Several Questions from a New Linux User

**locuspoint** · 08-01-2007

I just installed Linux, since Windows 2000 stopped working on this computer. The primary problem is - well, my mouse persistently lags around the screen. It takes me minutes to navigate from one webpage to another or even select menus on the desktop.
I have tried tweaking the options in the "Mouse" Settings, but all failed. I'm using an IBM USB Optical Mouse. I'm using Redhat Fedora, somewhere near version 2.5, I think. (The "About Fedora" option won't open up.) Is it possible that the problems are being caused by my system configuration?

My second question is: How do I use a Windows program on Linux? A link to the information will be appreciated.

Also: In Windows, the "Windows" key on my keyboard opens up the beginning menu. Are there keyboard shortcuts to open up "Applications", "Places", or "System"?

Finally: If Fedora's interactive mouse arrow and desktop is related to graphics, is it possible to cut down on the amount of advanced graphics being used?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Locus

**Tutku** · 08-01-2007

i don't know which desktop environment do you use, Gnome or KDE? but both of them have preferences about mouse, and mouse sensitivity you can set your mouse via them.

yes you can use windwos programse under Linux, the keyword ise Wine

shortcuts for Gnome and KDE is shown here

**devils casper** · 08-01-2007

Originally Posted by locuspoint

just installed Linux, since Windows 2000 stopped working on this computer. The primary problem is - well, my mouse persistently lags around the screen. It takes me minutes to navigate from one webpage to another or even select menus on the desktop.
I have tried tweaking the options in the "Mouse" Settings, but all failed. I'm using an IBM USB Optical Mouse. I'm using Redhat Fedora, somewhere near version 2.5, I think. (The "About Fedora" option won't open up.) Is it possible that the problems are being caused by my system configuration?

Originally Posted by locuspoint

Finally: If Fedora's interactive mouse arrow and desktop is related to graphics, is it possible to cut down on the amount of advanced graphics being used?

Hi and Welcome !

Did you enable 3D effects? Did you configure Graphics Card properly?
Post Device Mouse and Video Card Sections from /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Post the contents of /etc/fedora-release file too.

Originally Posted by locuspoint

Also: In Windows, the "Windows" key on my keyboard opens up the beginning menu. Are there keyboard shortcuts to open up "Applications", "Places", or "System"?

You can assign any Key Combinations for Applications, Places and System Menus.

**Neel.M** · 08-01-2007

To run Windows programs you would need to get wine and xwine. Xwine is graphical, so it is easier to use then wine, but you cannot run xwine without wine. You have to make sure that you download the suitable Libraries for it aswell, which I think is:

libgnome32

One major problem is that it is not 100% stable and you would not be able to run alot of programs, eg.. New games. xwine can be stressy.

***Cabhan*** · 08-01-2007

In response to the Windows programs things:

What exactly do you want to run? Many applications have Linux alternatives. For instance, we use the GIMP instead of Photoshop, Inkscape instead of Illustrator, OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office, etc.

If you want to run games, that's where the fun part starts. You can indeed use Wine to run Windows games, but not all games work, particularly graphics-intensive ones. You can see Wine's AppDB at:
Wine Application DB - Wine Application Database

If you're looking at gaming, you might also want to check out Cedega, which is an early fork of Wine that focuses on gaming:
TransGaming Inc.
Cedega Games Database
Note that Cedega does require a subscription.

Since you're using Fedora, you can just run use the installation program on your system (can't remember what the graphical one is called: the commandline one is called yum) to install Wine and try it out, if you desire.

**locuspoint** · 08-01-2007

Originally Posted by Tutku

i don't know which desktop environment do you use, Gnome or KDE? but both of them have preferences about mouse, and mouse sensitivity you can set your mouse via them.

yes you can use windwos programse under Linux, the keyword ise Wine

shortcuts for Gnome and KDE is shown here

I'm using Gnome, and I already attempted changing the mouse settings around. Unfortunately, it failed to fix the problem. I'll try again, though.
And, I'll be checking that link for shortcuts, momentarily; thanks.

Originally Posted by devils_casper

Hi and Welcome !

Did you enable 3D effects? Did you configure Graphics Card properly?
Post Device Mouse and Video Card Sections from /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Post the contents of /etc/fedora-release file too.

You can assign any Key Combinations for Applications, Places and System Menus.

I'm not sure, but there is something revolving around the arrow pointer, so - Yes, I think 3D effects is enabled. And the Graphics Card - I'm not sure what you mean. I'll try to fool around with different setttings as I find them.

For the file's you asked - I found my latest problem. The browser opened up, and so did some other applications, but when I attempt to "Edit with Text Editor", nothing happens. I do[ get the "Starting Text Editor" or "Opening xorg.confg" part, but nothing after that. I'll keep trying to open it..

Originally Posted by Cabhan

In response to the Windows programs things:

What exactly do you want to run? Many applications have Linux alternatives. For instance, we use the GIMP instead of Photoshop, Inkscape instead of Illustrator, OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office, etc.

If you want to run games, that's where the fun part starts. You can indeed use Wine to run Windows games, but not all games work, particularly graphics-intensive ones. You can see Wine's AppDB at:
Wine Application DB - Wine Application Database

If you're looking at gaming, you might also want to check out Cedega, which is an early fork of Wine that focuses on gaming:
TransGaming Inc.
Cedega Games Database
Note that Cedega does require a subscription.

Since you're using Fedora, you can just run use the installation program on your system (can't remember what the graphical one is called: the commandline one is called yum) to install Wine and try it out, if you desire.

Yes, I actually would like to run a game - MapleStory to be precise.
As soon as I can get the mouse fixed, I would love to have some fun with Cadega, Wine, and whatnot.

(And thanks for the info about not requiring a subscription.)

**devils casper** · 08-01-2007

I'm not sure, but there is something revolving around the arrow pointer, so - Yes, I think 3D effects is enabled. And the Graphics Card - I'm not sure what you mean. I'll try to fool around with different setttings as I find them.

For the file's you asked - I found my latest problem. The browser opened up, and so did some other applications, but when I attempt to "Edit with Text Editor", nothing happens. I do[ get the "Starting Text Editor" or "Opening xorg.confg" part, but nothing after that. I'll keep trying to open it..

Execute this

Code:

su -
lspci

Post output here.
To view the contents of xor.conf file, execute this

Code:

less /etc/X11/xorg.conf

**locuspoint** · 08-01-2007

Originally Posted by devils_casper

Execute this

Code:

su -
lspci

Post output here.
To view the contents of xor.conf file, execute this

Code:

less /etc/X11/xorg.conf

xorg.conf

Code:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "single head configuration"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, a font server independent of the X server is
# used to render fonts.
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "fbdevhw"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#	Option	"XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
# or:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
#
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "MAG0302"
	DisplaySize  320	240
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	HorizSync    30.0 - 70.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "nv"
	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
	BoardName   "nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
		Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1152x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection

Also. fedora-release

Code:

Fedora Core release 5 (Bordeaux)

Never mind, I logged out and logged back in to open up terminal.

When I type in the su-lspci command, the Terminal says the command does not exist.
I tried typing su, and then logging in as root. After that, I executed lspci, and I still get the same result: Bash: -lspci: Command not found

Code:

su: user lspci does not exist

Code:

bash: -lspci: command not found

**devils casper** · 08-02-2007

Execute su - ( su and minus sign ) not su only.

Code:

su -
lspci

Did you install nVidia Driver?
Execute this

Code:

rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-5.rpm
yum -y install kmod-nvidia

Reboot machine after executing above commands.

**locuspoint** · 08-02-2007

Ah, okay, thanks for that; I'm not sure if the driver is installed or not, but will those commands install them? If not, I'll go try to install the driver.

Here's the output of lspci:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
00:04.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
00:04.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:04.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16)
00:04.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16)
00:04.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): NEC Corporation uPD72874 IEEE1394 OHCI 1.1 3-port PHY-Link Ctrlr (rev 01)
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Unknown device 8185 (rev 20)
00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)

And I'm rebooting now....right after I execute those two commands..
Thanks for the help so far!

Edit: When I tried the second command, I received an error.

Code:

[root@new-host ~]# yum -y install kmod-nvidia
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
livna                                                                [1/4]
core                                                                 [2/4]
updates                                                              [3/4]
extras                                                               [4/4]
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package kmod-nvidia.i686 0:1.0.8776-2.2.6.20_1.2320.fc5 set to be installed--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-kmod-common >= 1.0.8776 for package: kmod-nvidia
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.i386 0:1.0.8776-1.lvn5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Conflict: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia conflicts selinux-policy < 2.2.29-2.fc5
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia conflicts with selinux-policy < 2.2.29-2.fc5

Nevertheless, I will reboot.

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