15 Jun
2014
15 Jun
'14
03:25
Anton Aylward wrote: > On 06/14/2014 03:03 PM, Karl Sinn wrote: >> Am 14.06.2014 20:54, schrieb Tony Alfrey: > >>> What would be the appropriate command from a terminal? >>> >>> I assume "yast" to start, but then to install the window manager? >>> >>> Thanks >> yes, open yast on the command line or the gui (yast2) as root. >> then select: >> patterns-openSUSE-xfce_ >> patterns-openSUSE-xfce_basis >> patterns-openSUSE-xfce_office >> + everything else you want to install >> >> I'm not sure if this will install everything needed, as I always choose >> XFCE when I first install openSuSE. >> If things are missing and you can't find them just write a message on >> this list. >> >> After this you have to restart the xserver and choose XFCE for startup >> at the loginscreen >> >> Karl > > > Its probably simpler to run from the root prompt > > # zypper install patterns-openSUSE-xfce > > (or even patterns-openSUSE-xfce_basis. Patterns-openSUSE-xfce_laptop or > patterns-openSUSE-xfce_office ) > > That way you get all the dependencies taken care of and don't have to > fiddle around with the awkward version of yast that run in terminal mode. > I can't even get to a Terminal on the Desktop in KDE. As I move the mouse around on the screen, all sorts of panels and windows open and close in various pieces, piling up on top of each other. I managed to reboot into Failsafe mode to get a terminal. Commanded yast, told me I had to go get it in /sbin, cd to sbin, ran yast, gave me a bunch of error messages about how various packages are not installed. It can't find: qt ncurses gtk That's pretty fundamental for a linux box. Then in desperation tried the above zypper install of xfce. It wanted root privileges, I did that. Then it started pulling packages from somewhere, some 301 packages needed. It clanked along for perhaps a half hour. Then I rebooted, and found a new option for xfce had appeared and started it. It looks like a real window manager. Drives, directories, apps, no silly junk, no flopping panels, no stupid distorted fonts, no silly widgets. So the simple bottom line is that there is nothing wrong with my box, or my video card, it is KDE that is broken. Seriously broken. Thanks for the help in getting this xfce thing working. -- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey@earthlink.net "I'd Rather Be Sailing" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org