hi ai am new to linux and at the moment using RPMs only to install.

I have installed both Amule and Xmule on Red Hat 9 and I they have installed perfectely but once i click on the button to launch the application i get nothing. was wondering what could be causing this?

Try opening an xterm/Konsole/Terminal and typing "amule" or "xmule" at the prompt.

Tried that already but thanks

also i managed to get limewire working but it keeps crashing on me. with no explanation.

What happened when you tried to run those applications from the console? It just returned with no output at all?

As for Limewire, again, run it from command line and see what error message you get.