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List:       mandrake-expert
Subject:    Re: [expert] Problems with 2005
From:       ET <etharp () earthlink ! net>
Date:       2005-09-30 18:10:35
Message-ID: 433D7F9B.3070506 () earthlink ! net
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Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> I made the mistake of upgrading to 2005 from 10.1 by setting the 2005 
> repositories and doing a urpmi --auto-select.  I managed to get things 
> working again by doing rpm -Uvh from the cached files, and re-running urpmi 
> --auto-select.  --auto-select reports no new files to install, but I'm still 
> having problems.

did you first run "urpmi.update -caf" to insure the rpm database 
(selections) were updated?

> 
> 	Both xchat and gaim seem to cause the system to hard-lock (no response to 
> console,  network, or numlock, hard reset required).  I've been able to run 
> kopete and kmail without problems, but either of the above produces a lock 
> within a few minutes.  I've tried both the 11-6 and 11-12 kernels and have 
> the problem with both.
> 
> 	The "Sounds & Multimedia" control panel is missing from kcontrol.   Is there 
> some mcc option instead?  This applet allows you to select sounds for system 
> events and to set the overall volume for system sounds.  The default has 
> always been way too loud, but with 2005 it's so loud it's tearing up my 
> speakers.  With frequent reboots due to the hard locks this is a real pain.
> 
> 	Kmail also seem to have lost the ability to use the keyboard to select a 
> folder to move to.  Used to jump to the next folder starting with the letter 
> pressed, now no response.
> 
> I'm sure my problems are due to my faulty upgrade method and/or something I've 
> messed up, but the "upgrade" to 2005 has sure been a disappointment.
> 
> Oh, the one thing I upgraded for - a bug in the kweather toy - is fixed at 
> least.
> 
> 


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