Charles and Dave, Thankyou both very much for these suggestions. I'm going to see if the quick one will work first, then if it doesn't work, I'll try Daves.
Dave, I never recieved your reply message at this end. but I got to read it through Charles'... Thankyou very much indeed! :o) I will look up all of the things you wrote about as I feel they are going to help me a great deal. I appreciate your help! And of course Charles, Thankyou very much too! I will attempt an Expert/Update of my Linux setup. :o) PV. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] RPMdrake Problem... > On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:43:48 -0500 > David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Paul_Vortex wrote: > > > > > > "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... > > > > > > > Simple, GTK needs X window to run. Run the utility from with in X window. > > > > I you don't have X window installed, you'll have to use another utility. > > > > > > Um, thanks for that... there is an adage for moments like this Dave... I > > > won't bother to recite it. > > > > > I won't follow that up as you will only get hurt. :) > > > > > To anyone else... > > > > > > So..... What are they, and how do I use them? :o) > > rpm is one tool. KDE and GNOME also have their own GUI versions. > > Doing a search on google.com will probably turn up lots of them. > > > > > I need to install X-Windows. but have *no clue* how, as I don't know Linux > > > protocols yet. > > > > > > I know X-Windows is on my CD's but I don't know how to install it from > > > there. > > > > It's easy. > > 1) mount the mandrake cd. > > 2) find the .rpm files. They will probably start with the characters 'XFree86' > > The rpms might not be on the first CD so be prepared to search. > > 3) use rpm (or whatever tool use choose) to install them. > > > > XFree86.org has documentation on how to install the X window system from > > RPMs and what video driver to use for what videocard. > > > > > > The simplest and easiest way is to rerun the Mandrake installation as an Expert/Upgrade. > You need not select any pkgs, and unless they need to be redone you can skip the network and printer configuration. > You will need to do the bootloader but then you again be be allowed to install and configure X. > The whole process will take all of about 10min. > > > Charles > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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