[TriLUG] mandrake 9.2 install help

[Sinner from the Prairy]

On Monday 27 October 2003 10:49 am, Merle Watts wrote:
> REinstalled again.  Everything seems to work ok  until I do the security
> updates.  After that I loose all kinds of stuff.  

When you say "I loose all kinds of stuff", what do you mean? Does it means 
that your menus are empty? Or does it mean that you cannot launch any 
applicaiton, even if you tri launching it from a xterm ?

> Tried runing as root to.

And the result was...?

>  Things just disappear after the updates.  

*What* is disappearing? Menu entry for....? The whole package? An executable 
from /usr/bin/ ?

Please be *specific*. if you want to be helped. I don't have access to your 
computer nor do we can read your mind.

> Can no longer access the control center. 

Open a terminal. Change to root. Launch program "drakconf". Is it there?

> Tried kde and
> gnome.  also tried as root.  Tels me file does not exist.

Can you please post the specific message?

Please, help us to help you.



Salut,
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