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<font face="Arial">Thanks for your very useful and thoughtful response
Daniel. I will try these things this evening and if still having
problems I think I'll back all user's documents up to ext eternal hard
drive and do a fresh install. I've already downloaded the alternate
6.10 CD as that seems to be the only way to achieve a Kubuntu LVM setup.<br>
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Ta,<br>
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Rob Collins<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:daniel@rimspace.net">daniel@rimspace.net</a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Rob Collins <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:robcollins55@aim.com"><robcollins55@aim.com></a> writes:
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<pre wrap="">The problem is I don't know if i do or don't want the packages it
wants it remove. I don't know enough yet to know if they are integral
essential packages or not.
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Well, apt and friends will warn you if you are trying to remove
something that is absolutely essential.
Otherwise you can see what else it proposes to remove as a result. If
that includes too many things, or things that you want, then decline
that proposal.
It certainly isn't an ideal situation though.
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<pre wrap="">With the hidden problem, I have enabled root login to xserver kde
desktop for administrative tasks.
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That isn't a supported configuration with Ubuntu, and might well cause
problems. Using the built-in support for running administrative tools
as root, including the file browser, is a better choice.
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<pre wrap="">is there any way to enable the display of all system folders for root
but hide them for all other users?
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No. One of the shortcomings of this hidden folders model as far as I am
concerned. Like the people who feel that icons should be inextricably
bound to executables it takes no account that some users may have
different tastes or needs.
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<pre wrap="">Another problem last night - when going into the "users" setup from system
setup, it won't do it - "module missing, please check and install" - any
suggestions? - i already tried apt-get install kde and apt-get install
kubuntu-desktop with no luck.
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No notion, sorry. If you followed the upgrade instructions on the
KUbuntu website, including their small list of packages to ensure were
installed, then I suggest reporting this as a bug.
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<pre wrap="">I am on the verge of hosing the whole system down and doing a new
fresh install from CD. This is so frustrating, no wonder there has
been such a slow migration to Linux.
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There seems to be a strong recommendation on the Ubuntu development
lists for this model, especially in situations where users have
configured unsupported options on their system.
This disappoints me somewhat, but what can you do?
Regards,
Daniel
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