"Philip Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i wanted to re-install xscreensaver (it doesn't matter why). > i tried to use "Remove software" in the Mandrake Control Centre. > when i marked xscreensaver for removal, > it told me i had to remove xfce & gnome-control-center as well (i did so). > so far, no problem. > > when i opened "Add software" & marked the 3 packages for installation, > it told me "Everything is already installed" (maybe it didn't remove them).
there is an "hdlist" problem in rc1 leading to that problem, sorry. > i re-opened "Remove software" to check: they've gone! > so a problem: "Add software" wrongly told me they were installed. yep. > i succeeded in re-installing the 3 packages using 'rpm -i', > after which they correctly re-appeared in the "Remove software" listing. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
