Help? PCLinuxOS 2007 KDE 3.5.9. lost window decorations....again
Hi Everyone, OK, here's the scoop: I made the colossal mistake up going into Synaptic and checking updates to the screen saver apps already showing installed but having those updates to add. During installation of the updates I got an Error message that stated over and over again that it could not connect with the Debian and internode mirrors. After that is when it lost lost some of the window decorations. E.G.: Window Boarders, the _ , minimize/maximize box and the red X up at the right hand upper corner of the window. This occurs in ALL windows no matter where one navigates or what mode one is in. Also, a couple of games come up in a minimized window that is totally unmovable. The clock, clipboard and volume icons are missing from the task-bar as well. I also lost some of the screen savers...one of which is the clock one that I like to use. AND "Configure your computer" won't open at all no matter how one goes about trying to do so. I *can* still navigate by using the words at the top of the windows. Thank heavens they are still there! Here's the fly in the ointment. I have some files on there that I need to try to keep if at all possible. I can not put them on floppy for a couple of reasons. First, if those of you who helped me the last time I did this can recall, the subsequent re-installation of the OS didn't pick up the floppy drive and no one could get it to. I didn't think I'd really need it, anyway, so I let that go. Plus some of my RPMs are a *lot* bigger than "1.4 mb". So putting files on floppy is out due to that. The specs on the computer that I'm using to learn PCLOS on are: Pentium III-1000/700 CPU 128MB of SDRAM 256KB L2 cache PCLinuxOS 2007/KDE 15-inch active-matrix screen ATI Rage Mobility 128 graphics chip with 8MB of SGRAM 20GB hard drive, 8X DVD-ROM drive V.90 modem network adapter As you can see, the DVD-ROM drive is _not_ a "Writer". Therefore, I can not burn those files that I would like to keep. NOW, I've posted about this in a couple of non-Linux forums and had only a very small handful of people address my problem. Two of which said, in essence, that it is possible to reinstall the OS/Root account/partition while leaving the user account/partition ALONE. The rest didn't have any info that I could use. Well, I do not know how to do that. ...Or, at least I don't recall an option coming up during installation to do that. So, can someone please help me out here or off list? I can not make it to the meeting due to transportation challenges at this time. Any help from anyone will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. Julie
Plus some of my RPMs are a *lot* bigger than "1.4 mb". So putting files on floppy is out due to that.
As far as storage goes, open a gmail and/or yahoo mail account and mail the files to yourself. Thanks, Ron Geoffrion 913.488.7664 ________________________________ This e-mail may contain Sprint Nextel Company proprietary information intended for the sole use of the recipient(s). Any use by others is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies of the message.
Yes, email from gmail to yahoo or vice versa, so they'll be backed up on both accounts. This message brought to you by the Department of Redundancy Department. 2009/3/17 Geoffrion, Ron P [IT] <Ron.Geoffrion@sprint.com>
Plus some of my RPMs are a *lot* bigger than "1.4 mb". So putting files on floppy is out due to that.
As far as storage goes, open a gmail and/or yahoo mail account and mail the files to yourself.
This message brought to you by the Department of Redundancy Department. Actually, the second one was in case of capacity issues.
Thanks, Ron Geoffrion 913.488.7664 ________________________________ This e-mail may contain Sprint Nextel Company proprietary information intended for the sole use of the recipient(s). Any use by others is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies of the message.
Thank you, Ron & Monty, for that suggestion & affirmation. Since I have five Yahoo e-mail Accounts and my Road Runner account, I did try that. I separated all the files into similar groups in folders of under 10 mb (Yahoo's size limit) and then zipped them into zip files and Yahoo absolutely will not load them at all. BUT, this computer is still running Firefox 2.x.x., so I don't know if that's the problem or if it's because Yahoo "won't support" Linux as they told me on the phone some time ago. I can get into my Yahoo Accounts with Linux but Yahoo isn't uploading the zip files like it used to. I did (just now) get into my RR account through RRs Webmail portal and it uploaded and sent the files just fine, albeit a bit slow. They arrived in my Y! mailbox, too! Surprise - Surprise!!! :D ***Now that THAT is done, my question still stands: Can I, in deed, do an OS/root account re-install while leaving the user account in tact? This is something new for me to learn if it is possible to do so. If it is possible to do then HOW is it done? How do I do it? Please accept my apologies for making that point about as clear as Missouri Mud in my first post to the list. Thank You Again! Julie --- On Tue, 3/17/09, Geoffrion, Ron P [IT] <Ron.Geoffrion@sprint.com> wrote: From: Geoffrion, Ron P [IT] <Ron.Geoffrion@sprint.com> Subject: RE: Help? PCLinuxOS 2007 KDE 3.5.9. lost window decorations....again To: "Julie" <betelgeuse67stang@yahoo.com>, "kclug@kclug.org" <kclug@kclug.org> Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 3:42 PM
Plus some of my RPMs are a *lot* bigger than "1.4 mb". So putting files on floppy is out due to that.
As far as storage goes, open a gmail and/or yahoo mail account and mail the files to yourself. Thanks, Ron Geoffrion
I checked WalMart.com and they don't seem to carry the drive I purchased anymore. I got a Kingston Datatraveller 2GB, but it seems they have moved to mostly 4GB drives with a few no so cheap 2GB drives sprinkled in. :( Jon/HiR&CCCKC 2009/3/17 Julie <betelgeuse67stang@yahoo.com>
Thank you, Ron & Monty, for that suggestion & affirmation. Since I have five Yahoo e-mail Accounts and my Road Runner account, I did try that. I separated all the files into similar groups in folders of under 10 mb (Yahoo's size limit) and then zipped them into zip files and Yahoo absolutely will not load them at all. BUT, this computer is still running Firefox 2.x.x., so I don't know if that's the problem or if it's because Yahoo "won't support" Linux as they told me on the phone some time ago. I can get into my Yahoo Accounts with Linux but Yahoo isn't uploading the zip files like it used to.
I did (just now) get into my RR account through RRs Webmail portal and it uploaded and sent the files just fine, albeit a bit slow. They arrived in my Y! mailbox, too! Surprise - Surprise!!! :D
***Now that THAT is done, my question still stands: Can I, in deed, do an OS/root account re-install while leaving the user account in tact? This is something new for me to learn if it is possible to do so. If it is possible to do then HOW is it done? How do I do it?
Please accept my apologies for making that point about as clear as Missouri Mud in my first post to the list.
Thank You Again! Julie <http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Black_Elk>
--- On *Tue, 3/17/09, Geoffrion, Ron P [IT] <Ron.Geoffrion@sprint.com>*wrote:
From: Geoffrion, Ron P [IT] <Ron.Geoffrion@sprint.com> Subject: RE: Help? PCLinuxOS 2007 KDE 3.5.9. lost window decorations....again To: "Julie" <betelgeuse67stang@yahoo.com>, "kclug@kclug.org" < kclug@kclug.org> Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 3:42 PM
Plus some of my RPMs are a *lot* bigger than "1.4 mb". So putting files on floppy is out due to that.
As far as storage goes, open a gmail and/or yahoo mail account and mail the files to yourself.
Thanks,
Ron Geoffrion
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Thank you, Jon for checking that for me/us. You just saved me some hassle. Sorry if leaving this whole "thread" clutters the list, etc. I'm still a bit of newbie to proper list etiquette. Julie --- On Tue, 3/17/09, Jon Pruente <jdpruente@gmail.com> wrote: From: Jon Pruente <jdpruente@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Help? PCLinuxOS 2007 KDE 3.5.9. lost window decorations....again To: "Julie" <betelgeuse67stang@yahoo.com> Cc: "Geoffrion, Ron P [IT]" <Ron.Geoffrion@sprint.com>, "kclug@kclug.org" <kclug@kclug.org> Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 7:45 PM I checked WalMart.com and they don't seem to carry the drive I purchased anymore. I got a Kingston Datatraveller 2GB, but it seems they have moved to mostly 4GB drives with a few no so cheap 2GB drives sprinkled in. :( Jon/HiR&CCCKC 2009/3/17 Julie <betelgeuse67stang@yahoo.com> Thank you, Ron & Monty, for that suggestion & affirmation. Since I have five Yahoo e-mail Accounts and my Road Runner account, I did try that. I separated all the files into similar groups in folders of under 10 mb (Yahoo's size limit) and then zipped them into zip files and Yahoo absolutely will not load them at all. BUT, this computer is still running Firefox 2.x.x., so I don't know if that's the problem or if it's because Yahoo "won't support" Linux as they told me on the phone some time ago. I can get into my Yahoo Accounts with Linux but Yahoo isn't uploading the zip files like it used to. I did (just now) get into my RR account through RRs Webmail portal and it uploaded and sent the files just fine, albeit a bit slow. They arrived in my Y! mailbox, too! Surprise - Surprise!!! :D ***Now that THAT is done, my question still stands: Can I, in deed, do an OS/root account re-install while leaving the user account in tact? This is something new for me to learn if it is possible to do so. If it is possible to do then HOW is it done? How do I do it? Please accept my apologies for making that point about as clear as Missouri Mud in my first post to the list. Thank You Again! Julie --- On Tue, 3/17/09, Geoffrion, Ron P [IT] <Ron.Geoffrion@sprint.com> wrote: From: Geoffrion, Ron P [IT] <Ron.Geoffrion@sprint.com> Subject: RE: Help? PCLinuxOS 2007 KDE 3.5.9. lost window decorations....again To: "Julie" <betelgeuse67stang@yahoo.com>, "kclug@kclug.org" <kclug@kclug.org> Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 3:42 PM
Plus some of my RPMs are a *lot* bigger than "1.4 mb". So putting files on floppy is out due to that.
As far as storage goes, open a gmail and/or yahoo mail account and mail the files to yourself. Thanks, Ron Geoffrion
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