Installing Fedora 9 - Problems


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something i did was bugged fedora out a lot... =\

a lot of things arn't opening now like my other partitions, or terminal, firefox keeps freezing, and my screen turned blank everytime i try to open something .

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Are you sure that you have a good download, burn and install? Once you got it installed, it should do all the basics (open terminals and other apps) just fine.

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it has been, until 2 hours ago or so.

after installing like..10 packages for compiz.

im on vista now, because firefox stopped opening as well >.>

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looks like i managed to destroy fedora somehow

nothing i open from the task bar shows up, i think its opening but i cant see it...i think its appearing on a different desktop or something but the four on the bottom show blank :s

is there a keyboard command to see running tasks? or to switch to application?

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Well, there is the CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch to a TTY text login. You can use a ps ax command to list tasks. The kill command can kill a task number.

To kill X (your GUI) and restart it, you can use CTRL+ALT+[backspace]

I added you to MSN. I have kids baseball games (4 kids, 4 games) today, so will be out most of the day.

I think at this point, I would try a fresh re-install. Do not install nVidia drivers. Do not set up compiz or anything. Just a plain install.

Then see if you still have these odd problems.

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i did do a fresh install last night and i realized what had happened...now that i can see it.

after doing the fresh install i managed to install everything i wanted and installed last time without using any guides, and without running into any issues.

now that i know how to use terminal and the package manager, and that network manager was giving me problems the first time.

i was right about what was happening last time.

i didnt configure compiz to load on startup, so i guess they were opening on another desktop, i know it was compiz because the windows i could open were opening without the 'window decoration'.

last time i tried installing compiz-fusion through the package manager and i guess i didnt install everything i needed either, because i only had 1/4 of the features, this time i did it through terminal.

after doing this fresh install ive:

system update

install nvidia drivers

install compiz fusion

install wine

install vlc player

installed cario-dock

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2 current issues:

#1, windows i open are appearing 'under' the taskbar/panels, making me have to move the window to min/max/close etc...

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#2, even though i have my network connection set to activate on startup, its starting inactive, and i have to go into the network settings and turn it on.

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