kungfooya Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 (edited) I recently got mandrake 10 running and am having a few problems with some programs. I am still pretty much a newbie at this so bear with me. 1) Yahoo IM: I download the latest redhat 9 RPM and install it. When I run it, it only works if run from konsole, and as root. then before I can set all the settings it crashes and I get a 'segmantation fault' error. this app worked on 9.2 for me. Any ideas? 2) The Gimp 2.0: I have a bunch of RPM's from different places and installed them. If I try to launch it from the menu or a desktop icon it won't startup. If I launch it from konsole it starts right up. Why does this happen and what can I do to my menu link to fix it? If I create a icon on my desktop how do I set that up properly? I tried this previously and I kept getting a gimpwidgets error, which is installled already. I think thats it for now, I just got UT2004 back up and running as I type this. Thanks, Jason Edited May 17, 2004 by kungfooya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 At least one answer for you: 1) get gaim. urpmi gaim as root in a console. It will do everything for you, including Yahoo. 2) I haven't installed gimp-2.0, but I assume that your menu icons aren't pointing to the right location. What is the command you type to start it? I assume that you have to go into menudrake (be careful) and change the shortcut for The Gimp to whatever you use to launch 2.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamS Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 2) I had the same problem with Mozilla - it wouldn't launch from menu. Had to start t from cli as root. I've since re-installed (yes, I broke mdk 10CE ) and everything llaunches OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 2) I had the same problem with Mozilla - it wouldn't launch from menu. Had to start t from cli as root. I've since re-installed (yes, I broke mdk 10CE ) and everything llaunches OK. AHHH Never do this....... Running the web browser as root is oone of the few vulnerabilities linux has. If it wouldnt start it was probably a mistake in the RPM for the permissions or ownership of a directory and could have been fixed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfooya Posted May 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 Thanks for the help guys. As for IM clients, I also have kopete up and running, but I like to have yahoo as well, since sometimes the others won't work with yahoo. As for the gimp, I go into konsole and type 'gimp' and it fires right up. If I make a new shortcut on the desktop, can I include any options here for it to start up as root or start thru konsole? Thanks again! Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 The yahoo messenger is no longer maintained (AFAIK), the last version released was for rh9. Your best bet is to use gaim and remember to update whenever yahoo changes their codec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfooya Posted May 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2004 Well, after screwing up my system I installed mandrake again everything is working great now. I even got the gimp to install with no problems. Thanks for all the help. Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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