hi, i am still within a week of my first try at linux on my laptop.

i finally figured out the urpmi and successfully installed firefox using it (awesome!). does urpmi do updates of software too?

i.e. i have mdk10, but only kde 3.2 was installed, and i want to upgrade to KDE 3.3 ... how do I do that?

how do i try out other window managers, i.e. icewm? what's the command for starting icewm? I think i'd put that in my .xinitrc file to make it the default...

I am trying to add an icon shortcut to my panel for firefox. but i have no clue what path firefox installed to, so i can't add it to the "start menu" first, which determines what apps i can make a shortcut to on the panel. how do you "find" files? I tried the KDE find tool, but it freezes on me everytime. is there something in unix where i can just type "find firefox" and it'd show me all the files that contain firefox in the name and their path? actually, all I really care about is where the executable file is. it's not in /bin, it's not in usr/local/bin ...

also, how do i set up acpi or apm? i have the linux laptop problem where it is overheating and shuts down all of sudden. currently i have a fan next to my laptop and it's holding up. but i read some other posts about "acpi" and "apm" that can manage your computer fans and temperatures for you, how do i do that?

any answers to any of these questions is much appreciated. thanks.

jason

Yes, it does.

Either on the command line : $ urpmi.update -a --auto-select
or using the MCC/rpmdrake gui.

The *safest* way to do that is wait for 10.2 to be released, then point your urpmi sources to that release. KDE3.3 has had some problems in MDK 10.1.

First, make sure you have the WM's you want to try installed: $ urpmi icewm

Then, log out (but do *not* reboot). At the login panel, you should be able to select the DE/WM to use. IF you decide to change your default one, you can set that somewhere (I'm not sure where - I'm at work, not at my Linux box).

I *think* it's in /usr/bin. And it might be named "mozilla-firefox".

From the command line, you can use the "find" command. The basic syntax I use is
$ find /usr/bin -name *firefox

check "man find" for more info.

You can set up acpi in the MCC (Configure Your Computer), in the "Boot" section, IIRC. You might have to hit an "Adavanced" button somewhere, too. I forget.

You might also want to install the "lm_sensors" package via urpmi. When installed, type (as root) "# sensors_detect" to configure.

One of my favorites for finding stuff is the locate command. It runs off of a database of your system files and finds things very very quickly (once the database is generated).