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Re: MDK7.2, KDE2.1 & Hebrew (Was: Re: Konqueror and Walla)
- To: Schlomo Schapiro <schapiro(at-nospam)clerk.pi.huji.ac.il>
- Subject: Re: MDK7.2, KDE2.1 & Hebrew (Was: Re: Konqueror and Walla)
- From: Shlomi Fish <shlomif(at-nospam)techst02.technion.ac.il>
- Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 11:30:23 +0200 (IST)
- Cc: Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir(at-nospam)technion.ac.il>, Hetz Ben Hamo <hetz-home(at-nospam)cobol2java.com>, Alon Altman <alon(at-nospam)vipe.technion.ac.il>, Linux-IL <linux-il(at-nospam)linux.org.il>
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On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Schlomo Schapiro wrote:
> Well, I it for sure wasn't MDK8.0 files since I d/l'ed them from
> ftp.kde.org/pub/..../2.1/..../Mandrake/7.2/...
> (the exact URL was on the list some mails earlier today).
>
> I didn't check wiping my config (~/.kde), I'll try this maybe.
> Luckily I did a backup before installing the update :-)
>
> But, did ANYBODY succeed in upgrading MDK7.2 to KDE2.1 ?? If yes, how ?
>
I did it, and it works perfectly for me. AFAIR I just uninstalled and
installed the various RPMs. That's all there was to it.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
> Schlomo
>
>
> On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Schlomo Schapiro wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I d/l'ed and installed the KDE 2.1 MDK RPMs on a fresh MDK7.2 (rpm -U) and
> > > it completely destroyed my MDK installation.
> > >
> > > * KDM looked different, probably the 2.1 one didn't use the Mandrake
> > > config files
> >
> > Or maybe it uses the MDK8.0 config files :(
> >
> > > * Nothing worked inside of KDE, I only got many many error messages about
> > > missing somethings which looked like a mimetype on io* stuff
> > >
> > > It seems like the MDK RPMs where not made by MDK and where not adapted to
> > > the distro at all.
> > >
> > > So, does anybody know how to upgrade smoothly MDK7.2 to KDE2.1 ? (Without
> > > busting the setups) ?
> >
> > I haven't tested it myself, but one suggestion:
> >
> > Maybe it is a clash between your user config file and the system config?
> >
> > To check that, add a new user, and login with it. Try to see if the
> > desktop now looks sane.
> >
> >
>
> --
> Schlomo Schapiro
> Computation Authority
> Hebrew University of Jerusalem
>
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> Fax: 65-27349
> email: schapiro@clerk.pi.huji.ac.il
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>
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