there is soooooo much that doesnt work. most of the little programs in the 'start menu' dont load when i click on them (do i have to run from terminal, if so how to i find where they are located?). i wanted to try out everything that came with it so i could see if i actually wanted to keep anything but hardly any of it works. even if i go to network card configuration it will just sit in the tray for a minute and dissappear. I dont know if its normal, but if it is i would like to just delete all this crap that is pointlessly taking up space.
even xine media player doesnt work.
I downloaded wolfenstein: ET, which runs fine on my windows system, but knoppix has no 3d acceleration for my card! im using a compaq laptop with an ati radeon mobility u1 vidcard and i cant find a driver or patch or anything online. so i guess i cant game on linux.
so far i cant - run anything that came with the distro, play any 3d intensive games.
theres more.

if i try to look at xf86config i get permission denied. whether im logged in as root or not it doesnt matter i always get permission denied.
when trying to install licq when i get to the part where i have to configure the qt gui it gets an error saying that it cant find /bin/moc. its there but its a different version or something and wont work.
i cant set up my network so sharing files is nothing.
the battery monitor in the corner always says that the computer is plugged in, but it is actually running on the battery. which means the battstat is useless.

so basically i can: listen to mp3's that are on my windows partition, play around in the konsole(without actually doing anything productive), and surf the net. thats all my knoppix is good for?? i dont think it should be this way.

as i am very new to linux i know that im just not sure how to make this stuff work. that is where you guys come in. im tired of trying stuff that doesnt work i need some solutions, cuz im just wasting space on my hdd right now.

compaq presario 900
athlon XP 1500+
ati radeon mobility u1