Nathan E Norman wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 01:15:34PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > I tried to install HelixGNOME via the instructions for Debian on > > the helixcore website (lynx -source blah blah blah), and chose > > option 3 (full install), and it looked like everything was going > > fine, until I got a dependency error that libsound is apparently > > not available. I haven't been able to find this package anywhere > > .deb form, so I've just put HelixGNOME on the back burner for > > now. > > Erm, Helix supplies debs. They work, too. > > # Helix GNOME > deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/distributions/debian unstable main > deb-src http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/distributions/debian unstable main > > -- > Nathan Norman "Eschew Obfuscation" Network Engineer > GPG Key ID 1024D/51F98BB7 http://home.midco.net/~nnorman/ > Key fingerprint = C5F4 A147 416C E0BF AB73 8BEF F0C8 255C 51F9 8BB7 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature
My bad. Although I had the first line in my sources.list file, when I did the install gdm was installed, only it came up broken (explanation below). So I tried to use kdm to see what effect it had and it was broken, so I did an "apt-get install kdm", which then complained about the missing libsound package. So like the idiot that I am, I added my "problem with Helix" to this discussion, not thinking straight enough to realize that my problem was with KDE, not Helix. I reckon I need to get one of them "Stupid" signs to display. So here's my real problem with Helix: when I run gdm, it brings up a gnome login screen that if I accept the default X session of Gnome, dumps me into a screen with a Gnome-ish file-browser-type window that is partially off the screen and with a Gnome Tips window. I can close the tips window, but I can't access the title bar of the file-browser to move it or close it, etc. There is not Gnome taskbar (with the "foot" and other icons), and clicking on bare desktop background doesn't bring up any pop-up menus, no matter which button I use. So it appears that the install is broken on my machine. If anyone knows the solution, great; if not, no biggie; like I said, I've just put HelixGNOME on the back burner for now. -- Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED]
