From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
     Hi Mandriva users,-   
      
       Yesterday was not too hot but it was beautiful and clear here in   
   San Francisco as the people wanting to sell stuff to celebrants at   
   the Gay Pride Days were bustling to setup down on the Civic   
   Center and adjacent spaces including the UN Plaza.   
      
        When I woke up I found via md5sum that the 2nd 8 hour   
   download of my paid for mandriva-linux-PWP-2011-x86_64.iso   
   was not corrupted!  I wrote it to a DVD and started the   
   installation.  But at 10 AM had to take off for a set of   
   errands.   
   	By the way the torrent did not work, it stalled   
   out right away and never downloaded a bit of the file   
   besides the name and the space reserved but then it just   
   hung and no prodding from me got it started.  I was using   
   Mandriva One 2011 from which I had done an install   
   to determine whether or not I wanted to bother with   
   2011 PWP.  I could not get the ftp tool to start so   
   I used the http in firefox to do the download x 2   
   for 8 hours.   
      
        I did my errands and got home about Noon to fix   
   lunch then sat down at the computer and began to work   
   on making my upgrade of Mandriva PowerPack 2011   
   look usable.   
      
        It would have been easier if I had done a clean install   
   but I did not.  So I had several competing configurations   
   because I did not create a new /home directory or partition.   
      
        I finally got it all straightened out and am glad that   
   I was able to easily install my printer(Epson NX 515) as   
   Ethernet-connected and that it is in the database of the   
   software these days.  This AM i managed to install the   
   scanner half of the machine. The updates to the driver   
   databases are something to cheer for.  Under 2010.2 drivers   
   for the scanner and for the printer had to be downloaded,   
   installed and configured to get the thing running.  So   
   2011 is a big step up for users of these multi-function   
   printers   
      
      
        To get to that point I fiddled for hours, finally changing   
   the display manager to XDM and the controlling tool to   
   OpenBox.  After that I could unlock the Desktop Settings   
   configuration tool and get the loose widgets and icons off   
   the desktop.   During the process I finally gave up on fixing   
   the stuff I had working under 2010.2 Mandriva PowerPack and   
   installed two new task bars(panels).  The Classic menu has   
   some problems failing in persistence and I had to go to   
   the KickOff menu layout to get to the tools I wanted on   
   the panels.  Then hours of reconfiguring the various   
   facets of the panels.   
   	Rosa was easy to get out of the way.   
      
        By the way I was not calm.  I got very upset, irritable   
     and very involved with the whole thing and finally with   
   catching up on my received email and my Usenet postings.   
      
        At 7:30 PM I finally remembered to fix and eat my   
   supper.  I had to take a couple of different   
   batches of medications and supplements, one of which   
   was due at 5 PM.   So ate a lot over the next hour and   
   a half.   
        This morning was much more pleasant.   
      
        bliss   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)