I downloaded the D16 RPM of enlighenment yesterday and when I tried to install using KPackage, I got an error. It said that the package number must be <= 3 to be used by this version of RPM. I went to the CD and installed enlightenment D15 and all of it's dependencies. When I logged off there was no choice for enlightenment(I use the graphical login). I then rebooted the computer and still no choice. I installed gnome thinking that maybe enlightenment needed gnome, but there was still no option. Also, when I tried to log in using gnome, it wouldn't work and just returned to the login screen. What am I doing wrong? Do I need to update my graphical login configuration? Thanks!
How do I get enlightenment to work with RedHat 6.2?
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Well, I'm certainly no expert and not quite sure if I understand completely your problem, but I have gotten the error message from the RPM program before and was able to fix it by upgrading the uh, RPM program. I got the upgrade from ftp://rawhide.redhat.com As I understand it somewhere along the lines they just started using a higher version than what came with Redhat 6.2. I was pretty surprised myself when I saw that error message when I was trying to install kdevelop (I think), I had no idea what they were talking about since I thought it would all just stay the same until a new kernel or redhat version or whatever came out. That is what I love most about linux...they just change everything whenever the hell they want and don't tell us poor ignorant fools.
Enlightenment is a window managerm, so yes, it definitely needs gnome. Gnome is the GUI, which runs on X, and enlightenment is a tool which tells your windows how to behave. So you need all three. Sawfish is the new "default" window manager shipping with redhat 7, but all recent versions of redhad install with Gnome by default.
Have you ever been able to get into an x-windows session at all? sounds like not. You would generally change from one window manager to another AFTER you start Gnome/x-windows. You can use the linuxconfig tool to select which window manager to you. I am sure you could do this from a acommand line as well, but I have no idea how.
I think what you are doing wrong is that you do not have your system properly configured, and, no offense, but you need to read the documentation included. I highly recommend you read the "getting started guide" or if you don't have it, go downlaod it from www.redhat.com"
I don't use graphical login, but you should be typing either "root" or one of your account names on the login line, which would get you a password line. Type in your password and hit enter. In a non-graphical log in, you would type "startx" to start the x-windows sessions (i.e., gnome with enlightenment)
If this is all greek to you or if you don't know your root password, I would suggest you re-install redhat using all of their suggested defaults, and you can create the root account/password (write it down..don't forget it) and start over
Have you ever been able to get into an x-windows session at all? sounds like not. You would generally change from one window manager to another AFTER you start Gnome/x-windows. You can use the linuxconfig tool to select which window manager to you. I am sure you could do this from a acommand line as well, but I have no idea how.
I think what you are doing wrong is that you do not have your system properly configured, and, no offense, but you need to read the documentation included. I highly recommend you read the "getting started guide" or if you don't have it, go downlaod it from www.redhat.com"
I don't use graphical login, but you should be typing either "root" or one of your account names on the login line, which would get you a password line. Type in your password and hit enter. In a non-graphical log in, you would type "startx" to start the x-windows sessions (i.e., gnome with enlightenment)
If this is all greek to you or if you don't know your root password, I would suggest you re-install redhat using all of their suggested defaults, and you can create the root account/password (write it down..don't forget it) and start over
Louie,
Thanks for your smug advice, but I am not that new to Linux. I know what the hell root (and other user accounts) is as well as my password for each. I have KDE installed and configured. I only wanted to use one window manager - KDE. I uninstalled the packages for gnome and any other window manager except for KDE to save space. I saw someone use enlightenment the other day and I am very impressed by it. I am glad you helped - I did not know linuxconf had control over which window manager the graphical login would allow me to select. That doesn't mean that your attitude is appreciated, though. Don't assume everyone with a question is a newbie.
Thanks for your smug advice, but I am not that new to Linux. I know what the hell root (and other user accounts) is as well as my password for each. I have KDE installed and configured. I only wanted to use one window manager - KDE. I uninstalled the packages for gnome and any other window manager except for KDE to save space. I saw someone use enlightenment the other day and I am very impressed by it. I am glad you helped - I did not know linuxconf had control over which window manager the graphical login would allow me to select. That doesn't mean that your attitude is appreciated, though. Don't assume everyone with a question is a newbie.
well no offense meant, but I think you are the one with the attitude. The way you worded the question made it sound like you were doing something different altogether. If you have KDE running, you would use deskswithcher to go from KDE to gnome, without needing to reboot. As I said, enlightenment is a component used to configure window behavior in Gnome. Can't be used alone. Might be able to use it with other desktops, but not sure
Sorry again if you thought I was being smug, but it was a direct result of what you wrote...nothing personal
Sorry again if you thought I was being smug, but it was a direct result of what you wrote...nothing personal
Louie,
That's cool, I apologize for snapping. Today is my weekly, 13 hour non-stop shift, so I get testy around the end. Again, thanks for the help and sorry if you were offended
- No harm, no foul?
That's cool, I apologize for snapping. Today is my weekly, 13 hour non-stop shift, so I get testy around the end. Again, thanks for the help and sorry if you were offended
- No harm, no foul?I got it to work. I reinstalled Mandrake 7.1 and made sure that I included the Windows manager I wanted. RedHat 6.2 is nice but really shows it's age now. I saved my smb.conf file so that I can get samba to work easier this time. I liked how I could put in the RedHat cd and Kpackage would come up an allow me to choose packages from the CD. I don't think this happens in Mandrake.
Glad you got it going!
I hear lots of good things about Mandrake, but have never used it. I am pretty sure that if you re-installed red hat and selected custom installation, and installed both gnome and kde, you would get the same result. up until red hat version 7, they used enlightenment as their default gnome window manager.
but in all reallity, I think most of the linux distros are all good. So in short, you will probably be just as well off with mandrake working the way you like, as you would with red hat working the way it was. Good luck
I hear lots of good things about Mandrake, but have never used it. I am pretty sure that if you re-installed red hat and selected custom installation, and installed both gnome and kde, you would get the same result. up until red hat version 7, they used enlightenment as their default gnome window manager.
but in all reallity, I think most of the linux distros are all good. So in short, you will probably be just as well off with mandrake working the way you like, as you would with red hat working the way it was. Good luck
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