Updates

[Karl Larsen]

Ed Greshko wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> For what ever reason, this mailing list seems to be failing in its 
>>> attempts to help you.  Have you thought about dropping in on your 
>>> local high school to see if they have a computer club?  You may find 
>>> someone there that is willing to help with "hands on" help.  I think 
>>> that is better suited to you than "long distance learning".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>    No I checked the college and 100 percent are using Windows or Mac. 
>> They are a lot smarter than I thought.
> If you are saying they are "smart" for going with Windows or Mac 
> only...and you are still on Linux then maybe you need to get smarter 
> yourself and switch to Windows or Mac?
>>
>>    Also the problem is too hard for me and it appears for you and all 
>> the others. I am not surprised either. I said the results using livna 
>> and freshrpm were the same but that is not true. Here is what I get 
>> from freshrpm:
> I am 100% sure that myself and others would be able to get your system 
> up and running with vlc if they had access to your system and could 
> run the keyboard.
>>
>>    So you can compare the two and see if it helps you understand. I 
>> do not.
>>
> I'm not very interested in looking at the output of 2 out of X 
> commands that you've typed and try to ascertain from that what *MAY* 
> be the problem.  There is just too much left to the imagination.
>
> FWIW, I had neither livna or freshrpms repos enabled....nor did I have 
> vlc installed.  So, for the fun of it I did just that and am currently 
> watching Casino Royale.  Attached is the relevant portion of the yum 
> install.
>
> Ed
>
>
    Very good and thank you for the file. Nigel used apt-get which is a 
bit different. So lots to try and see what happens. I am sure yum remove 
left a mess.

Karl


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