have tried the following:

Changed the jumper from master to slave (made no difference)

made the drive a supermount (made no difference)

disconnected the drive and rebooted, checked to make sure it was gone and then I reconnected the drive - (made no difference old file still there)

put the main mandiva dvd in the drive to see if it would boot - it will.

The trick, I suspect, is to get control of the device file name (devfs) but I cannot figure out how to do that.

If I could figure out how to delete/remove the device and THEN reinstall it might work but I can't figure out how to remove a device and simply disconnecting and rebooting doesn't do the trick.

This is obviously hooked into the installation drive but I do not know how to access that.

Does anybody have thoughts on this?

Thanks..............

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