Re: XWindows and GNOME

By the way, which list is meant for 8? I can't tell from the names on
redhat's site. (http://www.redhat.com/mailing-lists/)

Thanks,
Joel

Vaughn Warriner wrote:

>Joel,
>This is the email list for Redhat 7.0. "guinness-list".
>Are you upgrading to 8 from 7?  I'm thinking of doing that.  
>You have to be able to choose upgrade somehow.  My 7.0 disk says install
>Workstation, Serverstation or Custom system.  Under that it says
>Upgrade.  I went to the RedHat web site and it shows upgrade existing
>when installing 8.0 too.  
>It says upgrade will preserve your existing linux settings.  What could
>possibly go wrong?
>Good luck
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joel A. Thompson
>Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 3:14 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: XWindows and GNOME
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>When I did that I rebooted from the CD and selected "upgrade" and it
>didn't show any software - so I selected install, and then it asked me
>to repartition the OS... (So i would have to do a complete reinstall or
>better figure out how the installation program works..., which I 
>couldn't).
>
>It appears that reinstall may be the only option - I am installing RH8.0
>
>Thanks,
>Joel
>
>Vaughn Warriner wrote:
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>>Joel,
>>Maybe you could re-install your redhat from the CD (if you have one). 
>>Make sure to choose UPGRADE existing installation if you have other 
>>stuff you want to keep.  Otherwise redhat will start over from scratch 
>>and you will lose anything you may have created.
>>
>>Then it's going to ask you what programs you want to add and then 
>>you'll be shooting in the dark again, maybe with a little bit more 
>>light.
>>
>>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [email protected] 
>>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joel A. Thompson
>>Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 1:57 PM
>>To: [email protected]
>>Subject: XWindows and GNOME
>>
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>When I orginally installed RedHat I didn't select the XWindow 
>>installation at all, hence I get a single black console screen upon 
>>startup.
>>
>>I'd like to install XWindows and GNOME - what are the packages and 
>>installation procedure to get these working...  I have installed 
>>XFree86 and gnome-desktop, but it didn't fire up automatically when 
>>machine rebooted, and after trying "startx" it complained about a 
>>config file missing, so I ran XFree86 -configure, then I copied the 
>>XF86Config.new file into /etc/X11 and then ran "startx" again, but 
>>didn't get a a window manager...running... Hummmm, I believe I am 
>>shotting in the dark... So I figure that I didn't install
>>the correct RPM's or additional ones... not sure - but there has got to
>>be an easier way.
>>
>>Please help!
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Joel
>>
>>
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