-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Clive Dove wrote: > I downloaded the iso image just after they hit the mirrors, ran md5sum, then > installed , leaving my pre-existing /home partition alone > > I wound up with a KDE desktop on which desktop objects, panel objects and > whole branches of the kde menu would disappear for no apparent reason. > > So I decided to find out what a new user would get. > > Started with totally clean partitions. > Installed Mandrake, using the default install and choosing all the workstation > options and KDE and Gnome and no server options. > > Got a primitive deskop with about 3 icons on it, a panel with a few icons > scattered across it and an apparently complete kde menu. > But as I tried to add applications such as Opera, mozplugger and java, the > desktop became unstable, icons would disappear and whole branches of the kde > menu would disappear, including the terminal window applications and the > Mandrake Control Center. > Erased 9.2 > Reported no bugs as the desktop never got to the state wherein I could > actually run applications on it. > I assume that people have been fixing things. I would like to try again but I > don't know how to get the fixes or, even better, how to get fixed iso images. > I had a look at the Cooker RPM directory in the mirrors holding the iso > images, but there are no parts of kde that are dated after the issue of RC1 > so they can't be the upgrade sources. >
There have been problems with the FTP mirrors, they have not synced since before the weekend (AFAIK), but please see the CookerHowto on the wiki, http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/wiki Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/U1QXrJK6UGDSBKcRAm6nAJ9O9RMIRmVO3DjjKxBDTJvQkYYTnQCfTyFa vbXCHulMTZIShT3jWlf+gNg= =Medt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ***************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. *****************************************************************
