AussieJohn Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 (edited) The white line reads "Because Micro$oft is for Capitalists Running DOS." The black line reads "This wallpaper is released under the Glorious Peoples License (GPL) by comrade Zapato." I especially love the GPL bit. Cheers. John. Edited January 24, 2006 by AussieJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmodem Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 New kde-3.5.1 available at the usual place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thac Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 Our kde-3.5.1 for mandriva 2006.0 64bit relaesed now Anyway the upgrade instruction is the same as for the last kde version upgrade we did. Read instructions on web page. The new kde-3.5.1 is available here The new kde-3.5.1 is also available here Have fun Thac & Zé Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 (edited) Yesterday I tried installing 3.5.1 everything seemed fine, I logged out and then saw the nice looking new log in screen with the clock but it was impossible to login, I just got a black screen and then it reverted to the login screen, this happened for all users. Any ideas what happened? Anyway I reinstalled from scratch but I would like to try again and also know a way to go back to 3.4.2 from the failsafe mode because that still worked but I had no idea what to do... Edited February 6, 2006 by ffi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted February 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Do you have an nvidia card and use the nvidia driver? Then you need to install the driver again. If you install KDE from mde a new vxorg version gets installed so you have to reinstall the nvidia driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Do you have an nvidia card and use the nvidia driver? Then you need to install the driver again. If you install KDE from mde a new vxorg version gets installed so you have to reinstall the nvidia driver. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, so I would just reinstall the driver as usual (ie. from failsafe sh nvidia-blabla.run)? and thing would work again? If it won´t work, is their anyway to go back to KDE 3.4.2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Okay, I went ahead with the install of 3.5.1 anyway and also tried te reinstall the nvidia driver but that didn't help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted February 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Can you boot into another WM? Type: startx icewm (or if it´s not installed first: urpmi icewm :) ) If you get the blackscreen, it means the nvidia driver isn´t installed cirrectly. Edit /etc/xorg.conf and change the driver to nv and try again. That should be it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Can you boot into another WM? Type: startx icewm If you get the blackscreen, it means the nvidia driver isn´t installed cirrectly. Edit /etc/xorg.conf and change the driver to nv and try again. That should be it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I do get the black screen, it tried looking in etc/ for the file xorg.conf but there wasn't any such file :s (or if it´s not installed first: urpmi icewm :) ) I have a feeling my ethernet isn't up either in failsafe, it says it's unable to resolve the host Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted February 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 In failsafe type: init 3 and try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 okay I found a file called xorg.conf in the root (??? don't know if you call it like this under *nix 'cause it's not actually /root) directory, so now a stupid question which command do I use to edit (I am a nOOb afterall):S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Okay, after the int 3 command, urpmi nvidia worked and I´ve got something of a GUI back, but KDE still doesn´t work. (btw I see that I cross posted, sorry about that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted February 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Mmm I didn't say urpmi nvidia :). Go back to failsafe mode, type init 3, login as root and type: vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Look for a line in the "section device" that says driver = "nvidia". Hit 'i' (for insert) and change that line to driver = "nv", hit 'esc' (to leave insert mode) and type ':x' (without the ''), type: urpmi icewm, logout as root (by typing exit), login as your normal user and type: startx icewm. Open the Mandriva Control Center (mcc) and search for kde packages to install. Logout from icewm (start logout) and type: startx startkde. You now should be back into kde Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Got it working, I DL´ed all the packages from KDE 351 and everything looks beautiful :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmodem Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 New icons released kde-icons-crystalxp-20060207-1.mdk2006.0.mde.noarch.rpm This icons will be the default icons used by MDE in next kde release :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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