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NEED Help, im a beginner with feisty fawn

Asked by adeignsss

My first question would be, when I download how do I know which one to pick as far as jrd,rpm and so on what does these letters mean?

2. sound? how do i get sound?

3. after i download and open it can't find the file ???help

im currently trying to download the 8.04v but i dont know how to extract it or anything that is???help

Could someone walk me through all the steps from start to finish and give me a little heads up n this operating system?

I would really appreciate the time u take out to help. Thanks.

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Vikas Bhasin (vikasb) said : 		#1

Hello,

Ubuntu is based on debian, or deb files...jrd and rpm are packages which are used to install the files.
simply go to terminal window and type

1. sudo apt-get update

2. sudo apt dpkg --configure -a

Hope it solve the issue.

It will automatically extract the packages.

Thanks,

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Elfy (elfy) said : 		#2

When you have downloaded 8.04 you don't want to extract - you need to burn it as an iso and boot with it.

rpm files using different package (technology) you can't install them as they are, but you can change some of them to deb using a program called alien - install it and read the manual

sudo apt-get install alien
man alien

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation

Sound - you need to provide more information on what sound card you have before anyone will be able to help, if you don't know opena aterminal and do

lspci

There will be a line there that says what soundcard you have

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adeignsss (adreignsss-hotmail) said : 		#3

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:0e.0 Communication controller: Conexant HCF 56k Data/Fax Modem (rev 08)
00:11.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 24)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c)

this is the info for my sound card. i dont know how to read it
Do u see anything else that'll help or needs to be changed

And when I download and then open it says : gedit has not been able to detect the character coding.
Please check that you are not trying to open a binary file.
Select a character coding from the menu and try again.

thanks:)

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adeignsss (adreignsss-hotmail) said : 		#4

What is the root password when trying to install java?

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Elfy (elfy) said : 		#5

the root password is your own password when using sudo or gksudo

root itself is apparently a completely different kettle of fish that I've not bothered to look into as yet

As far as the sound card problem I'm afraid I have no idea - it doesn't appear to have recognised it - have you got a separate sound card or is it the onboard one.

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adeignsss (adreignsss-hotmail) said : 		#6

its on the motherboard.

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Elfy (elfy) said : 		#7

I'm afraid I can't help - try the forum

http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=326

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POOLESGOV2000@YAHOO.COM (poolesgov3000) said : 		#8

I, JUST, WANT TO GET LOGGED ON TO YAHOO,COM
POOLESGOV3000@YAHOO,COM
PASSWORD POOLESVILLE

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