SpiralSlash Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Okay, I just installed Mandrake 10.1 download, and right off the bat Konqueror won't work. This is on a fresh install, nothing went wrong that I could see during setup either. It'll load Konqueror up, it'll pop up on the program panel at the bottom of the screen with the little hourglass when it's supposed to be loading, and then it'll disappear off of it and never load up Konqueror. It'll still be in the process table and everything, but even after several minutes, it still won't load the main program. I've only installed various multimedia and networking apps off of the Mandrake CDs (like Mozilla so I could actually get online) and downloaded and installed Firefox 1.0.3. So I don't think that anything I installed is the problem... On my previous install of 10.1 they didn't cause any problems like this. However, opening up a terminal and doing "su"->"exec konqueror" does open up a Konqueror window for me. For now, that'll work, but I'd really like the program to actually work the way it's supposed to without having to invoke root access. So it there anything I can do about this? Or am I stuck having to launch Konqueror from a terminal? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relix3000 Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Well, are you runnning KDE? If so, you could try login into a GNOME desktop and see if Konqueror opens from there. If it does, then the problem could be KDE. Trust me, I once had a similar problem. Reinstalling KDE did the trick and all worked like a charm =). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralSlash Posted April 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Yeah, I'm running KDE. I'm using a rather old PC (AMD K6-2+ 450, 256mb RAM) and I wasn't sure how well GNOME would work, so I didn't install it. But, I did install some IceWM and a few others, so I'll try to run it from under them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relix3000 Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Well, then try and post the results. You know, GNOME is better suited for older PCs, it has less eye candy than KDE so it can actually run a bit faster. I would recommend you try it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralSlash Posted April 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 (edited) Konqueror loads pretty quickly under IceWM. I guess KDE is the problem. I've never done anything like reinstalling KDE before. What should I do now? And how can I get GNOME installed, while I'm at it? Thanks! Edited April 18, 2005 by SpiralSlash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relix3000 Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 (edited) Well, I havent really ever installed KDE so I cant give you an exact how-to =P. (Above I said I reinstalled KDE, actually I meant to say I REINSTALLED MandrakeLinux, in other words did a clean install). Sorry there. But, I guess you could: 1) Reinstall KDE (and install GNOME at the same time) by booting the PC with the MandrakeLinux install CD, and select "Upgrade to 10.1" instead of New Install. Not sure if this will work, possibly wont. 2) Make a new clean install of MandrakeLinux, and this time make sure to select GNOME from the list. *Will work 100%* 3) Go to System, Configuration->Packages and from there select Install Software and install GNOME from there and POSSIBLY reinstall KDE from there. 4)The same process as above but instead of Install Software go to Update Software and update KDE if its available there (not sure if KDE is there though, never done that myself). 5) Build the new KDE 3.4 (Google KDE for the exact URL). If you see the board some people have had success and others havent, so try at your own risk. 6) Get the new Mandriva Linux Limited Edition 2005 =P (Havent tried that yet). So, there I leave you with 6 options, select the one better suited for you (and see they work, because frankly I have only done like 3 or 4 of the above options =P). If you would ask me, I would just do a Clean Install of Mandrake. Easier, but you'll have to get the programs you downloaded again =P. Hope I have been of help =D. Edited April 18, 2005 by Relix3000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralSlash Posted April 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 I'll probably just reformat and do a clean install with KDE, GNOME, and IceWM. Hopefully that will solve everything! I'll try and post if works or not. Thanks for all your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralSlash Posted April 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 KDE is still doing the same thing... Confusing. GNOME works fine, but I don't think I care for the way it comes preconfigured. I'll try and configure to my liking it later. Does anybody know why it would do the same thing twice on a new install? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Wasn't that a known bug in 10.1 until you ran MandrakeUpdate? ISTR the KDE packages were a bit broken out of the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralSlash Posted April 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 (edited) Looks like you were right, adamw. Updating KDE base in Mandrakelinux Update solved it. Thanks for the tip. I wonder why I didn't have this problem when I upgraded from Mandrake 10 to 10.1 on my last hard drive? KDE and Konqueror worked fine then, no problems like this at all. Edited April 18, 2005 by SpiralSlash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Gotta pass on that one, unless you used the installer's option to install updates before the installation is completed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idud Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I experinced this too. But when I use the kernel-smp (from the same cd installer), everything's work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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