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when i try run package manager i get this

it crashed halfway through installing the thing you said and now when i goto add/remove i get this

-.- ok, whats the command to bring up task manager (ctrl-alt-delete) on here?

installing. why does it ask for my password for everything, how do i disable that?

right, whats next on the to-do list? installed, graphics drivers are installed, all updated. anything else thats a priority before i start customising

CMON YOU LINUX PIECE OF **** me and j are a formidable force, we could take over the world online. sorted it mate, drivers are in, res is set. :D now for the fun stuff

about a grand, but you could bring the cost down a shitload by getting some aerosols mixed up in the colour your having it and spray all the insides yourself, door appatures etc, so the bodyshop only has to mask it once and spray it once. prep it yourself too, pretty easy aslong as theres no...

or will it be safe just to reset my pc or will all these changes be lost that ive just done?

typed that and it accepts it , it comes up Starting GNOME display etc but then it just goes to the next command line. but im sure im hitting my commands from the wrong starting point, its at /etc/modprobe atm, do i need to get it back to my original starting point first? then execute it...

kk leme go try that brb

i wanna give it ago, kdf raves about it so might aswell. first impressions are that its a pain in the arse to set up. it seems faster than vista for general browsing etc, start up is the same time, turn off is the same time. to sum up linux = a lot of f**king about

right, how do i get back into my desktop from alt-ctrl-f6 whats the command to get back onto it? im supposed to open a terminal prompt which i thought was ctrl-alt-f6 but it isnt :( i dont want to reset my pc as all my settings will f**k up

firewall? router problem? possibly its got the port blocked?

cmon J you aint let me down yet, come strong dude ;) ide have expected it to be ~/NVIDIA/usr/etc though?

ello

right that worked, cheers, got pretty far now, im on #5, problem. ive extracted it says copy the wfb module over cd ~/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg2/usr/X11R6/lib/modules tried that and it dont exist. BUT i renamed it to NVIDIA.run, so what folder name will it be? i tried cd...

brb lol

kk 2 secs, just finish uploading these pics

it says it couldnt find em anyway, then if i try just executing the NVIDIA.run, it goes into the set up and i get the error that i need the headers (pics are uploading, 2 secs)

what are linux-headers anyway? do they need to be installed manually or something?

same, something wrong with that code uploading pics now.

i did try it with and without the spaces but it was the second one i took the picture on, brb ill try again with spaces

right sorted, got past that one, it stopped gnome the first command worked fine sudo apt-get remove nvidia* linux-restricted-modules* but this one didnt sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) \ build-essential pkg-config xorg-dev

sorted, got in, next problem (taking the piss now surely?) it came upto fm696@fm696-desktop$: it allowed me to type in after the ":" typed in; sudo/etc/init.d/gdm stop and it came up no such file or directory

ok cheers i'll do that got a problem though, ive exited from gnome and got to the login prompt, it happily lets me put my log in name in and hit enter and it asks for password, but it doesnt let me type ANYTHING for the password. my keyboard is just dead apart from the enter button, i hit enter...

ah ok, its currently in home/fm696 so for my codes ide type in home/fm696/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1.run

(20:35:53) FM (696): how do i change the location of files where they are downloaded to (20:36:14) FM (696): in my little download box it says all files downloaded to : Desktop (20:36:27) FM (696): i click desktop and it brings up my folders, but how do i set it to one of them (20:37:37) FM...

ok cheers :)

or is my home directory hotkey set as ~ ? so my home folder is ~/Dan/pictures just like my local drive on windows would be c/dan/pictures etc