I am happy to announce I have the Internet up and running. Newbie mistakes i suppose. First i had to be logged in as root for ndiswrapper to recognize the proper inf file. second i never new how to set the essid (iwconfig wlan0 essid any) iwconfig still says no extensions so i thought i had failed ...

Thanks you guys have been most helpful. I wish the other forums were as helpful.

I switched to Mint 9 and used their memtest and that all passed. I clean my pc inside and out at least twice a month. Everything is working as should as far that goes. The only thing I can't really check is the motherboard itself which was my original assumption until linux started up just fine. I ...

I'm not entirely sure what all of this means nor do i know how to affect any of this but I'll post my dmesg and maybe one of you can point me in the right direction. Thank you for the slackbook link.
johnnie[~]$ dmesg
07: [io 0x2c00-0x2cfe] has been reserved
system 00:07: [io 0x2d00-0x2dfe] has been ...

I've downloaded the linksys drivers to a portable drive using a windows pc .txz I assume is the correct extension. Now I don't know how to install them. I have been told to use rpm or red hat but I can find neither. I was assuming gsplat is a similar program but it seem to not want to install from ...

I also am unable to play MP3, MP4, 3GP and wav files. These cannot be windows only because my phone can play and create these. Any suggestion here?

I did a full install of salix 13.1.1. When It came to open office it encountered a fatal error and was unable to install. When using the drivers program it asked for a .inf I gave it to it. Th epc started to think then froze. If I am unable to run any of my previous Software I fail to see any plus ...

I am using a dell dimension with the original motherboard it is a 2006 model with Pentium d. Office is one of the programs I want to use and the open office failed to install and with out proper internet access(I'm using my blackberry) I can't get functional software. My wireless adapter is linksys ...

i am new to linux. windows will no longer work on my machine i cant explain it but ive tried 98 and xp os disks and bsod every time so i giv linux salix 13.1.1 a shot loaded up great but i cant run because it does not recognize any of the file types except images and pdf. is it ppossible to run ...