Loss of Menu and Wireless card

[Advent Systems]

Stephen
    Thank you for that profound piece or wisdom.  Being a newbie and 
after re-installing each of 3 different distro's dozens of dozens of 
times and still being able to blow the new install up I thought there 
was something wrong with me.  I myself was giving up hope and was 
thinking of going back to Easy CD Creator when after trying "everything" 
I could not get K3b to work with Gnome, (I still can't) but I now have 
renewed faith :)

Bob Randal

Stephen Burke wrote:

> Tucking tail and submitting to the dark lord in Redmond would be unwise.
> In the end you will have to learn Linux  anyway when you simply can't 
> take corporate control of your computing any longer. Listen to 
> Stallman: putting your data into a proprietary system is like putting 
> your neck into a noose. Expecting things to work the first (or second, 
> or third) time, however, is dangerously optimistic.
>
> Simply start over when things become totally unusable
>
> I have built and fried more Linux systems of various flavors here than 
> I can count. All trying to do some simple thing that seemed like a 
> really good idea the moment before I lost control of the desktop or 
> the soundcard or X or whatever.
>
> I gave up on up2date ages ago, since I have never been able to make it 
> work on numerous redhat installs. Every reinstall, it seems, makes me 
> discover some new capability of whatever flavor of Linux that I had 
> not yet discovered, so that's always fun.
>
> There are many flavors to choose from, some easier to deal with than 
> others.
> You should taste at least a few before admitting defeat.
> Or just keep reinstalling that one until it works the way you want it to.
>
> The Linux gods only want one thing from you: STUDY.
>
> imho, anyway.
> ;-),
> S.
>
>
> frank at mogosystems.com wrote:
>
>> I have tried using redhat-menus0 through synaptic and have enraged 
>> the Linux gods. I am now condemned to X-Win and do not know how to 
>> run it very well. I was able to get the gnome-panel running and 
>> figured I could use the desktop switcher to bring back the desktop 
>> but the only choices were XFce or TWN. ( I was hoping for gnome or KDE)
>>
>> The other thing is I can only log in as root. It seems like my normal 
>> login that I use is gone.
>>
>> Should I tuck my tail and run back to Winbloze?
>>
>>
>>
>> *On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:07 , Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> 
>> sent:
>>
>> *
>>
>>     It also comes to mind that you put apt-get on that box, didn't
>>     you? If
>>     so, it's probably not a good idea to mix package handling utilities.
>>
>>     frank at mogosystems.com
>>     <javascript:parent.opencompose('frank at mogosystems.com','','','')>
>>     wrote:
>>
>>     > I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving.
>>     >
>>     > I used up2date on wednesday night and now I am missing some of the
>>     > main menu. I am missing the categories. (i.e. Accessories,
>>     sound and
>>     > video, system tools). The lower part of the menu starting at
>>     "Run an
>>     > Application" is still there. Can anyone tell me where to find
>>     these
>>     > and how to get then back onto the menu?
>>     >
>>     > Also I upgraded the kernel using up2date. When I boot up to the
>>     new
>>     > kerel the wireless device, ath0, does not function. Does any
>>     one have
>>     > any ideas for FC2 on this? (Bob Meyer, there could be more wings
>>     > involved here)
>>     >
>>     > Thanks,
>>     > Frank
>>     >
>>
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