I Need Help

[hank13]

ok im not to bad on computers but this is something i have never seen this kind of problem before

my mothers computer which is a Gateway is running on a program called Linux its old but it works except when you try to download stuff, then you go through the process and then the program that you downloaded never shows up or sometimes a window pops up and says (Enabling universe failed) then it says the program is there but when you try to open it it wont let you

COMPUTER SETUP

• Is a gateway
• Runs on Linux
• Mozzila Firefox is our web browser
• It crashed once and we sent it to get repaired and that is how we got Linux

the only thins i could think of was maybe it did not get repaired correctly
OR
gateways and the program linux should not be mixed

PLEASE HELP ME

[Disk_Contented]

Perhaps the installed OS isn't supported any more and the repositories are not available?

You would be wise to reinstall a newer linux distro, based on security concerns. If you want a free full blown gateway, then have alook at Clarkconnect: http://www.clarkconnect.com/ it's free, but your hardware may not run. check the minimum requirements.
Or if it's just an internet gateway and nothing else, something like IPcop or smoothwall. These will run on allmost anything. I use IPcop myself.

[cmnorton]

This sounds like you have debian or Ubuntu (Linux distributions) installed. It would help to know which. You'll have to go into System --> Administration --> Synaptic Package Manager, and enable the universal package repository in order to download from that repository.

If this is Ubuntu, which version? Firefox (browser) will give you that on its first screen, unless you altered your home page.