Dapper Dan

That's good information niels82! Thanks for posting it!

Martouf, those cards you mention that are in the "G" class, Suse 9.1 already has the drivers to accomodate them so you can go 802.11g? No re-compiling kernels and stuff? If so, that's really good news! Do you know if 802.11g is also supported by any of the other distros using the 2.6 kernel, or is it just Suse? Thanks!

Hi Richard. May I call you Richard? Here's the thing. What you are experiencing is being on the outside of the cutting edge of the Linux envelope. That isn't a very sound place for a new Linux user to be. All of us have the tendancy to believe that newer is always better. And while there is truth in that, it is also true that you can easily find yourself in a position like what you are now in. I have looked at Fedora Core 2, and though it looks very promising, I don't believe it is ready for me to use on a daily basis just yet. That's why I'm still using Core 1 with the 2.4 kernel. There are two apps I need that are not yet available with the 2.6 kernel. One is Winex3/Cedega for running Windows games, and the other is Win4Lin. Both will soon catch up with 2.6, and Fedora will continue to improve. Until they do though, I'm sticking with Fedora Core 1. If you want to get that modem running, and want a much easier time with apps and hardware, I would reccomend using Fedora Core 1. An added advantage would be, I am VERY familiar with it, and will be glad to help out if you need it.

szfszm, when I wrote my first post, I failed to mention than since you have the Enterprise addition, and I presume paid for it, Red Hat should give you support on this. I would send their support an email and see if someone there can help you sort it out. Good Luck.

You can add and subtract repositories as you like. There are many apt-get rpm repositories, that have all kinds of packages. Look under "preferences." then, there are the dag repositories.. Just Google: dag apt-get rpm fedora Core 2

cd means Change Directory. When you open a terminal it will likely start out in your home directory. If, for instance, you installed the RPMs to your "Documents" directory which would be in your home directory, you would go: cd Documents [enter] to change to, or enter that directory. Lets assume you needed to go to the directory containing your desktop sessions. You would go: cd /etc/X11/dm/Sessions [enter] Which would place you in the Sessions directory. See? Think of it like this: You can't build RPMs or Tarballs unless you are in the directory where they are. Let's pretend you wanted to bake a cake. All the ingredients are in the kitchen, but you're in the upstairs bedroom. You can't make the cake from your bedroom, so you must change rooms. You must go downstairs, and into the kitchen to bake the cake, because that's where it's ingredients are.. Do you know about the fabulous TAB key? It is a lifesaver in Linux! Let's say you wanted to install apt-devel-0.5.15cnc6-1.1.fc2.fr.i386.rpm Once in the directory where that file is located you would go: rpm -Uvh apt-d [press tab key] And the rest is filled in for you automatically so you don't have to type it! Neat huh?

I wish I could help you, but I'm afraid my days of fighting with ATI cards have long since been over. I hope someone can help you figure this out. If not, you can save yourself the agravation by getting an Nvidia. The cost is fairly reasonable, and in my opinion, Nvidia is really on the ball when it comes to supporting Linux.

See below.. [Edited by Dapper Dan on 2004-07-11 01:32:38]

I'll start a new thread..

I can't remember, are you using Core 1 or 2? First, look under Sound and video in you menu. If it's not there listed as "Audio Player", you should be able to install it with: system-congfig-packages [enter] as root. Look under "Sound and Video." and check xmms and xmms-skins. You want to learn about apt-get any time soon? It will make installing packages MUCH easier for you.

See below... [Edited by Dapper Dan on 2004-07-10 21:35:27]

Then I'm afraid you're on your own. You might like it, but I think Rhythmbox is a headache! Give XMMS a try though. It's the same as the "audioplayer" in your menu. Or open a terminal and go... xmms [enter] There are lots of plugins to configure XMMS. I think it is the best of them all.

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Are you using XMMS? If so, I think you may be needing the Xmms-Mp3 plugin.

I've always wanted to have a look at FreeBSD, but it wouldn't be practicle for me as a desktop since you can't run Windows games via winex3/cedega with it. I wonder if there's a FreeBSD live cd? Hmmm... I'll go look...

I've used XFCE but have never installed it on Mdk 9.1 or Fedora, but have IceWM which can be daunting if you've never done it. Maybe if I tell you how I do it with IceWM so it boots by default as a DE, it will help in figuring out how to do the same for XFCE. First, edit /etc/X11/dm/Sessions. For Mandrake, I think Sessions is in /etc/X11/gdm, but I really can't remember. Anyway, whichever one, you'll see something like: default.desktop kde.desktop gnome.desktop Copy one of them and rename it IceWM. An easy way is: cp gnome.desktop icewm.desktop Then: vi icewm.desktop (or your favorite editor) I then change every "GNOME" to "IceWM" at the bottom of this file, I change gnome-session to icewm-session save and exit. This gives me IceWM as a sessions choice in GDM. Next do the same in /usr/share/apps/switchdesk All I do is copy one and change all the info to icewm rather than gnome. Lastly I edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession and add icewm. look for this section: Code: if [ -x "/usr/share/apps/switchdesk/Xclients.$1" ]; then exec -l $SHELL -c "$SSHAGENT /usr/share/apps/switchdesk/Xclients.$1"; fi; case "$1" in failsafe) exec -l $SHELL -c "xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0" ;; gnome) exec -l $SHELL -c "$SSHAGENT gnome-session" ;; twm) # fall back to twm exec -l $SHELL -c "$SSHAGENT /usr/share/apps/switchdesk/Xclients.twm" ;; I then edit it so it will look like this: Code: if [ -x "/usr/share/apps/switchdesk/Xclients.$1" ]; then exec -l $SHELL -c "$SSHAGENT /usr/share/apps/switchdesk/Xclients.$1"; fi; case "$1" in failsafe) exec -l $SHELL -c "xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0" ;; icewm) exec -l $SHELL -c "$SSHAGENT icewm-session" ;; gnome) exec -l $SHELL -c "$SSHAGENT gnome-session" ;; twm) # fall back to twm exec -l $SHELL -c "$SSHAGENT /usr/share/apps/switchdesk/Xclients.twm" ;; Oh yes, one las thing. I create file, .Xsession-default in my home directory. It may already be there in Mandrake. vi .Xsession-default and edit it from gnome-session to icewm-session It may be the same procedure for XFCE and it may not. I hope this will at least get you on the right track.

Whew! Have I been through the ringer tonight! I installed Mdk 10 alongside Fedora Core one. The Mdk partition manager seemed to work ok, but when I chose Grub over Lilo I think that's where things went crazy! All I got at startup was "grub-" and that was it! I tried repairing using Kanotix. I transfered my old /boot file to replace the one created by Mandrake 10, and all seemed to be OK, until, I got errors on /home that could not be repaired! What a dilema! I finally had to completely re-install Fedora Core one! Thank god my /home partition is still there and intact! I'll have to completely re-configure everything, but at least my /home partition is still there! Time fo scotch!!

I no longer have Mandrake 10 on a box, so I'm kind of groping in the dark here. Can he not install the 2.4 kernel using the Mandrake software installer? If he can, would it also take care of the kernel source? I just seem to remember seeing the 2.4 kernel once when I was fooling around with the software manager. I'm thinking of re-installing Mandrake 10 tonight alongside my Fedora Core 1 install so I can see first hand what I'm trying to remember! If I do, I'm going to check out installing that 2.4 kernel, and see if I can build that driver. I might have a scotch or two tonight so there may be mixed results...

Pam, to configure your mouse, become root and run.. mousedrake [enter] It's hard to remember, but I'm pretty sure it will also run when not in Xwindows. Run it as carefully as you did for the video card! That should sort out your mouse, and write the proper entries into your XF86Config-4. Then getting your Gnome desktop back shouldn't be a problem. If this doesn't fix it, let us know..

As far as your sound card problems go, you could save yourself a lot of headaches by getting an off the shelf SoundBlaster, however, if you do, check here to make sure it's compatible as a few aren't. Life is to short to endlessly fight with hardware when using Linux.

danleff, if I am remembering correctly, doesn't Mdk 10 come with an option to install and boot the 2.4 kernel? If that is the case, maybe it might be the path of least resistance for fantom5497 to install and run it, if the driver was built for the 2.4 kernel. At least it may get him on the Internet faster so he can research his modem for 2.6.

Koba have you checked into winex3/cedega for Windows games? http://www.transgaming.com/

Pam, I can't tell you what the error means exactly, but I've tried Mandrake 9.1, 9.2 and 10 and have had start up issues with all three. 9.0 on the other hand worked like a charm. If this gets to be a real problem trying to get Mdk 10 going, you might want to also consider Fedora Core 1. Don't worry though, you'll have a Linux desktop up and running before you know it. I hope someone here can help you figure it out though. Good luck!

I ordered mine a few days ago, so I'll know then. There can't be a catch if it's free..

Look here.. http://www.linuxcompatible.org/thread.php?id=27814