i have 2 questions right now....

[bmxface]

i just started using Gnome... and nautilus seems not to work AT ALL. and i have no clue why.....when i click on the icon on the toolbar...it acts like its tried to open but didnt get anything. and when i type it in any command line....same thing....

and whats the command and options i need to unpack soemthing thats tared?

[Dolda2000]

If it's just tarred, then use "tar -xvf filename.tar". If it's gzipped, then use "tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz". If it's bzip2'ed, then use "tar -xvjf filename.tar.bz2".

Try running "strace nautilus" and see if it terminates from a signal.

[bmxface]

open("/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0pg\0\000"..., 1024) = 1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=214368, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 217004, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40a93000
mprotect(0x40ac6000, 8108, PROT_NONE)   = 0
old_mmap(0x40ac6000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x32000) = 0x40ac6000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\200\23"..., 1024) = 1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=14904, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 17848, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40ac8000
mprotect(0x40acc000, 1464, PROT_NONE)   = 0
old_mmap(0x40acc000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x3000) = 0x40acc000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`E\0\000"..., 1024) = 1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=90883, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 335520, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40acd000
mprotect(0x40adc000, 274080, PROT_NONE) = 0
old_mmap(0x40adc000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0xe000) = 0x40adc000
old_mmap(0x40adf000, 261792, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40adf000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\220\275"..., 1024) = 1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=436144, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 434120, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40b1f000
mprotect(0x40b88000, 4040, PROT_NONE)   = 0
old_mmap(0x40b88000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x69000) = 0x40b88000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/i686/mmx/libcdda_paranoia.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/lib/i686/mmx", 0xbfffea30)     = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/i686/libcdda_paranoia.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/lib/i686", 0xbfffea30)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/mmx/libcdda_paranoia.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/lib/mmx", 0xbfffea30)          = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/libcdda_paranoia.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/lib", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
open("/usr/lib/i686/mmx/libcdda_paranoia.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/usr/lib/i686/mmx", 0xbfffea30) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/i686/libcdda_paranoia.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/usr/lib/i686", 0xbfffea30)     = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/mmx/libcdda_paranoia.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/usr/lib/mmx", 0xbfffea30)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libcdda_paranoia.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/usr/lib", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=24576, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40b89000
writev(2, [{"nautilus", 8}, {": ", 2}, {"error while loading shared libra"..., 36}, {": ", 2}, {"libcdda_paranoia.so.0", 21}, {": ", 2}, {"cannot open shared object file", 30}, {": ", 2}, {"No such file or directory", 25}, {"\n", 1}], 10nautilus: error while loading shared libraries: libcdda_paranoia.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
) = 129
semget(127, 3221219700, 0xa|02)         = -1 ENOSYS (Function not implemented)
_exit(127)                              = ?

i cant post the total output because xterm dont have a scroll bar

[Dolda2000]

nautilus: error while loading shared libraries: libcdda_paranoia.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

It seems that you have to install cdparanoia or something.

[bmxface]

well wtf...thats dumb.....and now it seems my background wont change form the retarded look it starts with...whats up with this Gnome.....here i am thinking it would be better then KDE :\

[Dolda2000]

"won't change"? What does that mean? How have you gone about trying?

[bmxface]

well i went the the background thing and selected what i wanted....but the funny thign is....even though it made me madd that gnome did that...i reinstalled with the FULL 2 gig install.. and everything works perfect....maybe now ill just delete what i dont want?....

[Dolda2000]

Indeed.

[bmxface]

Indeed.

whoh .... shortest reply i EVER seen from you...congrats....and is there a way to "lock" the screen in Gnome? like in kde....that was verry helpful for other people to not mess with my ****....

[Dolda2000]

LOL! Sorry, then... I just couldn't think of anything but to agree with you. =)

I always lock my display as well, or my little sister will immediately come running along and do terrible things to my precious work. =)
It comes with the xscreensaver distribution and is called xlock. It usually presents itself under GNOME's "Actions" menu.