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[Derick Centeno]

Hi Barry:
When you install YDL 4.0 or 4.1 the option is available for you to 
choose which Language you want YDL to be in so that when you first boot 
into it; it will work within that language.  Japanese is available as 
one of those options.

Regarding Eye Candy; there is plenty of that available for YDL as KDE 
and Gnome is compatible with themes available for those desktops.... all 
the anime you want.  Or all the anime I want, anyway.  Take a look at 
available themes or eye candy here:

http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=themes&section=projects&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

I also recommend the website called digital blasphemy 
(http://digitalblasphemy.com/); you may be glad you stopped by.  There 
exists a gallery of free images for download.

Regarding your sound problem did you check within YDL for a little 
control panel or application called Volume Control.  Search for the 
Sound & Video menu, then select Volume Control.  When it finally opens 
you might find a small x appearing over an tiny image of a speaker on 
the bottom of the column marked Master.  Click upon that x and increase 
the bars and your sound should be operational.  This should work within 
KDE or Gnome.  Once that occurs, you can jazz it up as much as you wish!

Wireless should be eth1; standard cable ethernet is eth0.

Configuring Ethernet to communicate with a outside DSL or faster 
ethernet connection for YDL is pretty easy.
Find System Settings menu then select Network.

Enter System Admin or root password.

Network Configuration app starts.  Then just click on Activate to start 
eth0.
During installation, the option exists for you to have YDL always boot 
with eth0 up and running.

Best wishes....
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barry wrote:
> Installed YDL4.0 on my aging wallstreet to stretch the poor girls  
> life a bit.
> Tried 3 but... just seemed to be lacking... especially in the  
> Japanese input dept.
> Install went just fine with the instructions from:
> http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?p=1086&highlight=#1086
> and the bootx from the YDL3.x disk.
>
> I set the ramdisk size to 18192 and used the graphic install.
> after the install finished and the computer hung I rebooted  
> eliminating the ramdisk,
>
> wouldnt boot.... guess specifying the root device in the bootx 1.2.2  
> window IS IMPORTANT : )
>
> got it to boot but had video problems:
> solved that with
>
> video=atyfb:vmode:32,cmode: 14 5 (no video drivers checked)
> needed that 5 on the end so it would log in with the graphic interface.
>
> no acceleration but.. no worse than with unsupported OSX on Xpost  
> facto...
>
> Ready to rock and roll but... NO JAPANESE....
> searched the boards for a while, couldnt make heads r tails out em  
> being a newbie...
>
> yum, gotta love that
> open up a terminal, enter su and root password... then:
> yum update
> and let her run .. couldnt believe how many files she found to update!!
> ok.. .had to do it twice cause I though she hung up and I returned a  
> couple of times....
> gotta wait and then enter Y to make it all happy at the end.
>
> fixed it all up.
>
> Now she boots, inputs japanese (but only when logged in in  
> Japanese... a little irritating)
> Is definitely faster than OSX 10.4 was on the poor girl.
> We will wait to see if she implodes like tiger did every 6 months or  
> so....
> dont know what the cause was but she would just get fed up and even  
> disk warrior wouldnt bring her back....
>
> remaining irritations...
>
> 1. I miss all the eye candy and convenience of OSX, but since this  
> girl is only used sparingly, all will be fine.
>
> 2. CD... no sound... got the cool guitar music from the sound card  
> configurator,
> get the song names in the player window like it should be playing....
> made sure the volume was up....
> but NO SOUND and no error message.... and no import to rythmbox 0.8.x  
> music player
> It would be nice to soothe my savage beast with some smooth jazz as I  
> explore this alien OS...
>
> 3 No Airport... gotta motorola WN825G that fires right in in OSX and  
> even says Airport card in system profile...
> even though it is compatible in a all functionality with the  
> airport.. could it be not compatible?
> regardless of drivers etc, the power light does not come on so...
> tried the network config system settings>network but here is the odd  
> deal
> added wireless and it is eth0
> rebooted and got no joy, plugged the lan back in and... STILL no  
> joy... then... out of the blue my GAIM up n logs in?
> I look in the network window and eth0 (wireless) says all systems  
> go... or actually kidouchuu in japanese : )
> and the eth0:] ....whatever the :] is.... says she is taking a nap...  
> at least that is what the japanese says...
> I am pretty sure it means inactive : )
> Just to be sure, I pull the lan cable and all goes dead... definitely  
> connected to wired lan.
> Airport would be nice.....
>
> 4. Local Network... talk about unintuitive...
> lets see... OSX is GO>connect to server>browse> and walla! pick yur  
> poison and get the password right and yur in.
> do we have something like that in YDL4.0? sure would be convenient to  
> have airport and zero config network access...
>
> If those things happened, all would be good in the land of OZ...
>
> Of course if it would sync my ical so we could see and update the  
> calendar from that office... oh would life be beautiful...
>
> Thanks, Bear
>
> wallstreet (sonnet 500G3 upgrade)
> 10 gig travelstar
> 384 mg ram
> belkin usb dongle
> motorola wirelss card
> cdrom
>
>
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