can't run programs

digeratum · 04-10-2004, 11:21 AM

I'm a complete newbie to Linux, and I decided to install it on my HP Pavilion Zt1000-series laptop. I finally got mandrake 10.0 Community installed on it, and I'm using the Gnome GUI, but I can't seem to run programs. I've gotten Mozilla and the terminal to run every once in a while, but more often than not it will show an icon in the task bar and then the icon disappears. Can anyone help me?

miknight · 04-10-2004, 12:15 PM

Try opening a terminal. If you can get that going try starting your programs from that, as they may print help debug information to help diagnose the problem.

tearinox · 04-10-2004, 01:13 PM

umm.. reinstall? sounds like you messed something up if its a fresh install. Like miknight said, open up the terminal and type "mozilla" or something.