fresh install of w.warthog -- many questions, gripes

[Vram]

On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 15:32 -0800, gl34 at telus.net wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Why does uname -r give 2.2.19(!) when I asked specifically to install the 
> 2.6.8.1 kernel?
> 
> Where are the sources? /usr/src has only rpms in it, which is empty.
> 
> How do I play mp3's from the command line? X doesn't grok my Radeon9250 vid 
> card yet. Working w/o tunes is a drag 8-\.
> 
> I installed in "expert" mode and expected to be able to choose what software I 
> wanted but ubuntu installed a _lot_ of stuff I don't want, need or will ever 
> use.
> 
> What's the safest way to uninstall the stuff I don't want?
> 
> I was told I could su to a root console. Wrong! I had to reboot as single 
> user. And I couldn't use the install CD, had to turn to my trusty slackware.
> 
> Dmesg has lots of "neighbour table overflow". What's that?
> 
> On boot I get a lot of "cdrom failed to open" messages. What's up with that?
> 
> Topsy-turvy! Suddenly I find ls produces color console o/p as root but _not_ 
> as user. What's going on there?
> 
> Shouldn't I have a bunch of (dot) files in /home to tweak stuff with?
> 
> rgrds,
> 
> blissfix
> 
> 

To sum it up...

Good INSTALL!!!   hehe

Vram