Upgrade to Hoary / Linux Kernel 2.6.10

[Markus Mayr]

Mamuka Khantadze schrieb:

> Hi everyone,
>
> This is my first mail to the list, and I’m sure you guys have probably 
> discussed the issues I’m raising quite number of times. Please, feel 
> free to direct me to appropriate how-to or forum topic. Thanks in advance.
>
> Here is my story: I’ve updated to Hoary from, Warty (Got install CDs 
> form free CD Distribution System). Somehow my icons on Application 
> menu disappeared and only folders are seen. On the other hand, I 
> believed that hoary included Gnome 2.10 (the reason why I upgraded). 
> Seems to me I was wrong.
>
> On the other hand, I’ve upgraded my kernel to 2.6.10-686, as I’ve got 
> Pentium 4 laptop, and am sure that 686 is more optimized for this 
> processor than 386. However, to my disappointment, I can no longer log 
> in to GNOME. It tell me that xfree is not correctly configured. I’ve 
> run xfreeconfig (or xfconfigure), which has asked me tons of questions 
> that I am not able to answer correctly (all the vertical syncs, mouse 
> ports etc.). Why hasn’t apt-get simply copied my working xfree 
> configuration to be used by new kernel? Is there a way to simply copy 
> it instead of answering those technical questions?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance
>
> Mamuka
>
Hello.

You shouldn't use HTML e-mails, because there are plenty of people who
can't read them or don't accept them for a number of reasons.

Hoary Hedgehog includes GNOME 2.10. I do not understand what your
problem exactly is. You might used a theme that does not exist or you
lack reading permission on the path to the theme. Try another theme and
if it works, you probably should re-install your theme.

Moving on to your next problem, I do not think that the problem is
actually caused by your configuration file. You may have installed a
kernel module for your graphics card or something like that and it is
not installed anymore, because of the new kernel. But "xfree is not
correctly configured" is not a detailed describtion of your problem and
thus, I am not able to help you. Please add the error message and the
affected part of your configuration file. Furthermore, it could be
useful to know, which hardware you use.

Markus Mayr