[UCLA-LUG] buggie RH6.1

[Mark Fasheh]

Did you grab the stock rh6.1 distro?  If so, then that's your problem :)
Goto their errata site, and update all your RPM's.
	--Mark

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Mark James Fasheh <mfasheh@linux.ucla.edu>
http://www.exothermic.org

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Jorge Balbas wrote:

> Hi:
> 
> Now that i can boot RH6.1, i found that it is creating a lot of problems
> with KDE.  Here are those i've found so far.  If you know how to fix
> them, please let me know.  Otherwise, i'm thinking about backing up all
> my stuff and reinstalling RH6.0.
> 
> Problems:
> 
> 1. Red Hat 6.1 seems to include a ppp dial-up tool and some other tools
> related to this (eg a configuration tool).  Well, everytime i try to
> open those, i get a gnome error message telling me that the application
> has crashed, and refers me to some gnome internet page (it also says
> "segmentation fault").
> 
> 2. Since kppp never worked very well (even though it does work), i was
> using usernet.  Now every time i try starting usernet, the same problem
> arises: i get the same gnome error message as above.
> 
> 3. Problem #2, makes kppp the only way to connect to the internet, but
> now everytime i start kppp, i'm asked for root's password.  I have tried
> changing permissions to pppd and kppp, but still doesn't work as it used
> to do with 6.0.
> 
> 4. When trying to open a document from Kfm (kde's file manager) there
> are usually two options: if kfm recognizes the MIME type of that
> document, it'll open the document with the corresponding application,
> else it prompts you what application to use (like windows but without
> having to uncheck the stupid "use always this application to open this
> kind of documents" in case it is not the right application).  If that is
> the case, you have the option to browse for the application, but all i
> get from the browsing tree is "This group is empty!"  I have also tried
> eiting my menus, but the problem persists.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Jorge Balbas
> 
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