Re: Replacing Gnome with KDE

2006-11-28 Thread M-L
On Wednesday 29 November 2006 14:21, Cameron L. Spitzer shared this with us all: >--> Having just attempted to replace GNOME with KDE, and ending up >--> with an empty Control Center, I'd be willing to give icewm a try. This is a separate problem, look in lost and found and look back at some of

Re: Replacing Gnome with KDE

2006-11-28 Thread Cameron L. Spitzer
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Thank you, everyone who offered suggestions and observations. I've got >> KDE working, basically by using aptitude to remove the remaining bits >> of gnome, and then (re)installing

Re: Replacing Gnome with KDE

2006-11-28 Thread richard
> Thank you, everyone who offered suggestions and observations. I've got > KDE working, basically by using aptitude to remove the remaining bits > of gnome, and then (re)installing the kde meta-packages. > Just for amusement, try installing icewm too, and see how a WM that loads in about a tenth of

Re: Replacing Gnome with KDE

2006-11-28 Thread Arlie Stephens
Thank you, everyone who offered suggestions and observations. I've got KDE working, basically by using aptitude to remove the remaining bits of gnome, and then (re)installing the kde meta-packages. On Nov 28 2006, Tim Post wrote: > On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 16:55 -0800, Arlie Stephens wrote: > > I mad

Re: Replacing Gnome with KDE

2006-11-28 Thread Ismael Valladolid Torres
Mark Grieveson escribe: > Uninstalling the metapackages gnome, and/or gnome-desktop-environment, > will remove most of gnome. Sure about this? Cordially, Ismael -- Ismael Valladolid Torres "Il est vain de pleurer sur l'esprit, il suffit de travailler pour l

Re: Replacing Gnome with KDE

2006-11-28 Thread richard
>> >> Any suggestions for how to fix this mess? At the moment, the best >> thing I can think of would be to reinstall, with tasksel/kde-desktop. >> I'd prefer something a little less drastic. > > If you have the metapackages gnome, or gnome-desktop-environment, > installed, then mark these for remo

Re: Replacing Gnome with KDE

2006-11-27 Thread Tim Post
On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 16:55 -0800, Arlie Stephens wrote: > I made the mistake of selecting 'workstation' when installing etch. It > managed to do the X installation correctly, without needing to be > rescued manually, which is way better than I've seen from earlier > debians. That's the good news.

Re: Replacing Gnome with KDE

2006-11-27 Thread Mark Grieveson
Any suggestions for how to fix this mess? At the moment, the best thing I can think of would be to reinstall, with tasksel/kde-desktop. I'd prefer something a little less drastic. If you have the metapackages gnome, or gnome-desktop-environment, installed, then mark these for removal. If n

Re: Replacing Gnome with KDE

2006-11-27 Thread John Schmidt
On Monday 27 November 2006 17:55, Arlie Stephens wrote: > I made the mistake of selecting 'workstation' when installing etch. It > managed to do the X installation correctly, without needing to be > rescued manually, which is way better than I've seen from earlier > debians. That's the good news. T

Re: Replacing Gnome with KDE

2006-11-27 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 04:55:19PM -0800, Arlie Stephens wrote: > I used aptitude to select any packages that looked like they might be > part of kde, and remove any packages that looked like they might be > part of the guts of gnome. The result is a mess. I appear to be > running kdm (according