Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:41:55 -0700 From: Sean LeBlanc <seanleblanc@home.com> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysinstall hangs on installing Gnome Message-ID: <20011128104155.E5421@hostwiththemost> In-Reply-To: <200111281730.fASHUXh28485@blrnd2.bplnet.com>; from santhosh.joseph@bplnet.com on Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 11:03:15PM %2B0530 References: <20011125124950.A8169@hostwiththemost> <200111261450.fAQEoNh09536@blrnd2.bplnet.com> <20011127101831.A837@hostwiththemost> <200111281730.fASHUXh28485@blrnd2.bplnet.com>
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On 11-28 23:03, Santhosh Joseph wrote: > On Tue 27 Nov 01 22:48, you wrote: > > > I started up a GNOME app, and KDE saved that config when I quit. Now I > > don't know how to stop GNOME toolbars from starting with KDE....it's really > > obnoxious. Then, I changed to GNOME, and tried to change to Enlightenment > > (I installed Enlightenment) instead of twm. When I exited and ran startx, I > > get blank screen with nothing, when I use GNOME. So I'm back to KDE for now > > (with the annoying GNOME toolbars I don't know how to get rid of). > > > > Try renaming .kde directory to say .kde1. Similarly rename .gnome ane > .gnome-private to another name quit X. Set the window manager as KDE as start > X. Once KDE works properly try GNOME. Obviously, you'll have to redo the > configuration of your KDE and GNOME environment. > > As root user, I always faced problems with GNOME-Enlightnment/twm etc. As > normal user it did work without much problems. Thanks. Since I posted that, I did get out the big hammer. :) I didn't have much to reconfigure. Now I'm just wondering how one would do it more delicately than the scorched-earth method. BTW, I'm running as a normal user. Running things as root on a regular basis gives me the willies. -- Sean LeBlanc:seanleblanc@home.com Yahoo:seanleblancathome ICQ:138565743 MSN:seanleblancathome AIM:sleblancathome The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything until we can be impartial about our own organism. -A. R. Orage, "Essays and Aphorisms" Management QOTD:Look, it is our mandate that we follow our noses and analyze progress on the organizational sensitivity. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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