help msn, mp3 just about everything

[bornyesterday]

ok nice shiny new problem, i can't use msn in any size shape or form gaim attempts to sign me in the says protocol not supported same with yahoo, no idea why, i can't get any .bin or .rpm files to lauch execute whatever. not had a lot of time to tinker around with it. kan't get mp3s to play off dvd. duno why. The real problem is i'm not gona spend much time under linux if i can't use msn, play music or generally access my mac files (the vids, txt music etc) so i'll never really learn to use it.. hence why i want help with

1. accessing my other harddrive assuming this is possible
2. finding or installing an mp3 player that will actually play mp3 dvds if possible
3. learning 2 build a kernal so i can use mac on linux (see last post)

any and all help greatly appreciated. thanks in advance

[Suramya]

Hi,
First you didn't provide a lot of information about your setup which would have helped us help you. What distro are you using? What version of gaim are you running? Did you try installing the latest version? What kind of hdd are you trying to access? (Windows, Mac etc)

Linux is a lot different than Windows and Mac's. There is a steep learning curve associated with it and you need to accept that now or you will loose a lot of hair when stuff doesn't work the way you want it to.

Now for the solutions:

For accessing other hard disks follow the instructions here: http://linux.org.mt/article/winmount

For accessing msn try amsn (http://amsn.sourceforge.net/)


Hope this helps.

- Suramya

[hard candy]

It's a good idea to add your system and distro to your sig if you'll be asking a lot of questions, gives some background to your questions.
http://www.faqs.org/docs/lnag/lnag_drives.html is a good site for you.

Here is the home page of the site:
http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/index.html

[hard candy]

And this howto is from the Yellowdog site:
Building a custom kernel (http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/kernels.shtml)

They had a lot of other howto's listed as well.

[Dark Ninja]

Also, FYI, Gaim was having trouble connecting to MSN and Yahoo for the longest time. So, it may be fixed in a newer version.