naraku9333
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Do you have a router? What is the output from ifconfig?
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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 better choice, but if you stick it out with Linux you will learn more and more daily.
You do mention what I consider the two downfalls for Linux one very limited commercial software available and two the refusal of hardware manufacturers to write linux drivers. There is plenty of linux OSS so that most of us cn live with, but drivers are a necessity. I give alot of respect to people who've reverse engineered wndows drivers (my webcam driver is an example (spca5xx))..
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Thanks everybody I really appreciate it. And I will try to help as much as possible.
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You're very welcome
You know a hell of a lot about computers, shanenin. I'm wondering if you should let your customers know that you're an expert with Linux? As you know Linux is taking off these days, that may be something that sets you apart from the other computer repair guys, it could perhaps help to promote your business. You run Gentoo, how many A+ certified people can claim that? You could tell them that you can fix their PCs and help with setting up a Linux work station.
Just a weird thought I had:-)
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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.
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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.
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[root@localhost sevag]# rpm -i aim-1.5.286-1.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 is needed by aim-1.5.286-1what do i do?
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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.
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Heres an interesting thing i found. you have to pay and suscribe to get cedega but i found this thing on their website where i think you can get it for free. you think you guys can clear this up for me? check out the following pages
cedega 4.4 main info and stuff
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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).
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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
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What are the main differences between KDE and GNOME? I've done google searches and asked around but cant get a straight answer. Which is better for certain things and if you have something like Knoppix can you install a GNOME DE on that?
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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).
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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?
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so about my problem with kopete IM. anyone wanna try helping me with that one?
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What is the exact error your recieving and what service(aim, yahoo,etc..)?
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i think i'll just install a fedora core 3 one. I don't have the time or patients to develop something myself. (I'm new to the linux world myself. only been usin it for a month and it's on my old computer anyway.)
If there was a way to make all windows games to work flawlessly under linux i would drop M$ in a heartbeat but right now XP stays cause of games and my mom. she probably wouldn't like linux.
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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.
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I installed the new kernel last week to test. And aside from some issues with alsa I havn't had any problems.
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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.
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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?
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I had no idea that it was possible to play Windows games on Linux, so I guess that you can get Windows apps to play on Linux i.e Winamp, Trillian etc... But what about driver updates for graphics cards or sound cards etc...
When I tried Knoppix some hardware doesnt work on my PC and if I use Kubuntu I get the same problem but with something else, I used the Live CDs anyway if things work on Linux that worked on Windows I going to switch over for sure.
P.S. Whats that site which helps you choose which Linux Distro is best for you?
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What is the hardware that doesn't work?
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I installed the new kernel last week to test. And aside from some issues with alsa I havn't had any problems.
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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
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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   +1to 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.
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Hey naraku9333,
XFce is an awesome wm. I ran that for some time on my Slackware box. Powerful, fast, light on system resources. Great screenshot btw:-)
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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).
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I've been using XFCE4 lately
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X11 is a bit touchy and it dies in unpleasant ways. Unfortunately the only halfway reliable way I've found to deal with it locally is to use the Magic SysRq Key to break out to a console (Alt-SysRq-R then Ctrl-Alt-F1). It almost always corrupts the display, but you can get back into X without any trouble with startx.
The problem with that solution is that you may not the MSK enabled.
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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?
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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?
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once again....another problem.
i removed the old version of ndiswrapper from synaptic and downloaded the new version. the extraction and other stuff went smoothly and then when i got to installation there was an error about the kernel sources. i'm guessing the error was caused by the first step.....
You need a recent kernel at least 2.6.6 or 2.4.26 with source. Under Red Hat or Mandrake, the sources can be installed using the package kernel-source<kernel-version>.rpm. Make sure there is a link to the kernel source from the modules directory. /lib/modules/VERSION/build should be a link to the kernel source, where VERSION is the version of the kernel you are running. If there is no link, you'll get an error at the make install step(i guess thats happened to me). To create a link, assuming the kernel sources are present, use the commandMake sure you have started compiling the kernel sources, so needed header files are present. Some vendors ship ndiswrapper in their distributions. Either use it or make sure you remove it before installing ndiswrapper by yourself. Make sure you have the Wireless Tools installed. Again, there is a package that comes along with Red Hat and Mandrake distributions. If you are using Debian you can install the wireless-tools package from the mirror. [[1] (http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/wireless-tools)]
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
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sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.10-5 linux-headers-2.6.10-5-386 build-essential
should take care of the missing sources, if not try
sudo apt-get linux-source-2.6.10
ln -s /usr/src/linux-<kernel-version> /lib/modules/VERSION/build
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the other problem is I have anther problem
I had a spare fat partition and in my desire to install ubuntu I formated it and install on it. when it gets to the user account setup everything goes fine untill I get to the password setup then My keyboard stops working (at least the letters and nums)
what's up with this? I even tried a different install disk.
Preston
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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?
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ok , im back to work...
I found a site that says ubuntu did not add floppy as abuilt in module.. (what were they thinking)
so you might have to use the command
modprobe floppy
this will load floppy driver...
I am tring to see if I can find the ndiswrapper problem.. may take a little time.. sorry..
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Odd, I dont need to load a floppy driver in Ubuntu5.04 in vmware.
How To Switch Frome Gnome To Kde Or Others
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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.