aha, Eel proof boat :)

ok resolution d'oh my own silly fault should have looked at xconf all sorted now. Couldn't play dvds properly, again user error I forgot to put libdvdcss2 on the machine, silly mistake. Started to look into wifi issue, strange thing is it sometimes connects. I ran NetworkManager in the terminal so I could see the output of what it was trying to do and voila there it is the reason it fails is that it timesout whilst trying to authenticate with the router. Didn't have time to look in more detail so I am not sure if its a problem with the router or the wifi device ( I think its the wfi device ) there may be an issue with regards WPA support of the zd1211 driver I am using.