On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 09:58 -0500, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:55:27 -0500 > From: Jim Cornette <fc-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Lost Gnome after upgrade to Kernel-2.6.18-1.2868.fc6 > To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <4587D32F.1010509@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Ed Gurski wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 03:45 -0500, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > >> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:41:34 -0500 > >> From: Ed Gurski <ed@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> Subject: Lost Gnome after upgrade to Kernel-2.6.18-1.2868.fc6 > >> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> Message-ID: <1166517695.2590.12.camel@eagfd00p> > >> Content-Type: text/plain > >> > >> I updated to Kernel-2.6.18-1.2868.fc6 and now I no longer have Gnome. My > >> login screen no longer lists Gnome as an option. I was able to logon > >> into KDE and saw that Gnome was unchecked with Software updater? I ran > >> rpm -qa | grep gnome and saw the packages installed, but the Software > >> updater says otherwise. > >> > >> On my other systems (4) I was able to install the new kernel without the > >> same problem... I also noticed that if I ran rpm -qa |grep gnome-d | wc > >> -l the working systems have 54 packages and the fouled-up system only > >> has 38.. Has anyone else experienced this? > >> > >> I let the Software Update install Gnome again and will restart the GUI. > >> > > SOLVED > > > > Well re-installing GNOME solved the problem, but I'm stil not sure what > > caused it in the first place...... > > > > I remove gnome-screensaver which causes GNOME not to be installed in the > view of the software installer. GNOME is still installed minus a few > components that were removed intentionally. I guess if some components > which would be pulled in using a group install are triggering the group > listings to show that they are not present. This is regardless if every > other package from the group is installed. > > What components were pulled in when you "reinstalled" GNOME? > > Jim > > -- > All progress is based upon a universal innate desire of every organism > to live beyond its income. > -- Samuel Butler, "Notebooks" > > I'm at work now and don't have access to my system --- However, if my memory serves me right there were some base an optional products installed. I will look at my logs and post the results when I am back home... Thanks -- Ed Gurski <ed@xxxxxxxxxx>
