naraku9333

I'm not familiar with Fedora but usually there is a session button on the login screen where you can choose between installed WM/DE's.

Do you have a router? What is the output from ifconfig?

It really just depends on what you consider fun. I live and thrive on the challenges that come up on my linux system. Some problems can be far harder to solve than others, but when yur new all problems are extremely hard. Once you get used to the fact Linux does some things drasticaly different than Windows everything will fall into place. Gaming is a big problem for some people (not for me, thats what the Game Cube is for) and that does suck, but there are several games that run natively (which is what I play if I feel the need to play a game on my computer). For some people Windows is just a

Thanks everybody I really appreciate it. And I will try to help as much as possible.

I can claim that. I'm A+ and Network+ certified and i run Gentoo (although i'm no linux expert yet). I have to agree with CC for the most part, it's a decent first step. Taking the A+ prep class I took was the best thing for me, not because of any job I can get (I have see a few entry level positions that where looking for A+ cert.) but because it got me interested in school. I just started full time at the local comunity college where I will hopefully get a CS degree. My advice, the certification cant hurt but may not help much. If you can go to college.

Does Linspire have a free version? Theres nothing wrong with paying for a distribubtion, but Linspire wouldn't be my choice. The price may well be worth it if they provide support, if not I would choose Ubuntu/Kubuntu.

If you really want to install aim then install the dependency, looks like libc6 and libstdc++6 maybe. But i'll suggest using GAIM instead, it's just a better program and multi-protocol too boot.

The only one of those links that lead to a free download is the last. And thats not Cedega but WineX, I was under the impression WineX was the predecessor to Cedega but i'm not certain. You wont get any suport from Trans Gaming if you use WineX, or access to Point 2 Play (which seems like the main reason to subscribe).

Thats what I usually have to do. I run amd64, so i need snd-ioctl32 for some app's sond to work (only doom3 comes to mind). I use alsa-driver-1.0.8 in 2.6.12-r9 which works fully, 1.0.9 gives me problems with snd-ioctl32. With this new kernel i need alsa-driver-1.0.10_rc1 to get any sound (but no snd-ioctl32). If what your using works for you, theres no need to bother. Then again its not that hard to compile a kernel and a veiw modules ;P

Most of the dfferences are just look and feel. The biggest difference is each uses different graphical toolkits, QT for KDE, GTK+ for GNOME. Each DE has it's ups and downs for everyone, it would be best to just try each yourself too see which YOU like most. Knoppix comes with KDE only i believe(as does Kubuntu), but there is Gnoppix which has GNOME (as does Ubuntu). Theres also XFCE4, which is alittle lighter on recources then GNOME and KDE (i've been using XFCE4 lately).

All I could find this KDE-Forum thread, but it's unresolved. I also found this bug report which looks like what your experiencing, but is or an older version of kopete. What version of Kopete do you have?

What is the exact error your recieving and what service(aim, yahoo,etc..)?

I would think the FC3 version should be fine, unless they made drastic changes between FC3 and 4. As to a way to make windows games run flawless, no there isn't. Cedega is the best option, but its no magic elixir. Some of your games MAY work, but dont expect all of them to.

I am running 2.6.7, any newer versions of the kernel have a newer version of alsa that will not work with me. I suppose I could use a newer kernel then install an older version of alsa seperately, but I find it just easier to run a slighlty older kernel. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was having similar problems with 2.6.8 and 2.6.9 which kept me on 2.6.7. But havn't had any problems at all with 2.6.10, 11 or 12. Do you use the kernel alsa or alsa-driver?

What is the hardware that doesn't work?

I installed the new kernel last week to test. And aside from some issues with alsa I havn't had any problems.

Wine is often pretty much hit or miss, especially when it comes to games. Give wine a try but you may have better luck with cedega (I believe they provide some sort of support). There is also the loki installer (I dont have a link, google should provide) that makes it alittle easier to install a game. They have specific installers for each game so check for your game. As stated your best bet is native games ie: doom3, ut2k4, neverwinter nights, and i'm sure there are others. Oh and to answer your question wine /path/to/executable

There shouldn't be any reason for you to reinstall Ubuntu, or grub for that matter. Im alittle unclear on if you dont have an entry for windows in menu.lst or if it just isn't the default. Respectively you can add a line similar to title      Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition root       (hd0,0) savedefault makeactive chainloader   +1 to add windows to the list, or change the 'default' line to your windows entry (try 4). Let me know if I misunderstood you. (hd0,0) is the first partition on first hard disk, change this if your win partition isn't there.

Thank you, Yes its a very nice WM/DE. But honestly theres parts of every WM/DE that I like and dislike (except CDE, I just plain dont like CDE).

I've been using XFCE4 lately

I'm going to have to write that key sequence down for the infrequent times ctrl-alt-bkspace doesnt work. Are there any other uses for sysrq? Lotus, that should be enough memory though more wouldn't hurt. Has this started after installing or running any specific applications?

Usually control+alt+backspace will kill the x-server(the graphical environment) and you can shutdown from the terminal.In my experience a frozen system is often due to an application eating memory or cpu cycles. How much memory do you have installed?

when i go into /lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386 i click on build and it says the link is broken because /usr/src/linux-2.6.10-5-386 doesnt exist. im wondering where the kernel sources are so i can create a link to them in /lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386. another small thing i noticed was that i couldnt do some stuff because it said i wasnt the owner. who would that be? im the only user on the whole machine. im guessing that was why i couldnt edit anything in /etc/network/interfaces a quick response would be nice. i would like to get this done by tonight. thanks <{POST_SNAPBACK}> sudo apt-get in

I'm not entirely sure if this is the case, but maybe ubuntu doesnt echo anything when typing the password. When you press enter does anything happen?

Odd, I dont need to load a floppy driver in Ubuntu5.04 in vmware.