downgrade the forcely upgraded rpms.. On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 10:37, Ravindra Jaju wrote: > On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 06:25:09AM +0530, SRIKANTH NS wrote: > > Hi All, > > I use a triple boot PC (Win 98/RH7.3/MDK 9.1) at home. > > The specs are Intel Celeron 900 MHZ, 128 MB RAM > > Intel 815 M/B (16 MB Shared RAM), Samsung 15" Monitor (56V). > > I was trying to upgrade KDE in RH7.3 with PCQ July issue CD to KDE > > 3.1.1. I copied the all the rpm's to a directory and started > > installing them as per directions in the mag. > > rpm -Uvh qt-*.rpm --nodeps --force > > rpm -Uvh arts-*.rpm --nodeps --force > > rpm -Uvh quanta*.rpm --nodeps --force > > rpm --kde-*.rpm --nodeps --force also look at this,,, syntax error. idiot > > Worst things to do when you use RPM and have no fat Internet > pipes! > > Most of those who know more than the average learnt this way ... > I tried things like above many a times, breaking things, but > with the assuring thought in mind that I have access to always-on > internet at college ... > > Boot into init leve 3. Run startkde/startx from console, > note the error messages, and try fixing them by getting the required > libraries/packages and installing. > > If you want to use it as it is, change default desktop environment to > something which works (gnome/windowmaker etc.), and your RH will > boot into X again. > > All the best! -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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