huh?

ok, thanks, for the time being "everybuddy" will have to work...appreciate the help

:lol: well, first, tried to remove Gaim, guess I succeded in doing that, then tried to up grade Gaim, somewhere along the line, I ended up with "everybuddy" installed, and no gaim to be found anywhere....

just says already installed

finally got Mdk9 installed and working..I'm trying to upgrade Gaim from 0.59 to 0.75 using urpmi...and can't..seems to be dependency problem..any advise

from a dumb newbie....my biggest problem with Linux was getting information that I could understand...and getting things to work.... A chance encounter with "fishfart" on one of the IRC channels, led me to site that had the drivers for me to get the sound card (RipTide) working with RH8.0...then finally got QSSTV to work...but, the RipTide thing was an RPM and did the work itselfl.....this was with RH8.0....can't get anything except the sound card to work under Mdk9.0....oh, and the modem, but it was insalled in the first place cuz I didn't know about the HCF drivers now available.... Don't get me wrong! I like Linux and even gone so far as to remove Windows from my main machine....but, getting infomation to get things to work is a pain...I know there are several sources of help, but, if you don't know the correct questions to ask, you don't get much help...and the IRC's can be helpful, sometimes...most of the time, you either get ignored or riduculed for being a newbie....but, that works both ways too....and RTFM is a neat reply but it doesn't send you in the right direction....if I understood what the manual was trying to explain, I might not have to ask in the first place....like what's " segmentation fault" ?...keep getting that one trying to install KPSK and linPSK..... But, am glad to see Linux in it's various flavors making inroads to the desktop market...but, it's not there yet... Next, a suggestion if you wanna push Linux....an interactive site that lets the potential user see linux working....maybe mouseovers that will explain the various functions...for the commercial users, stess the realiablity and cost.... Ok, let the flames begin...got my fireproof skivvvies on and ready...

this site works!...got my sound card (RipTide) and modem to work (think the modem works, won't know till I remove the Linux modem and try the HCF modem) Thanks to all that got this stuff on line... Now, if I could just get QSSTV & LinPSK to work !!

Sure glad some one posted this info....justgot the same info via IRC...and, it's just what I needed... Not sure how the drivers work with modems, but they sure enough got my sound card to work Using RH8.0 here at the moment...but, the same drivers ought to work with Mdk...will find out later... Don't know who worked up the drivers, but they have my heart felt thanks...the sound was the last obsctable to losing windows..my ham radio's need the sound card....

for what it's worth: two weeks ago I got a 3 disk set of RH8.0 & Mdk 9.0 for $5.00 each. if you know any hams in your area, check with them about "hamfests"....that's where I got my new upgrades.....there was a guy there burning just about anything you wanted....took 20 minutes and $5.00 a set....wish now, I had gotten a set of everything he had available.....never know.... Jim, KU4VE

I had seen the stuff on tv and didn't think much of it, till I read the above link...puts a whole new light on the subject...and the last paragraph was very interesting...thanks for the link;