When you say what desktop you mean what kind of computer, right? -Sony Vaio Laptop PCJ-5J2L
Hope that answers that one.
Kernel version. -I think you mean type of pclinux... pclinuxOS GNOME
Next, hopefully.
Fully updated? Hopefully the last message I sent you answers that question. If not well then I really don't think I am. I cant complete my synaptic package downloads. I'm always unable to retrieve something.
Next.
Hardware Specifications? Now I give up!!! -Sony Viao PCG-5J2L Laptop C2D 2GHz 2GB 200GB DVDRW DL WiFi
Processor: Core 2 Duo T7250 2GHz
Memory: 2GB RAM (Upgradeable to 4)
HDD: 200GB Hard Drive
Optical Drive: DVD+/-RW Double Layer
Display: 14.1" XBRITE WXGA Display (1280x800)
Graphics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 358MB shared memory
Modem: 56k modem
Network: 10/100 network, 802.11a/b/g/n wireless
Thank God for copy and paste! Or whoever that was...lol
What desktop could refer to which
DE (Desktop Environment) such as
Gnome or
KDE, or a
specific desktop withing any given DE. (
I have 20 virtual desktops in my KDE installation) It could also refer to whether your computer was a
desktop, rather than
laptop unit. It depends on the
context in which it's used.
Kernel version is which kernel is running your installation, and can be determined by the
uname -r command in a terminal.
[root@littleboy ~]# uname -r2.6.33.7-pclos5.bfs <-- This is my current running kernel.Fully updated refers to opening
Synaptic, clicking the links
Reload --> Mark All Upgrades --> Apply and then
Apply again in the confirmation window, in that order,
each time you use
Synaptic. If you
don't Reload, you
won't have a list of the packages
currently on the repo mirror you use. Without a list, there is
nothing to choose from. If you don't do the
full upgrade before installing
extra apps, your system will get out of sync with the repos, and the various parts of the installed system, and will
break things.
We need to know the
current state of your machine,
what you have
done with the system since installing it, and
in what sequence, before we can be of much help. We can't see your system, and all we can know about it is what
you tell us. No
useful information = no
useful help.
Useful information consists of a brief
history of what lead to your problem, what you've
tried to fix the problem, what
results that got, and
accurate reporting of any and all
error messages you may have gotten along the way.
Post that, and we can get started.
