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Hi, There is a place for this in kde, put the script in /root/.kde/Autostart/. Of course, you need to have root log in to kde to get it to run. If you want it to run from a terminal, you can add to /root/.bashrc and then put it into the background. /path/to/file/vm_subnet & You have to make sure it is executable for this (chmod u+x vm_subnet ), you could source it instead: source /path/to/file/vm_subnet &

I have to say that Arch is very good and not that hard. I am using mandrake, yoper and Arch installs for different people. Yoper is easier to install, but you don't get the up-to-date stuff in their repository (such as firefox 0.9.1, win32-codecs, j2re) like you do in Arch. The Arch forum is very helpful with a good spread of experience in the posters. I have to disagree about FC2. It is really a pain to get mp3 and some video codecs to work in kde. It is not fedora's fault (licencing stuff), but it certainly makes it non-newbie friendly. Mandrake is much nicer just because of the mp3 stuff. The 10.1 alpha was not as smooth as FC3test1 though. The mandrake cooker snapshots are true alphas/betas.

I like Arch a lot. Updated packages usually make it to the pacman servers in hours after they are released. Not the best if you are looking for stability, but it is if you are looking for the newest stuff. I have been using udev w/o problem since the 030-4 release. Very easy to change over. Just update initscripts and then add a line to your boot loaer to turn off devfs. I think some arch people come off a bit off sometimes because the distro itself is not really aimed at total newbies, or is it advertised at them, but inevitable some try (which is great). Then some of the more experienced users can be a bit short in their replies to the newbies. A nicely worded intelligent question issuued after a search of the forum is never shot down (well, maybe by one of the frequent posters...).

I tried it. Nothing to note, except a few multi-second hangs for no apparent reason. No install issues though. I really cannot go back to redhat/fedora with the built in difficulty in getting mp3's to work in kde/gnome.

Here are the real apples and oranges: urpmi is better to use on mandrake 10 systems, apt is better to use on debian systems.

1) was for nVidia cards, the hue has to be set all the way to the left. Maybe a different issue or maybe the cooker package has it already. For 4), you want to 'urpmi win32-codecs'.

I promise to add nothing but cooker packages to my shiny brand new 10.0. Nuthin but unofficial cooker updates.

The test after the x configuration should have shown you this. If you run 'xf86config' as root, you should be able to set up the config file and then startx should work.

I would expect that you need to configure your x-server. Boot again and log in as root rather than your user id, then try entering 'startx' (without the quotes) and either it should start into the desktop you expect, or it will flicker and then leave you back at the prompt (with some messages in between). If it puts you into the desktop, you can use the control centre to setup the boot into the x-server by default (under hardware->graphical server). If it does not work, there is a command line tool to set up the configuration file. Enter 'xf86config' and it will start you off. You need to know a few things lke the mouse type (IMPS/2 for wheel mouse), and the refresh rate of your monitor in the case that it is not in the list. If it doesnt work, you can always rerun the script. Before you run the 'xf86config', copy the original so that you can move it back in case the problem is something else (to do this, 'cd /etc/X11' then 'cp XF86Config-4 XF86Config-4.bak').

bittorrent is a bit different than most p2p clients. There is not really a search, and the easiest way to use it is on the command line. You can also get one of a multitude of clients that suits your prefs. If you have the base installed, you can download on the command line: btdownloadcurses.py file_to_download.torrent -or- btdownloadgui.py file_to_download.torrent It requires wxPython installed for the gui option. You have to put an entry in /etc/mailcap by hand if you want to be able to download via clicks in a browser, here is mine: application/x-bittorrent; /usr/bin/btdownloadgui.py %s; test=test -n "$DISPLAY" Make sure the btdownloadgui.py is there. It is not in the base, but you said you installed the gui also. Usually, you get the torrent files from the site where you want to get software from (ex. mandrake 10 beta 2 torrents from the club). There are a bunch of sites that list current torrents, but these tend to move around a bit because they are targeted by the record and movie dudes. Sometimes they take out a tracker hosting legitimate stuff because they think that some peer is sharing a movie or song of theirs. If you have not finished the d/l you are screwed, since you need the tracker to find the peers with the d/l. This has happened to me a few times and it is really anoying (the site will say that they are down them because of a letter from the monopoly groups). The mandrake ones are ok, they use their own tracker I am sure. Here are some non-official clients: http://azureus.sourceforge.net http://ei.kefro.st/projects/btclient/ http://home.elp.rr.com/tur/download.html