Trying to reinstall xwindow on GNOME FC5

icetomyst · 06-08-2006, 04:01 PM

First of all im using GNOME under FC5 and I'm very new to linux so i pretty stupid when it comes to this kind of thing, so basically talk to me like I'm 4. Something apparently happened when i updated my graphics card drivers and xwindow became corrupted so that when i restarted my computer my window manager wouldnt load...so i went to Add/Remove Programs and I poorly assumed that I would simply uninstall Window Manager, pop in my FC5 install DVD and reisntall it, no problems, so i uninstall it then restart. Loaded up to linux to make sure xwindow was gone and indeed it was (just got the login text prompt loacalhost: ) SO i put in my FC5 DVD and reboot come to the installation screen and from there cannot figure out for the life of me how to reinstall the Window Manager system without reinstalling FC5 entirely, when i go to update it just takes me to Unpacking Linux Installer then pretty much immediately after it says Update Complete and pops out the disk...Like i said im pretty new when it comes to linux and cant really function without my desktop environment. Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.

unSpawn · 06-08-2006, 05:20 PM

so basically talk to me like I'm 4
This might prove to be the greatest challenge for me ;-p

OK. It's not that hard, so relax. Basically you just mount the DVD and try to install a group of rpm's. The RPM package manager should take care of all dependencies once you pick the right package. I could let you try and install a host of rpm's, but that's a wee bit crude. Let's first determine what you're missing. Log in as root and then type this in your console:

Code:

grep User /usr/share/doc/rpm-4*/GROUPS|while read grp; do
echo "# Group: ${grp}"; rpm -q -g "${grp}"; echo; done|tee /tmp/rpms.log

What this does is list the rpm's from the database (your installed rpm's) in the "User Interface" groups and log it to a file called /tmp/rpms.log. Please post the contents of /tmp/rpms.log so we have a better idea what's missing.

icetomyst · 06-08-2006, 08:50 PM

Code:

# Group: User Interface/Desktops

redhat-menus-6.7.5-1
hicolor-icon-theme-0.9-2
nautilus-cd-burner-2.14.2-1


# Group: User Interface/X

xorg-x11-xkb-utils-1.0.1-1.2
xorg-x11-font-utils-1.0.1-3
xorg-x11-server-utils-1.0.1-1.2
xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.1-1.2
xorg-x11-xkbdata-1.0.1-7
xorg-x11-utils-1.0.1-1.2
urw-fonts-2.3-6.1
xorg-x11-fonts-base-7.0-3


# Group: User Interface/X Hardware Support

xorg-x11-drv-mouse-1.0.4-1
xorg-x11-drv-savage-2.0.2.3-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-dynapro-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-elo2300-1.0.0.5-1.2

unSpawn · 06-09-2006, 03:23 AM

OK, mount the DVD and try this:

Code:

fpath="/mnt/cdrom/Fedora/RPMS"
for name in switchdesk-gnome redhat-artwork metacity gnome-panel kdebase gnome-icon-theme \
fontilus gnome-session gnome-terminal control-center eog gnome-applets nautilus nautilus-media"; do
name=$(find $fpath -type f -iname ${name}-\*.i386.rpm) && rpmset="${rpmset} ${name}"; done
rpm --test -i $rpmset 2>&1 | tee /tmp/rpmi.log

If this ran without problems then you can rerun it without the "--test" flag to actually install packages,
else if this has any problems like find saying "No such file or dir" then adjust the "fpath" before running again,
else in case of other problems post the contents of /tmp/rpmi.log.

icetomyst · 06-09-2006, 08:31 AM

up and running now, thanks alot