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Well i Just installed Mageia on a old laptop to help its speed. I have very little experience with linux but really want to get it up and running.

I was trying to install my trackpoint middle mouse button for my lenovo x61. However i am having trouble creating the the new file that i need to in root. Below is the how to that will solve my problem, could someone help me creating the file in root?

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Open a terminal window and enter

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su -

(The '-' is important)
Give your root pasword and you are now operating in the terminal as root user. As a newbie you are probably more comfortable using a GUI so enter

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dolphin

and a copy of the dolphin file manager will open and you can use it to edit files as root user. (Assuming you are using KDE. If you are using GNOME the command is 'nautilus' )

Have fun

hmm, i think i used LDXE or something. that was the one that was already checked off so i assumed it would be alright

Sherlock19 wrote:hmm, i think i used LDXE or something. that was the one that was already checked off so i assumed it would be alright

If you are using LXDE the command is 'pcmanfm', but if LXDE was the default when you installed, then that means either you are using a very old computer and the installer did not think it fast enough to run one of the more heavyweight desktops, or else you installed using the "Dual-CD" which would give you a very minimal installation, not very newbie friendly.

If that is what you have done I recommend you install again using either the DVD or one of the LiveCDs.

well i think i used the regular cd download. I have a laptop that is 5 years old... 3 gig of ram 2.4g dual core. I think i will reinstall with the dvd, i only used the cd because i couldnt find any blank dvds because i just moved and there is tons of boxes in the basement still.

I will be back...

Yes, that was the dual CD you used. It installs on both 32 and 64 bit hardware so has only half a CD available for each architecture. That is only room enough for a bare minimum of packages.

The Live CDs are built for a specific architecture and contain a single desktop, KDE or Gnome with a reasonable number of packages as well as proprietary video drivers.

The DVD is architecture specific, but contains KDE, GNOME and LXDE as well as a lot of applications, but no proprietary drivers.

No matter which media you install with you can add more desktops and other packages later from the online sources. The only reason I suggest reinstallation in your case is because as a newbie you will not know what is missing in your minimal install.

add to that any 2.4 gig laptop with 3 gig of ram is more than enough
to run KDE.

my slowest machine is a first gen atom chip (samsung NC10) and its more that fast enough.

regards peter