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List:       kde-linux
Subject:    [kde-linux] Any answers for this dummy?
From:       "Logan Anderson" <logan () pc-therapist ! com>
Date:       2005-01-30 2:41:41
Message-ID: 002801c50675$3c131130$05000100 () logan
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I have a motto that if it aint broke you can't fix it, not to be =
confused with if it aint boke don't fix it. With that in mind, maybe =
someone has some answers for me. I have mandrake 10.1 and I was running =
KDE. I tried to install the program airsnort (wireless cracker) so I =
could mess with my father in law a little. It came up and said I needed =
a newer version of GTK (GTK 2.0 I think). So I started trying to install =
different RPM's to get it working. Well several of them said they were =
conflicting or missing dependencies and so I just started doing rpm -i =
--force. I'm sure you can imagine what is happened. KDE wont run at all. =
I dont even remember what packages Ive installed. The question I have is =
this, what is the easiest way to get it installed without reinstalling =
the whole OS? Is there just a couple of basic RPMS I can go get and =
install just to put it back where it was? Im not concerned about saving =
any kind of data, I just would like to get it running KDE again. Now, if =
I run /etc/X11/prefdm then X starts, it just seems like it has no =
session managers. all I have is an xterm window and couple other things =
like that. I can run a few programs that run in X but most programs wont =
run and I cant seem to get into KDE or gnome.

Thanks for all the help,
Logan
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a motto that if it aint broke you can't fix 
it, not to be confused with if it aint boke don't fix it. With that in mind, 
maybe someone has some answers for me. I have mandrake 10.1 and I was running 
KDE. I tried to install the program airsnort (wireless cracker) so I could mess 
with my father in law a little. It came up and said I needed a newer version of 
GTK (GTK 2.0 I think). So I started trying to install different RPM's to get it 
working. Well several of them said they were conflicting or missing dependencies 
and so I just started doing rpm -i --force. I'm sure you can imagine what is 
happened. KDE wont run at all. I dont even remember what packages Ive installed. 
The question I have is this, what is the easiest way to get it installed without 
reinstalling the whole OS? Is there just a couple of basic RPMS I can go get and 
install just to put it back where it was? Im not concerned about saving any kind 
of data, I just would like to get it running KDE again. Now, if I run 
/etc/X11/prefdm then X starts, it just seems like it has no session managers. 
all I have is an xterm window and couple other things like that. I can run a few 
programs that run in X but most programs wont run and I cant seem to get into 
KDE or gnome.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for all the help,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Logan</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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