terrencethecat Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 Some how I seemed to have lost the “Mandrake Control Center” menu option for all users on my machine? Any ideas how this went missing, any how I can get it back? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 is it still accessable via konsole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrencethecat Posted July 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 Hi Arctic, Thank you for the reply. I am a Linux newbie, I am using Mandrake 10. I did not notice it was even missing until I tried to execute rpmdrake to install some new software. I am not even sure I know how to check if it is accessable via konsle - could you please tell me how I check? Thank you for your kind help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aperahama Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 Have you tried looking in "menudrake"? Press Alt & F2 at the same time to bring up the "Run Command" window and type in "menudrake", click on the "Options>>" button and run the command as root. Click on "System menu" and check to see if the "Mandrake Control Center" option is still listed there. Let us know how you are getting along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrencethecat Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Hi Kiwi, When I tired that nothing happens - have I screwed something up somewhere? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aperahama Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Hi Kiwi, When I tired that nothing happens - have I screwed something up somewhere? Cheers <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Which bit did you try before nothing happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrencethecat Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 I press ALt F2 and entered "menudrake". I then clicked "options" - I selected to run as root and entered my password. WhenI hit the "RUN" button, thats when nothing seem to happen. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aperahama Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 (edited) try this Open a konsole window - Star /System/Terminals/Konsole (Terminal Program) and become the root user by typing "su" and enter root password. As root run "menudrake". You may not get any further than before but you may also get some feedback as to why the command fails to run. Edited July 18, 2004 by aperahama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrencethecat Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 When I try that I receive the following... bash : menudrake: command not found Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=16697&hl= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aperahama Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 try typing in the full path name /usr/bin/menudrake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrencethecat Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 I receive a bash : /usr/bin/menudrake: No such file or directory message Have I somehow uninstalled some of my Mandrake system components? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aperahama Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 We've become a little side traked here java script:emoticon(':P') We can come back to menudrake What about trying this in a terminal window? (as root) /usr/sbin/drakconf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Have I somehow uninstalled some of my Mandrake system components? The only way you could have uninstalled system components is as root, and as you are a newbie, most likely using mandrake-control-center → software → uninstall. If you haven't fiddled around there, the components should still be there. Anyway, your system can be recovered via konsole as root with the good old "urpmi" command (type "urpmi --help" for further information). But try bvc's link, before messing around with urpmi. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrencethecat Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 when I try /usr/sbin/drakconf as root, I still get an bash: /usr/sbin/drakconf: No such file or directory message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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