Mandrake 9.2 lost all programs after trying to add more packages from KDE.
 

Hello, everyone!
I am a novice Mandrake user and I am already in trouble :(
I tried to install additional software from the main configuration window, but after that all the software was gone. No programs, even the internet browser would work.

I have already re-installed Mandrake, but would like to know if someone had similar problem and how they fixed it. Thanks!

same problem
 

I had the same problem, the think is i am new at this to.

I selected (or deselected) a list of programs in the "Software Package Installation" to install, but, after reboot, a lot of programs was gone (¿?), so, what i did, insert disk 1 and reboot, ans select UPDATE, and everything comer to normal.....

that's all i know

I did this because i wanted to select some services i didnt find (WEB Serer, Mail server, DNS Server)

do you know how to configure this kind of services?

Your programs were most likely still there, they just vanished from the menu trees. This is a known problem with the duck. Next time it happens use:

update-menus -v

from the command line (open a shell) You do not need to be root to use this.

I do a pre-emptive "update-menus -v" every week just in case :)

Hope this helps,

Edcutis

Thanks
 

Thats a very good idea, thanks a lot.

Is this fixed in Mandrake 10?

Thanks!
 

Thank you, Edcutis.
I also re-installed my Linux and just figured out how to install my NVIDIA drivers. Now I will try installing additional packages again.