{BBI}Nexus{BBI}

First remove what you have with

urpmi.removemedia -y kde43 kde43-noarch

or in your case

urpmi.removemedia -y KDE-4.3.0 KDE-4.3.0-noarch

then do

urpmi.addmedia kde43 ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/4.3.0/Mandriva/2009.1/i586/media/kde43
urpmi.addmedia kde43-noarch ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/4.3.0/Mandriva/2009.1/noarch/media/kde43

Thanks Greg :) I did do it your way originally, I see now why it didn't work, I omitted /pub.

Has anyone found a spare task bar and menu around here? I updated to kde 4.3 and lost mine. Not only the task bar but the desktop settings as well. I can still login and run apps via the konsole so it's all there just a matter of finding how to get it back. I can't restore a back-up as it's now all version 4.3. If anyone knows of a quick way to restore things I'd very happy to hear about it. I know I could start another /home (after renaming my current one) and copy my main stuff into it. But it's a bit of a chore.

Thank you in advance.

This normally works for me:

killall -9 plasma

then

plasma

At the very least you'll see the error message(s).

Grrrr.... No matter which mirrors I select or how I try to add the repos I get the same error message:

...retrieving failed: curl failed: exited with 9

 

Should this work?

urpmi.addmedia KDE-4.3.0 <mirror>/kde/stable/4.3.0/Mandriva/2009.1/RPMS/i586 with media_info/hdlist.cz

urpmi.addmedia KDE-4.3.0-noarch <mirror>/kde/stable/4.3.0/Mandriva/2009.1/RPMS/noarch with media_info/hdlist.cz

The boot.iso is no longer available from proxad.net. I'll try to get it from elsewhere later.

Thanks jkerr and scarecrow for the enlightenment. :)

Actually I am using the boot.iso image to install even stable Mandriva releases.

Excuse my ignorance, but what is this boot.iso? What does it do? And should I want it, where would I get it from?

The potentially positive part of this is that it may actually get 1 or 2 tweenagers off windows and interested in Linux.

Hmmm, that would take maturity of mind and discipline. Judging by media reports that's sorely lacking. If you really want to get them off winblows make a 'FaceBook', 'Twitter' & 'MySpace' distro :D

Yes, it's a new remastered buntu distro. It's Hannah Montana Linux :D

 

You can read all about it and download it here: hannahmontana.sourceforge.net

 

It hasn't made the DistroWatch list yet.

Oh please (sigh), what's new about this distro? I mean what does it do significantly better than all the others out there! Since it's so easy to launch a *new* distro, I think I'll pimp out Mandriva with a spiderman theme and release it as: 'Yet Another Distro That Does Nothing To Enhance User Experience'. Why didn't they just create a Hannah theme pack and release that instead? :huh:

Is anyone else looking to upgrade to the latest kde when it arrives?

Me, Me, Gimme, Gimme :D I'm sorry, but using KDE 3.x now feels like I'm using a 'Fisher Price' product (no offence meant to KDE 3.x devs).

 

KDE 3.x was an excellent desktop for it's time, KDE 4.x has raised the bar for me. Yes I know it still lacks in many areas however, it's stable and usable enough for everyday use.

You are welcome! So you have a 05R/W too?

I have had mine for 15 years now and I'm still in love with it's sounds! :woops:

Soft-synths are no replacement for proper hardware synths!

 

Heck yeah I still have my 05R/W I bought it when they first hit the market in the UK. I also have my Yamaha TG55 and Korg M1 rack modules. And I still own a Yamaha QY10 sequencer, lol. You're so right, there's no substitute for hardware!

 

Despite hundreds of downloads of the Handbrake package, I have had little feedback so far, I assume that means the package works fine for everyone, still it would be nice to have that confirmed too.

HandBrake (2009.1) works fine for me.

Well tux99, I went to your site for your latest build of HandBrake and walked away with your created Korg 05R/W definition :) Now I have a reason to try Rosegarden. Many Thanks.. Oh and thanks for HandBrake too.

And the violation was according to.... Network Plubmer's Journal

It is slightly annoying that ccsm does not show up in the application menu.

It should show up under Applications--> Tools. If not you can always install Fusion-Icon that gives you easy access via the system tray.

No scarecrow, you're correct it is a continent.

You also need to disble it in CompizConfig Settings Manager. If you don't have it, install the ccsm package.

Is this just a fad, or is it a sign that Microsoft's OS stranglehold is slowly eroding?

Most definately this is a sign (no matter how small) of some erosion. It's a shame they managed to slow down the march of GNU/Linux on netbooks in general. Let's not forget in days gone by there were other big players before micro$oft chipped away at their market share. No-one is safe forever!

After the update the system came back up and I can log in, although I am still being told there is an update. It looked like it was using 2009.1 for the repository. I am going to reboot and then check.

You might just need to update your repositories first. Run:

urpmi.update -a

As you are remote logging in from within your house it doesn't really matter how you run mcc. Personally if I want to call up mcc I always log in as a normal user then use su. Most of the time I don't bother with the graphical interface.

What's the name of the notification widget?

Finally it's in a usable state again. 2.1.1 is a pleasure to use. I still miss some of the functions in the 1.x series though :(

Ooh a shiney new forum look. I like it, good job guys

A recently published attack exploiting newer versions of the Linux kernel is getting plenty of notice because it works even when security enhancements are running and the bug is virtually impossible to detect in source code reviews...

 

Read more at The Register.

 

Any security experts here who can put this into some understandable plain speaking context?

Or simply create the missing directory yourself, see if that solves the problem.

That is very handy to know Nexus. Never had the problem so I didn't learn that trick.

 

Cheers. John.

Thanks, nice to see you've decided to stay John :)

After doing init 3 you should see some text appear, your prompt will fail to re-appear, simply hit your enter key.

Wbar Installation:

* Needs imlib2

# make 
create initial config for user (should make config with each user)
# make config
as root (if you dont have a bin directory at home)
# make install

Source: http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Env...bar-18308.shtml