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I just installed RH 8 on my system (dual booting w/Win2k). The main reason I use Linux is for a particular program, ArahWeave. I dl'd and installed just as the instructions on the page suggest: http://www.arahne.si/installAWeave.html I created the demo user, etc. and after installing it, I got the icons on the desktop and so forth. But when I click on the icons, it does nothing. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of Linux experience -- I only worked on it in the past (for this same program, only a previous version, which ran flawlessly on RH 7.x).
In the event anyone has successfully installed this prog (unlikely, but possible. . . ), can you give me some pointers?
In the alternative (i.e., "And now for the laughs"): I'm willing to go back to the old version which I have on a floppy. But I lost all my notes on mounting the floppy -- I have moved since I last installed the prog. I go into /mnt and it lists the floppy but if I click on the floppy icon, it does nothing.
I feel like I'm just clicking on things and nothing happens, no matter what. Can someone kindly help me, without too much ridicule? Thank you in advance!!!
Wolven: Wonderful! I look forward to your response.
Also, I was able to finally access my floppy and the older version of ArahWeave. Unfortunately, I am also unable to install this successfully. I extracted the tar file but I'm not sure what to do with the 'install' shell item.
I just installed all the RH updates -- and I noticed OpenMotif 2.2.2 was one of the updates -- and guess what, that must have been the problem, because Arah Weave runs now!
or in gnome (i assume you selected the defaults on the redhat install) you can add a "disk mounter applet" to the panel that will let you click to mount/unmount.
Did you try to save anything (that is, print to file)? I would save, as you are able to save the image in the demo mode, but it will only put it to the /tmp, and then it would give me an error. I also noticed I am not able to save (even just copy/pasting or dragging) anything in any places other than in my /home/demo. Is there something I can do to change this? I am assuming I cannot save because these folders are somehow 'off limits' -- but I remember in RH 7.x I didn't have trouble saving stuff in other places and it would allow me, especially in the /tmp.
mhearn,
Thanks for the tip, I'm going to write that in a place I won't lose now Luckily, I found a floppy icon on the desktop (I'm actually using KDE). I really just need to get a book!!!!
Heh, I've been saving for this prog since last June when I first dl'd it. Just funny how the info on the site says the CAD stuff, etc. is not enabled in the demo version, but you can still save images. I will probably email the company; they were very helpful last year when I first installed it
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