However, the most common errors are PEBKAC related
Here here. Now arnuld, if you're still on the list. Understand this, the questions you've asked recently are all NOT crux specific. IPv6 you could have solved yourself. If you've compiled a kernel as often as you've installed crux (see your earlier posts) then you MUST have come across the IPv6 option in the kernel config tool (you should be using menuconfig not just config) at some time. X terminal problem. ogg123 has a -q, --quiet option, that stops messages being displayed, did it occur to you that all those other distributions that you keep comparing crux to might enable this option by default? Not really a terminal problem but a feature of ogg123. Now I don't use ogg123 but google supplied me with this answer in less time that it will take you to read it. "opt" ports problem. Hmm, think about it, this isn't an opt problem, but a downloading of source problem. You then went on to say how you tried to solve it and then complained about problems with prt-get. You seem to have a fundamental lack of understanding about how the ports system works in crux and any package system for that matter. The package system keeps a record of each package that is installed and all the files that are contained within that package. If a dependency is not met, EVEN IF YOU INSTALLED THE FILES MANUALLY, then the package manager will try to install them IF YOU TELL IT TO. CRUX doesn't have dependency checking unless you ask prt-get to use it. Now for my last tip. You seem to be running lots of distributions as evidenced by your references to them. If they do things so much better then why not just choose one and stick to it for a while. They can all do the same thing, that is run linux. If you stick to one, and really learn all the quirks of package management and configuration then trying different distros will be a LOT easier. Trying to learn all the different package management systems and configuration methods at once is like trying to learn 10 languages at once. I recommend you try one of the distros with a very large user community so there will be lots of online docs and lists to search through, that way there will most likely be someone who has had the same problem you've had. Cheers, Joe