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GUI = graphical user interface you should type [alistair@localhost~]$ startx hit enter

alistair@localhost~]$followed by the flashing curser - is a linux console. alistair - current system user localhost - your computer's network name, 'localhost' is a default if you didn't specify another name As i understand, after choosing 'Linux' you don't get a GUI? If this is the case, try this: type startx. This should start the X window server (the GUI). The "passed" or "failed" checklist - shows you what services linux is loading and whether it succeeded or not. Can you tell us what services failed to load?

An interesting article i found at: Theo de Raadt (the founder of OpenBSD) criticises X.org/XFree

Correct me if i'm wrong: smart uses yum's repos that are allready configured and i don't need to set them up again?

Did you try to ping the remote computers?

Welcome to the board! Now, did you configure properly your NIC? Can you ping other computers on a network (type 'ping ip_of_a_remote_computer)? Have you created a shared folder/space on you linux mashine in samba? (you can post your '/etc/samba/smb.conf' file so we could see your samba configuration file. Also: How-To set up Samba Networking

The CD & CD-ROM are 100% all right, checked twice. I had more luck tring to boot with this option: gentoo-nofb, wich means without a frame-buffer. The error occured a little bit later, when a 'gdm' (i think it was) failed to load and the system stalled. What is that gdm at all?

I have a free partition on my Linux box so i desided to try one of the 'for pros only' distros - gentoo. I've downloaded a liveCD 2006.0 but it doesn't want to boot on my pentium 3. It sais there was a disc error. On pentium 4 it does ok, i was even able to play it for some time. How can i install it on p3 without booting the graphycs? Thanks

or you can use a hummer... :)

... and 'halt' wins the contest for the shortest shutdown command

You can do it from a spetial logout button in your desktop manager (KDE, Gnome...) or type this as root: shutdown -h now -h means halt now performs the command (shutdown & its options) right now for more info on shutdown command type 'man shutdown' in console

Welcome! I'm using linux for about a year, so i might be considered a noob and i prefere Mandriva. Tried Debian, Fedora - gread distros but Mandriva takes tham all by its simplicity and hardware recognition. Plus - you got this forum, exellent place to ask questions and get really good answers!

Well wma works after a reboot.

Hi I've installed a win32-codecs package on mandriva2006, but even now i can't play a 'windows media 9' file format. How do i enable its playback? I olso would like XMMS to support wma format, but cant make it play. Please help me with this :D

Is there any good CAD tool for linux that is compatible with his windows analogs? I'm gonna learn engineering in univercity this october so i might need one. Thanks.

I often use a shared folder on xp box. Usually it is done through nautilus->network->XPbox->.... The question is how this connection occures - does nautilus mount the remote folder or simply browse it? Is it better to mount the remote folder on local mashine and than access it? Thanks.

What is a CLI command to print a system info? 10x!

Well... bummer... I'm running out of games to try on my box (got only diablo and starcraft) must borrow some from my brother... Thanks anyway too all.

O.K. but what about the graphycs?

Hi, i'm new to linux gaming and wine and i have a problem: I've installed Diablo on mandriva2006 using 'wine /mnt/cd-rom/bla-bla-bla/setup.exe' . Now, when i try to play the game i can hear the sound but i get no picture... only intro movies. Please help, this is my first try with wine!

Is there any way to test a urpmi mirror site for speed before actually downloading a package? The are no mirrors in my region so i tend to use european ones (german, czech) and some of them are reaaly slow...

Thank you, i'll try that.

wow, thanks

Hi, 1. I want to update my mandriva2006, i'll take few hours i presume, so the question is: can i start the update, that pause it for, say a day or two, and than resume from the last point? 2. How can interrupt the urpmi while installing and not by closing the console? Thanks