Mad Mike

Red HAt 8 is old ( I mean old... ) it probly is not supported by your hardware.. an updated ?Kernel would work, or just download fedora code 5, the red hat bible for 8 will do you no good. http://fedora.redhat.com/ they are up to version 5 which puts you 6 version behind.. good for old hardare.. but unless you know how to update everything, bad for new I still have my Suse 9.1, would I be ahead of the "game" if I re-instaled it and utilized openSUSE.org ?

Red HAt 8 is old ( I mean old... ) it probly is not supported by your hardware.. an updated ?Kernel would work, or just download fedora code 5, the red hat bible for 8 will do you no good. http://fedora.redhat.com/ they are up to version 5 which puts you 6 version behind.. good for old hardare.. but unless you know how to update everything, bad for new

I haven't been here since I was running Suse Pro 9.1 (2005). I eventually jettisoned it as I found it to restrictive, for lack of a better term. I've always (and still) look forward to the day when I can once and for all say adios to Bill Gates. I recently happened upon a copy of the "Red Hat Linux 8 Bible" by Christopher Negus, while strolling through the Grand Central Terminal bookstore (NYC). I bought it, it came with the Red Hat 8 CD-ROMS. I now have a dual boot with it and Winblows XP Pro. I can access the XP but can't get all the way into Red Hat. After it goes through this rolling scrol

Whether I'm opening an .exe file or extracting a .zip file I get the same results. I get an error message that says just this: C:\PROGRAM~1\Symantec\S32EVENT1.DLL. - Installable virtual device driver failed DLL initialization. Is this the "Symantec" of the Norton variety? I had Norton Anti-Virus and System Works but un-installed them in favor of AVG Home Edition coupled with Zone Alarm. I cleaned my registry of any left over Symantec bits and pieces with regclnr.zip from http://www.indianz.ch/secbase.html . Anybody got any clues? I don't.

Still hanging

This is for a friend who can't get online to find the answers. She just did a memory upgrade (HP Compaq Pavillion8750C), was 64MB went to 512MB and upgraded BIOS through esupport through her work computer (downloaded to a floppy). She was running Windows 98 but it crashed so she installed a corporate version of Windows XP Pro. I know she did the FAT as opposed to the NTFS (?) Any problem there? I had the same problem (application hang) awhile ago, nobody(then) knew what to say. Anyone got anything? Thanks.

I am so excited to be able to share this great find with all my Newbie Brethren. I was surfing on the Sea of Linux and rode the wave to this island paradise http://www.tuxfiles.org . Finally the complexities of this marvelous OS explained in terms even I understand. This website should be looked at by those of you who are considered by many to be "expert". Not because you will learn something in a technical sense (although you may), but .....Allow me to use an analogy to better explain what it is that I'm trying to say. Often, when I stop someone on the street to ask for directions to a plac

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Well I'm no expert, real or imagined, but on two different occasions I found it necessary to reinstall. I didn't feel the least bit diminished. It was just a part of "my" learning curve. But like I said, I'm no expert. There are however several in this forum that are very generous with their time, and nobody gets flamed. I've been spending what I feel is an abundant amount of time learning (?) how to install a working DVD Player (xine) in my Suse Pro 9.1. I've had to uninstall twice. They say third time is a charm (oh-boy). Well good luck, and enjoy. Mad Mike

Everything works in Windows. I'm not sure what you mean by "...which programs are you using to do DVD xine?" There is a URL on the face of the "player", http://xine.sf.net Also the xine logviewer say's: "cannot find input plugin for MRL [ dvd:/ ] does any of this help you ? As of Feb 16 I no longer have media player, I uninstalled everything (again). The last install was missing the Media Resource Locator. When I have time I'll do a more comprehensive search for EVERYTHING I need.

Everything works when I'm in Windows. I'm not sure what you mean by "Which program are you using to do DVD xine". There is a URL on the front of the player: http://xine.sf.net. Also the xine log viewer reads: cannot find input plugin for MRL [ dvd:/ ] .

Well some success. I went to yast and uninstalled Xine. I followed the link provided by hitest and downloaded libdvdcss-rpm 1.2.8-1 network. i386.rpm, xine-lib - i586, xine-ui i586. I used the package manager to install them. I can watch but not listen, there is no audio. What is an "MRL" Hey, we are only looking for progress here not perfection. I want to thank everyone on this forum that has offered their help. I wait to hear from (any of) you. Mad Mike

Thank you for your fast reply, I used Kpackage to install something only to be told it already was there, which is OK because now I know what to use instead of YAST. I've got my own version of a "soap box" and I climb up on it from time to time. I'll get back to you soon. I'm going to buy "linux in a Nutshell" and read it.

I need some clarification here: "install either again", do you mean uninstall xine and re-install the Googled upgrade and/or reinstall Suse, ommitting the files for media players? Either/ or? Tictoc provided a link that looks promising.