Introducing : New member

[Ricardo F. <ax...@mo...>]

Hi,

I'm new to this list ;)

I 've been using Linux PPC 2000 Q4 since early this year, on an A1200T BP=
PC 175 64 Mb RAM and CV643D kernel 2.4.4 and XFree3.3.6.1 (yes I still do=
n't how to replace it with XFree4) residing in 2 partitions . =

The system is unstable I had many crashes and when using X with Gnome, de=
spite the slowwwwww screen refresh, I managed to compile Apache 1.3.20 wi=
th PHP 4.06 and MySQL 3.23.41, still learning Linux, Apache, MySQL and PH=
P, but some scripts run, I also successfully installed a wireless Interne=
t device (it runs both under LinuxPPC and Amiga OS 3.9), not a printer. b=
ut the system is very unstable, I had unbelievable crashes and the Amiga =
keyboard is remapped (ALT instead of SHIFT), some keys doesn't work at al=
l and I can't use ALT and CTRL because they are not working very well CTR=
L A+A still works resetting the machine, but the @ is very difficult to g=
et, that makes simple tasks a nightmare !!!
I need to stabilize the thing, it was installed by 'hand', using the old =
1999 Linux PPC installer, and then adding files requested by the system, =
I'm using Gnome, the one that comes with the CD, but many apps didn't wor=
k, some do but they crash very often i.e. Netscape 4.7.3 (I couldn't comp=
ile many apps) weirdly I compiled using the kernel RPM source 2.2.18 and =
RPM headers, because I couldn't get a working kernel source 2.4.4 and ker=
nel headers (that still confuses me, because I din't have the time to exp=
lore more deaply how compiling works).
My next step is to make the system stable (reinstalling didn't work), app=
lications such as the Gimp crashed badly when applying simple effects !!!=

Any advise or guidance that help me get the system to work better will be=
 greatly appreciated
TIA


Best regards,
Ricardo Fitzgerald

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