Hello all, im running mandrake 9.2, switched over from redhat9/fedora core1. it's not bad, the main reason i switched was due to a HELL of a time trying (and failing) to install icewm, blackbox, etc. well, this one has the main ones i want. well, i somehow stumbled into icewm yesterday (forgot how). the shell tells me 'switchdesk' isn't found so i can't get the wm pop up like in RH/Fedora. Why not! In other posts, it is recommended using switchdesk for mandrake/RH but apparently not! any help is appreciated, thank you.

PS. haven't looked a lot through the forum but anyone got a quick/EASY guide to installing xfce geared toward newbies? thanks again.

To install (as root):
urpmi xfce
Then you only need to start it. If you're using graphical login, it should be in the menu.

dear lord...you just type it and it satisfies dependencies...and it works. beside the "K" menu popping up when i click it, this has got to be the first thing i've EVER had go right on a linux computer...one small step. thanks a lot mara!


EDIT: Well that was short lived, loaded up xfce without a GUI and it gave me static and lines, had to restart to windows...i seem to be 90% in windows cuz it WORKS.