[TriLUG] mandrake 9.2 install help

[Merle Watts]

dont know how to launch an application from xtem.  I loose a lot of things from the k menu.  Open office is currently there.  If I do the security updates it will disappear from the menus.  I now have web browswers.  If I do the updates they are no longer in the k menu under www.    I can click on my home icon and it will open to my home directory.  After security updatd it will no longer open.  Same with the cd icons.
I can't think of what else.  I'm not at the computer right now.  But many things quit working.


-----Original Message-----
From: Sinner from the Prairy <sinner at escomposlinux.org>
Sent: Oct 27, 2003 11:10 AM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] mandrake 9.2 install help

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.



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