From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 31 16:28:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pike.netdoor.com (netdoor.com [208.137.128.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC75037B42C for ; Thu, 31 May 2001 16:28:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@katana.amberskogg.dns2go.com) Received: from katana.amberskogg.dns2go.com (port98.tup.netdoor.com [208.137.140.162]) by pike.netdoor.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA27061; Thu, 31 May 2001 18:28:19 -0500 (CDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Jim Couch Reply-To: jcouch@netdoor.com Organization: AmberSkogg Development To: Mike Meyer , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wha Happened?!?! Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 18:28:18 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <15126.53172.721364.556186@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <15126.53172.721364.556186@guru.mired.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01053118281800.02010@katana.amberskogg.dns2go.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks, What I did was uninstall the apps that were using kde 1xxx as a dependence and then did a pkg_add -f on kdebase-2.1.1.tgz to get startkde back where it belonged. Jim Later that same year Mike Meyer ,disguised as a rock wrote: > Jim Couch types: > > I had a very nice 4.3 setup until last night when installing some > > supposedly generic X security apps. my menu appearance changed and when I > > shut down and restarted to install a new cdrom drive KDE 2.1.1 is gone to > > be replaced by KDE 1x and even though the programs are still there they > > will not run (says can't access so and so-applink.......) > > What was your "supposedly generic X security app", and how did you try > and install it? From the sound of things, you installed a port or > package that has something in KDE 1x listed as a requirement, so it > installed 1x on top of your 2.1.1 install. > > > I have been into sysinstall and found where kdebase1xxx was installed but > > it refuses to uninstall because it says that 10 programs are depending on > > it. > > You can uninstall it anyway - use "pkg_delete -f". > > > Can I get back to 2.1.1 without doing the windoze common format and > > reinstall???? > > Assuming the analysys in my first paragraph is correct, you can get > things back by deleting both the KDE 1x package and the 2.1.1 package, > then reinstalling the latter. The "generic X security apps" may not > work after you've done that, though. > > -- > Mike Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more > information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message