On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 18:16 -0600, Brian Fahrlander wrote: > I did that fresh install of FC3. So I'm looking at the gigs of > wasted space, 'cause it was a full install. I get tired of looking at > all the "K" packages I'm never gonna use, so I take the time to remove > things I won't be using: > > yum remove qt > > Watching carefully to what it's gonna remove, I confirm it, and > eventually the grinding stops and I reboot. > > All the sudden I'm transported back to the days when SCO was a > viable company with something to offer! It's 1989 again and Peg Bundy's > starting to set the world afire with her episode where she introduces > the fax machine to American audiences. My daughter, last seen driving > her car, has a diaper to change. > > The screen's filled with chiffon-green very-square boxes called > windows that musta come from 'Queer Eye for the Linux Guy' and every > window has an outline and waits for me to place it. > > Ya see, if you remove KDE, and expect gnome to still be there and > operate, you're living in a fool's paradise. It will require installing > gnome-session, gnome-volume-manager and gnome-media EVEN THOUGH IT NEVER > REMOVED THEM. > > I reinstalled the packages, rebooted, and my daughter's driving > again. Whew; managed to dodge another diaper. > > :> > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Brian, What you had was FVWM. If all else fails X returns to FVWM. After removing the packages do "switchdesk gnome" and you should then be able to run X using Gnome instead. Best, Steve
