On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:55:10 +0000, g wrote: > Beartooth wrote: > <snip> >> From that second one, I get a notice saying it doesn't exist yet. > > i looked at it before sending it. thought you might want to write it. > ;o) no, really, it was for 'existing pages'. [...] > i would say that you and i have similar problem. i was going to use a > backup, but i installed some things that i really did not need. so with > system being in state it is, i do believe fresh will be better. [...] > tomorrow i will reinstall f8. Mine ran F8 quite satisfactorily till I goofed it up ... >> First of all, this time I went through Customize Now, cutting >> everything I could find and dared. > > takes a while, but i have found that it can be best. > >> Third, before I copy any of them, I'll run yum update and then >> gnome-packagekit *twice* -- looking for more stuff to cut. > > have not used 'gnome-packagekit'. is that gnome only? i do not install > gnome desktop, so i do not believe i have it on system to have tried. http://packagekit.org/ I *think* I've seen a claim somewhere that you can use it with KDE -- probably much as I use Konqueror (mainly for man pages) and K3B with Gnome. One great virtue, especially when you're paring down, is that it will show you what else requires a given app *before* you do anything. Unlike pirut, it doesn't wait till you try to remove one and only then warn you. One drawback, so far, is that I haven't found out how to put together a whole list of things to remove and then tell it to do so, all in one fell swoop. Btw, the package kit is new in F9, replacing pirut. >> Keep your fingers crossed -- and stay tuned. It's starting the new >> install now .... > > toes too. good luck. The install took. I decided to remove more stuff before updating; I'm in process of doing that now. I told packagekit to show me only installed apps, and am going through lists, asking for each in doubt what requires it. I just asked, for instance, what requires genisoimage; it told me brasero (among other things) requires it; so I'll keep that. Stay tuned. -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Fedora 7, 8 & 9; Alpine 1.10, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6; Dillo 0.8.6, Galeon 2, Epiphany 2, Opera 9, Firefox 2 & 3 Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list