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From: BlackTopBum
Subject: Re: Trouble switching from gnome to kde
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:32:36 -0700
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Peter Roe was all like, you know, and then said something like a ...
> I've used the Gnome desktop since starting with Ubuntu 6.10. Recently I
> tried to switch to KDE in order to use a Skype phone driver and GUI
> which seems to be written only for the KDE desktop.
>
> I installed KDE through Synaptic.[...]
No disrespect, but you've just used a sledge hammer to drive in a thumb
tack - you can install KDE apps without putting the all of KDE in. Try
this; use GNOME and run the KDE Skype app in question to see how it goes.
> Once running, though, I was unable to access any sound control programs
> - alsamixer, kmix etc.No sound would play either - using an external USB
> soundcard which works a treat in the Gnome desktop. My wireless keyboard
> wasn't recognised on boot either; I had to use the kde keyboard applet
> to reset it every time. I'm wondering - is this a result of using
> Synaptic to install kde?
Doubt it - KDE needs to know things abut the system; there's daemons to
turn on, etc.
> Is there a valid reason for using apt-get in a terminal instead?
Yes. CLI is good to get used to. It's good to know how to use these
various commands in case you find yourself without X, there's more
information immediately on screen - example:
----begin----
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-11-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
linux-restricted-modules-generic
3 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 7753kB of archives. After unpacking 20.9MB will be used. The
following packages have unmet dependencies:
linux-headers-generic: Depends: linux-headers-2.6.17-11-generic which is
a virtual package. linux-image-generic: Depends:
linux-image-2.6.17-11-generic which is a virtual package.
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-11-generic: Depends:
linux-image-2.6.17-11-generic which is a virtual package.
Resolving dependencies...
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
linux-headers-generic
Keep the following packages at their current version: linux-image-generic
[2.6.17.10 (edgy, now)] linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-11-generic [Not
Installed] linux-restricted-modules-generic [2.6.17.10 (edgy, now)]
Leave the following dependencies unresolved: xubuntu-desktop recommends
linux-headers-generic Score is -592
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
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