Dapper Dan

Ah! That card is the new Netgear that is supposed to work with 802.11g. I read about it a while back, then forgot. You've probably already seen this, but in case you haven't.. http://www.stud.fernuni-hagen.de/q6805531/suse.pdf

This very well could be the problem. I would show you a thread where I ran into a similar problem, but I've tried searching for it and nothing I search for will reveal it! ;( Anyway, I ran myself nuts trying to get a Netgear MA311 working with my Linksys wireless G router and it wouldn't work. I just knew it wasn't the router since we were using an Orinoco Gold 802.11b with it and had no problems. Turns out it WAS the router. Even though the Wireless G Linksys is backward compatible with 802.11b, it just would not communicate with my Netgear MA311. I then installed a Linksys 802.11b only router, and now everything works perfectly. If everything you are doing says the card is working, but it won't connect, you may want to investigate this as a possible source of the problem.

Is your router 802.11b, or 802.11g backward compatible to 802.11b?

Yes, that file is really big as it has netbeans in it too. It's just far easier to install for new users. If you install a j2re rpm, post here where it was installed, and we should be able to get your java plugins working..

You couldn't access your XP partition through Linux? Or you can't access your Windows operating system. Which? If the later, Did you reduce the size of the NTFS partition with a tool like partition magic before installing Core 2. What did your partition table look like before you installed Fedora?

Me again. I can't find that .bin file anywhere. I can shoot it to you via Yahoo! Messenger if you have it. Let me know..

This site may help too.. http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

Java must be configured differently with the Konqueror web browser than Mozilla or Galeon. Download sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin ( Linux (.bin) ) from the sun java website. cd to the directory where you downloaded it, and as root go: ./sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin [enter] Follow the on screen instructions. When it asks where to install, install it to /opt After installing java, open your konqueror web browser, go to "Settings" - "Configure konqueror." Look in the left pane to see, "Java & JavaScript and open it. Down at the bottom where it says, "Path to java executable or 'java': point it to.. /opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/bin/java Close konqueror, re-open and check java by going to this site to make sure it's working.. If the clouds are moving, java is working. Good Luck. Edit: Hmm. it would appear that sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin is no longer available at the sun web site. See if you can find it somewhere else on the Internet. If you can't, you'll have to use the java .rpm. I don't know where the .rpm will install itself, but if you have to use it, it's just a matter of editing location and versions. You should still be in business.

Go to the computer store and get an off the shelf SoundBlaster. They are very reasonably priced. If you have a spare AGP port, go with a SoundBlaster AGP. If not, get a PCI. RH 9 will have no trouble finding and configuring it. If it doesn't, just run as root.. redhat-config-soundcard And you're off!

What type sound card?

Just a word about file systems. Fat 32 is the scum of the earth of file systems, and you can loose EVERYTHING in the wink of an eye! Just like that! It's happened to me and others I know. I lost almost a whole year's worth of irreplaceable information from my job because I stored the information on a Fat32 partition. I have a friend who lost a couple of thousand Mp3's for the same reason. Fat32 can, and will suddenly scatter everything to the wind without warning! Do yourself a BIG favor and put those songs on either NTFS, (far superior to Fat32), or one of the Linux file systems. You should be able to play MP3s and WAVs from Windows/NTFS while in Linux. I'm not sure about the Windows music format. When I was dual booting XP and Mandrake 9, I could read Windows files from Linux with no problem, I just couldn't write to them.

See below..

There is a way to fix Lilo, but I'm not remembering how at the moment. Did you create a boot cd from Mandrake or XP?

Here's my hd.. hda1 - /boot hda2 - / (Fedora Core 1) hda2 - /home hda5 - swap hda6 - / (Fedora Core 2) I just added Core 2 to my hd, and did not install grub since I didn't want to destroy my existing configuration. It didn't give me the option of creating a boot disk, so now I can't boot Core 2 from hda6. Can anyone tell me how to edit my existing grub.conf so I can have the choice of booting Core 2 at startup? Here's my existing grub.conf. Code: # added by NeTraverse - DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE, it's used for uninstalldefault=4# end added by NeTraverse - DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE, it's used for uninstall# grub.conf generated by anaconda## Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.# root (hd0,0)# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda2# initrd /initrd-version.img#boot=/dev/hdatimeout=10splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gztitle Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2174.nptl) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.imgtitle Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2188.nptl) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2188.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2188.nptl.imgtitle Fedora Core (2.6.4-1.270) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.4-1.270 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi initrd /initrd-2.6.4-1.270.imgtitle Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2115.nptl) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img# added by NeTraverse - DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE, it's used for uninstalltitle Win4Lin root (hd0,0) kernel /win4lin ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img# end added by NeTraverse - DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE, it's used for uninstall Thanks..

Thanks guys! I tried something a little different. I copied my entire original /boot to my home directory, then reinstalled Core 2 and let it overwrite my /boot partition. After booting to Core 2, I essentially copied everything from my old /boot and /boot/grub/ that WASN'T in the new /boot and transferred it over. The other kernels listed above, were not needed, but were just for experimenting but I did need, kernel 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl for Win4lin. I edited /boot/grub/grub.conf thusly.. Code: # grub.conf generated by anaconda# added by NeTraverse - DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE, it's used for uninstalldefault 4# end added by NeTraverse - DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE, it's used for uninstall# grub.conf generated by anaconda## Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.# root (hd0,0)# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda6# initrd /initrd-version.img#boot=/dev/hdadefault=1timeout=10splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gztitle Fedora Core 2 (2.6.5-1.358) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.5-1.358.imgtitle Fedora Core 1 (2.4.22-1.2115.nptl) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img# added by NeTraverse - DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE, it's used for uninstalltitle Win4Lin root (hd0,0) kernel /win4lin ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img# end added by NeTraverse - DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE, it's used for uninstall I don't know if I did it by the book, but everything is working perfectly, and I can now boot between Core 1 and Core 2 with ease from the grub menu! Thanks again!

What is it exactly that you need Wine to run?

My two cents worth for you since I've used RH 9, and Mdk 9, and am now testing Core 2 and Mdk 10. My feelings so far is that Fedora Core 2 is more refined and less buggy. It's still early though..

On my home box, Mdk 10 has big issues with winex3 running some games, and treansgaming has made statements that winex3 has problems with the 2.6 kernel. It would stand to reason there would be general issues with regular Wine as well. I'd just use the 2.4 kernel untill such time as these problems are ironed out.

Been checking out FC2 also danleff, and am delighted with what I've seen. It really breathed new life into an old OLD box I put together with scrap pieces! Kind of neat to run a 2.6 kernel on an old celeron 650!

And you checked again to make sure your BIOS is set to boot cdrom first? There's a few posts here about booting problems with Mdk 10. Check out some of those, or danleff is really familiar with this subject if you want to ask him.

With just regular wine, I always had better luck with Codeweavers. I'm not sure they have a free copy of it anymore though..

Hi Mel! Good to see you again!

I think you can get by without it if you do a fairly minimal install. The problem though is, when you try to install new packages it's going to ask for it often. I would just continue to try and get the 3rd cd or, Do a minimal install with cd1 and cd2, and if you still can't get cd3, just order all three for $3.49 here.

The Netgear Ma311 works perfectly here with a wireless B router. Most distros come with the orinoco_pci module that works with it.

Must be the 2.6 kernel. I wonder what it could be? What type problems did you run into danleff?