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- From: burnett AT pobox.com
- To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: FW: Solaris help?
- Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 04:48:08 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Bill Geschwind wrote:
> I just received this plea for help from an acquaintance, but unfortunately
> I'm not conversant in UNIX to the point where I can offer her any useable
> help. If anybody out in Internetworker-land who is conversant with Solaris
> feels like helping, I'm sure it will be very much appreciated (in which case
> please contact her directly.)
> Thanks,
> Bill
Some pointers for CDE-related topics are at
http://www.plig.org/xwinman/cde.html
with a link to the comp.unix.cde FAQ (that I used to maintain, then host,
then the new guy seems to have lapsed)
http://www.immt.pwr.wroc.pl/faq/msg00025.html
Installing CDE isn't that hard. Customizing it is a pain. However, I'm not
sure that's her only problem from the bried description.
best,
Steve Burnett
>
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> Department of Technology and Systems Support
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> ... I ran into a problem that is bigger than me and a solution by Mon will
> save me from a lot of grief. I've been working on a sun (solaris 2.7 I
> believe) box & somehow I managed to get it to boot w/o the desktop
> environment. No windows. Just white background & black text. I can log in &
> file system seems to be normal, I can't ping or telnet so networking seems
> to be suffering too... I have the os install cds & several others....is the
> CDE something I can restore w/ no prior experience w/ installing/restoring a
> unix desktop? Thanks very much,
> Julie
>
> Email: strongj AT us.ibm.com
> AOL IM: juliesstrong
>
>
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FW: Solaris help?,
Bill Geschwind, 07/07/2002
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- Re: FW: Solaris help?, burnett, 07/07/2002
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