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Old May 28th, 2006, 01:08 PM
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Kubuntu uses the apt-get package manager. In a terminal (konsole in kde system menu) you can run 'sudo apt-get update' to update the sources, then 'sudo apt-get install gaim' and it should fetch/install the package for you. (you will need to enter your root password) If it does not, you need to change your /etc/apt/sources.list file, just post it here and we can show you what to change.
Appreciate the help, Kage.

I'm more confused in regards to which download link I choose though.

Mandrake - RedHat 9.2 & 10 - Federa Core 1,2,3,4 - Autopackage or Source

Which one do I opt for?

Jedi, this came with User Manager (KUser) & Kopete - that's about all I can see in the way of an instant messenging system. On Kopete it seems like I'm already signed - but I would have expected to sign in traditionally - a la msn and have a contact list appear....I'm really not sure.

I'm still feeling my way about the thing - but it's pretty good.
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Old May 28th, 2006, 07:44 PM
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Slogan, you do not need to download the package from gaim's site at all. All you would need to do is run 'sudo apt-get install gaim' as I posted earlier within a console. That will download the package specially built for debian/kubuntu and install it for you.
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Old May 28th, 2006, 08:05 PM
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Apologies, Kage. I got it to work. One problem I did have though was the entering the command and password bit - I had to copy what I wanted (the command and password) then select 'paste' via the terminal program in order to get what I wanted entered. It wouldn't let me type it in for some reason. Where could I find support for my sound (not working) and where do you get those commands from by the way?


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Old May 28th, 2006, 11:15 PM
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Oh thats not good.

try this in Konsole

'sudo lspci'
Without the quotes.
Paste output here.

You could of just used Kopete.

Settings > Configure > New
To start adding an account to it. Repeat for as many different accounts you have out there.
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Old May 28th, 2006, 11:21 PM
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0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS 645xx (rev 50) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0003 0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 25) 0000:00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0016 0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] 0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0) 0000:00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) 0000:00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) 0000:00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller 0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90) 0000:00:06.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 0000:00:06.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 0000:00:06.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04) 0000:00:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02) 0000:00:08.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 0000:00:08.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 0000:00:08.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04) 0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
Tried Kopete - much prefer Gaim.

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Old May 29th, 2006, 12:40 AM
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Apologies, Kage. I got it to work. One problem I did have though was the entering the command and password bit - I had to copy what I wanted (the command and password) then select 'paste' via the terminal program in order to get what I wanted entered. It wouldn't let me type it in for some reason. Where could I find support for my sound (not working) and where do you get those commands from by the way?

The user commands (programs) in linux are stored in a folder caller 'bin'. The 'administrative' or 'root' commands are stored in a folder called 'sbin'. These folders are located at /bin, /sbin; /usr/bin, /usr/sbin; /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/sbin; /usr/X11R6/bin, and /usr/X11R6/sbin. Each one of these programs comes with its own manual, you can read these using the command 'man <program>'. For instance, 'man ifconfig' will display the manual on using the ifconfig utility, which is essentially the linux-equivalent of ipconfig in Win32/dos. For more information on man, you can view the manual using 'man man'.

For more information on linux commands, check here: http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/linux/cmd/
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Old May 29th, 2006, 12:55 AM
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Cheers, Kage.

I have a lot to learn.
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Old May 29th, 2006, 02:48 PM
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google linux: http://www.google.com/linux

the great thing about linux is that there's a 90% chance that whatever you want to know has already been asked before.
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Old May 30th, 2006, 03:25 PM
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As to your sound problem, I encountered this when I originally started using Linux. I pulled my hair out for months installing and uninstalling ALSA and experimenting with open sound and could not get the informatiional messaging to confirm that sound was there. It occured to me after a while that I had never actually tried the sound. So, I went into the control panel in KDE selected sound and ran a test of the sound system. This is where I say "DUH". It worked. It should be noted that the system was still telling me that that it could not connect to the sound server. The point is maybe you should try the same thing. If you get an error under ALSA, try open sound and vice versa.
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