Re: XWindows and GNOME

give it "cat /etc/redhat-release" in terminal and you get the name in 
parenthesis.
redhat 8 is called "psyche".

regards, himba

Joel A. Thompson wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----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
>>
>>
>> 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:
>>
>>  
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Guinness-list mailing list
>>> [email protected] 
>>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/guinness-list
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Guinness-list mailing list
>>> [email protected] 
>>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/guinness-list
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Guinness-list mailing list
>> [email protected]
>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/guinness-list
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Guinness-list mailing list
>> [email protected]
>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/guinness-list
>>
>>  
>>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Guinness-list mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/guinness-list
>