Sarah Barwig wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> In short, how do I get KDE or GNOME to run. All I can get is twm.
>
> In long:
>
> I've just installed Mandrake7.2 on two boxes. (My first ever attempt at
> linux installation, so I'm feeling pretty good at this point.)
>
> The first installation on a Dell Inspiron 7500 went swimmingly. Everything
> worked automatically like it was supposed to, and I rewarded myself with a
> game of TuxRacer.
>
> Then, I wanted to also install on a Sony VAIO PCGSR-17K. Unfortunately, it
> being a teeny-tiny laptop, it has no floppy or cd-rom drive. So, I
> performed a bit of brain surgery, put the VAIO hd (IBM) into the Dell, and
> installed there. Install went great.
>
> Returned the VAIO hd to the VAIO box, and booted up into linux.
>
> No X. *sigh*
>
> Today, after a bit of struggling, and walking up to strangers on the street
> asking if they know X (well, not quite, just people at work, but I did ask
> everyone...), I got the 4.0.2 drivers down from XFree86.org, convinced the
> config files that they wanted to use the savage driver, and startx now
> produces X. But, I've only got twm, and I can't get either KDE or GNOME out
> of the bugger. (I'd really like AfterStep Enlightenment, but that's for
> later.)
>
> I'm sure I've somehow confused things from the Mandrake standard by doing
> the 4.0.2 XFree86 install. Can someone help me get back on track?
>
> Sarah
If you have the rpm's for KDE and Gnome installed, than what you have to do is
go to the graphics configuration on the Drak conf and anwser yes to the X
question!
Bye
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