a striver....

[rathin2j]

hello everyone,
i was surfing on net and saw different distros of linux and the facilities provided by them so i was impressed and as a result i have downloaded FEDORA 10 and have installed it.it was quit a difficult task bcoz my knowledge in computing is very week.any way after almost a "striving period of 3 week i was able to full function my fedora.but now i m having few questions if any body can answer. which are listed below.
(1)i went through the add\remove software"application and found that i m not able to switch my self between different DESKTOPS (such as KDE,XFCE,)at present i m in GNOME.then what to do?
(2) every time i boot my sys.in fedora,after booting it shows error that " ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device 'ON' . now what to do of that?
(3)every time i" suspend" my PC it just goes OFF but doesn't resume from it,what can be the problem?

sorry to pose this much question at a time but i m lacking patients now bcoz on first sight i was very much impressed and found that MICROSOFT cant beat linux any ways or means but now linux is becoming HEAD ACHE for me. so pleas guid..so that i can continue with FEDORA bcoz "I LIKE IT" thank u very much.

[MikeTbob]

Hello and Welcome!

1. You might need to install XFCE/KDE before you can use them, either use the package manager to install them or use yum from a command line.
2. This is probably related directly to number 3, I think they are both ACPI problems, which is mainly just power save options for Laptops. I don't use it myself because I do not have a laptop. Hopefully someone else can pitch in here and help you out.
3. See #2

EDIT: if you want to use apm instead of acpi (I don't think you can use both) try editing your /boot/grub/grub.conf file and add apm=on acpi=off in the line that declares the kernel location, on my system it would look like this:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-1 ro root=LABEL=/ apm=on acpi=off quiet

maybe it's worth a try ...

[Sunnyside]

Linux is great and quite the learning experience. But there are over 600 variations, some of which are "bleeding edge technology", in other words, "clicky, buggy, in testing stage". Fedora is in this class, you picked one of the most user unfriendly Linux distributions.
But, you can master it with dedication and lots of bandwidth as there are always tons of updates due to the "bleeding edge technology" thing.

If other desktops like KDE and XFCE are already installed, you would have to select the one you want to use shortly after booting up during the logon stage, there should be a menu somewhere there where you would select the desktop environment of choice when you input your user name and password. Most Linux distributions including Fedora will allow you to set it to automatically log you into a defined desktop environment without having to input user name and password, if this is the case for you, you need to reset through administration/user accounts to omit auto logon so you can select a different desktop, or reset auto logon to boot into a different desktop.
As for question number two...
The last time I installed Fedora I told myself it would be the last time I install Fedora. I like a lean fast system, and Fedora installs everything even if you try to customize during installation to omit bloatware (stuff you don't want or need). One of the things the installer did that made me shake my head was to install laptop applications/services when I installed it on my desktop...like a battery monitor and a ton of other useless laptop stuff. This may be your situation, and why you get the error.

[jayd512]

Welcome to the boards!

rathin2j, you can install other either desktop with the package manager. Once installed, log out of your session. When you log back in, you'll see the option at the bottom to change default environment. As far as the other 2 questions, Mike beat me to it. Try his suggestions, and try to post any errors that might come up.

Sunnyside, why the anti-Fedora approach? It didn't really seem relevant to the thread.

[rathin2j]

hello..
first of all i would like to thank u all for the INSTANT HELP.i was really suffocated.now coming on the answer....
(1) as MikeTbob sayed yes,mine is a DESKTOP.but i m sorry to tell that i couldnt understand what is he trying to say due to my lack of technical know-how.so please sir if u can simplify it.which is quoted below...

EDIT: if you want to use apm instead of acpi (I don't think you can use both) try editing your /boot/grub/grub.conf file and add apm=on acpi=off in the line that declares the kernel location, on my system it would look like this:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-1 ro root=LABEL=/ apm=on acpi=off quiet

(2)and in the matter of sunnyside, is right but i m not give any option to select environment and the problem is that i am not able to access the ROOT ACCOUNT(though i m the ROOT ) i dont know why!!.so if u can tell the method of opening that root acount in a graphical interface then it would be of great help.

and (3) sir " jayd512 " and to all , dont worry,now u can consider me a new ACTIVIST in your linux team, who is going to bring as many as xxxxxSOFT user to LINUX as possible(for sure).

so...thank u again for the instant help,have a nice day to all...

[jayd512]

Mike was giving you what are called boot parameters. You should be able to enter these commands during the GRUB screen. Meaning you can make a small edit in the way the OS boots up, and what hardware support you might have. Here's more info on them: Link.
On the question of the root account, logging into the root account in the GUI has been disabled by default.

[Sunnyside]

Sunnyside, why the anti-Fedora approach? It didn't really seem relevant to the thread.

i have downloaded FEDORA 10 and have installed it.it was quit a difficult task bcoz my knowledge in computing is very week

I'm just giving friendly advice, look at the OPs experience just trying to install the OS.
Fedora is a testing platform. I've run Debian testing alongside of Fedora, when I noticed for example, KDE team updated thier source, the very next day or day after that Fedora sends the updated packages down the wire. Debian testing could be a week or more behind.
What this tell me, just as is already known by many Fedora users is that Red Hat does not test anything untill a bug report shows up, the tight Linux users whom don't want to pay for RHEL use Fedora and those users are the testing team. And traditionally if you allow updates in Fedora you will experience breakage, and you will be spending time at bugzilla. And if you're on dial-up you'll drop it like a hot potato because of the huge amount of bandwidth required to keep up with the updates.

If you are new to Linux, and your "knowledge in computing is very week", Fedora may not be the best pick when there are over 600 variations of Linux operating systems.
I like Linux also, but I need it for purposes other than developing it. This is actually the case for most "New Linux users" also. And in an effort to avoid witnessing frustrated new Linux users going back to the OS they were using before as I've seen often enough, I'll do my part to try and keep them interested. As such, my comments are not meant to start flame wars, and I will not comment any further on the subject if you still can't see the angle I'm comming from.

[rathin2j]

hello,
after viewing ur angle i think u r quite right in ur thoughts.then according to you WHICH DISTRO I SHOULD USE? please help me to select other one which fits best for desktop and multimedia applications.and can i keep fedora and other distro both?if yes HOW?

and hi jay you r saying that root account is by default disabled means there is NO WAY to access it?bcoz i wanted to install OPENOFFICE 3 then too i was not able to install it,as it requires ADMINISTRATOR PRIVILEGE,then how to install it? bcoz it gets installed but it is not RUNNING.

thank u very much for the kind support....

[jayd512]

I thing I said it wrong. What I mean is that logging in as root and staying that way is disabled. You can still open a terminal and change to root with

su -
<enter root password>

You'll then have admin rights.

As far as the opinions on Fedora, if Fedora doesn't suit your needs, then by all means try another distro! Try the distro quiz found here: zegenie Studios Linux Distribution Chooser. And if it turns out you kinda like Fedora but want to try other waters, setting up a dual-boot with Linux is pretty easy.

By the way, OpenOffice 3 is installed on Fedora 10 by default.

[rathin2j]

hi,
OH so openoffice is by default in fedora!!! ha..ha..ha.. and thanks for the distro help.i'l look in to it and will let u know jayd.can i mail u personally???(if u dont mind,obviously!!).thanks for the help ,have a nice day..