I have done 3-4 install's and everyone was different. I think mandrake is becoming like windows ( I am joking!). Roly
On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 20:03, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Monday 23 June 2003 10:30 pm, Allan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone know why Mandrake 9.1 seems to come up with different > > results each time I install it? I installed it twice on my machine and > > another time on a friend's machine. On my system the end result was > > different each time, with minor differences showing up in KDE. (I've > > since switched to Window Maker and love it.) However, the WindowMaker > > default setup varies between users added on the same system. For > > instance, some users by default had the wmCalClock dockapp and others > > didn't, some have an "extra" WPrefs dock icon, etc. > > > > Also, I wanted to help my friend get started with Linux, but when we > > were installing it, it didn't show a lot of packages to select from. In > > particular, I wanted to install Window Maker and Aterm. Neither showed > > up in the package selection screen during initial installation or > > afterwards with rpmdrake. I thought it might be because my friend has > > an older machine (~400 MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, etc.), but KDE and Gnome > > installed okay so I don't think it's the hardware support that's > > lacking. IceWM installed successfully, but it still runs slower than > > Win98 on the same computer (dual boot). > > > > Anyone know why the install is different each time? How can I get > > WindowMaker onto my friend's computer? Why would IceWM run slower than > > Win98? (Sorry for so many questions, but I felt they're all related > > somewhat.) > > > > Thanks, > > Allan > I often wonder the same thing. I just had to do a minor reinstall on the > machine that would not play xmms. Guess what, it now plays. I choose all the > same packages and input the answers on the setup and yet now it works when > before it didn't. Oh, well. Mysteries are for solving. > -- > Dennis M. linux user #180842 > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- "MicroSoft - The company that made the internet unsafe! Linux Counter #241069
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