Thank you everso much, I should know this sort of
thing
but I must admit I don't. This will be a big help.
adios, Steve W.
--- Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> linux 3
> Login as joe
>
> $ cd ~
> $ rm -r .kde
> $ rm -r .gnome
> $ login
> as moe
> $ cd ~
> $ rm -r .kde
> $ rm -r .gnome
> $ startx
>
> You will have to rebuild any customized settings
>
> Now for the modem problem. You have a setup in Kppp
> which allows
> setting volume of the modem.
>
> A quick cure might be to mount the CD, find the
> package,
>
> #rpm -F /mnt/cdrom/kppp-...
>
> then click the update star and let yourself get the
> most recent version
>
> Civileme
>
> Steve Winston wrote:
>
> > Hy, I had to reinstall Linux Mandrake 6.0 after
> some
> > hardware problems. This caused some new problems.
> It
> > functioned wonderfully until this reinstall.
> Please
> > advise me. This is an ASUS p5a mainboard, amd k6-2
> 400
> > cpu, 64mb ram, usrobotics modem (that has always
> > worked well with Linux).
> > Problems:
> > 1. I cant use kde or gnome except as root. I have
> > root plus two users, joe and moe.
> > When I try to run joe in kde, i get the message
> > "A new kde version has been reinstalled. The
> template
> > may have changed. Do you want to install a new
> one?
> > Yes or No" Regardless of my choice, this is
> followed
> > by another message,
> > "Could not create ~./kde/share/apps/kfm/magic"
> > Then, it hangs, and nothing else happens.
> Sometimes I
> > see a quick flash of icons.
> > With Moe, I get icons, but nothing happens when
> I
> > use them.
> > Neither joe nor moe work with gnome. They do
> work
> > with Windowmaker, but I wants me kde and gnome.
> >
> > 2. Kppp dial-up is slowslowslow. It tries several
> > times and finally connects, consuming maybe ten
> > minutes inthe process. After that, the internet is
> > really slow, downloading at less than 1 k per
> second.
> > 3. In kppp, there is no sound of dialing, no noise
> of
> > two modems negotiating a connection.
> > Any ideas other than reinstall?
> > Thanks, steve w
> >
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