Hi,
You mean you didn't do a rpm -U on all the KDE2.1 RPMs ? How did you
uninstall KDE2 from MDK7.2 ? Didn't you have any trouble using your KDE2.0
settings on 2.1 ?
Schlomo
On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Schlomo Schapiro wrote:
>
> > Well, I it for sure wasn't MDK8.0 files since I d/l'ed them from
> > ftp.kde.org/pub/..../2.1/..../Mandrake/7.2/...
> > (the exact URL was on the list some mails earlier today).
> >
> > I didn't check wipingmy config (~/.kde), I'll try this maybe.
> > Luckily I did a backup before installing the update :-)
> >
> > But, did ANYBODY succeed in upgrading MDK7.2 to KDE2.1 ?? If yes, how ?
> >
>
> I did it, and it works perfectly for me. AFAIR I just uninstalled and
> installed the various RPMs. That's all there was to it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Shlomi Fish
>
> > Schlomo
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Schlomo Schapiro wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I d/l'ed and installed the KDE 2.1 MDK RPMs on a fresh MDK7.2 (rpm -U) and
> > > > it completely destroyed my MDK installation.
> > > >
> > > > * KDM looked different, probably the 2.1 one didn't use the Mandrake
> > > > config files
> > >
> > > Or maybe it uses the MDK8.0 config files :(
> > >
> > > > * Nothing worked inside of KDE, I only got many many error messages about
> > > > missing somethings which looked like a mimetype on io* stuff
> > > >
> > > > It seems like the MDK RPMs where not made by MDK and where not adapted to
> > > > the distro at all.
> > > >
> > > > So, does anybody know how to upgrade smoothly MDK7.2 to KDE2.1 ? (Without
> > > > busting the setups) ?
> > >
> > > I haven't tested it myself, but one suggestion:
> > >
> > > Maybe it is a clash between your user config file and the system config?
> > >
> > > To check that, add a new user, and login with it. Try to see if the
> > > desktop now looks sane.
> > >
> > >
> >
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> > Schlomo Schapiro
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> >
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