New to linux

[heartwork]

hii im new to linux.. i have fedora 7 installed on my 2nd old pc..
i cant get amsn working.. im pretty sure it installed okay but when i try open it i get "starting amsn" in toolbar but nothing comes up and it goes away after about 8seconds.. any ideas??
also is tehre a way to take off mouse accel completely? you can slow it down but i cant take it all the way off?
and whats the best noob guide on the net for learning how to use fedora..
cheers

[stevea]

System->Preferences->Hardware->Mouse, see the "Motion" tab.

Try starting "amsn" from a terminal and see what errors it produces.
I just tried and got ....

[root@lycoperdon build]# amsn
Error in startup script: can't find package BWidget
while executing
"package require BWidget"
(file "gui.tcl" line 15)
invoked from within

Which looks like a missing dependency (FC7 has several).

The command "yum install bwidget tclsoap" (as root) solved this problem.