Instead of rebooting:
1) Delete /home/yourlogin/.kde by : "rm -fr ~/.kde" (otherwise your icons
will all be weird, trust me!).
2) Restart X-Window Font server by : "/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart" in the
console
3) Restart X-Window by: "init 3" then "init 5" in the console
Linux doesn't need any reboot except for kernel upgrade.
Cheers,
Prana
> Ron,
>
> Thanks very much for this reply! It may be a few days until I work up
> my nerve to try it again. When I do, I may have a few questions -- I'll
> be sure to let you know.
>
> Assuming it works for me, do you have any objection to me "publishing"
> it to my local LUG, to comp.windows.x.kde, and to a wiki that I'm
> working on (not up yet)?
>
> Thanks again!
> Randy Kramer
>
>
> Ron Stodden wrote:
> >
> > Randy Kramer wrote:
> > >
> > > I've had some troubles attempting to upgrade kde 2.0 to 2.1 in
> Mandrake
> > > 7.2. I would like three things:
> > >
> >
> > You can quite happily install KDE 2.1 with KDE running, as long as
> > you reboot immediately it is done.
> >
> > Don't use any --nodeps or --force unless you know exactly what you
> > are doing.
> >
> > It's not too difficult:
> >
> > 1. Download the unsupported/KDE2.1 directory and set to there in a
> > terminal window.
> >
> > 2. rpm -Uvh --test *.rpm
> >
> > This will show you the difficulties.
> >
> > 3. Install the apmd rpm if it expected to find it.
> >
> > 4. Install the ppp rpm if it expected to find it.
> >
> > 5. If you have a libarts2 rpm installed delete it.
> >
> > 6. rpm -Uvh --test *.rpm
> >
> > again. All should be clean now.
> >
> > 7. If kdelibfakes.so.0 persists, do an install of libarts2 from the
> > KDE 2.1 directory.
> >
> > 8. rpm -Uvh --test *.rpm
> >
> > All is clean?
> >
> > 9. Remove the libarts2 rpm
> >
> > 8. rpm -Uvh *.rpm
> >
> > If any kdelibfakes errors you MAY have to repeat with --nodeps.
> >
> > 10. Run rpm --rebuild
> >
> > 11. Run makemenu -v
> >
> > 12. Reboot.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ron. [au]
>
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