my #1 message here :)
hi all,
i'm trying to get confidence with linux. after the third installation (had problems
with the swap
partition) i think it's okay now and ready to get on the internet via modem and phone
line.
i'm using redhat 6.0 with gnome, so after a while spent searching i found how to
configure a ppp
connection in the linuxconf. i tried logging in and everything looks work fine, except
that
connection hangs off after a little time, just some seconds. as gnome provides a
graphic interface
to linuxconf, i found easily how to modify a script. the script provided expects and
sends my login
and password, then expects "TIMEOUT", sends "5" and expect "~--". i tried removing
these three
things but with no success. what should i do to fix it? remember i'm totally new to
linux so some
refers to gnome interface would be great.
another and more general question. my system appears to be sloooooow. i run linux on a
cyrix 200 MHz
with mmx, 32 Megs of ram. the hard disk where i installed linux (500 Megs) is already
full and
there's a 64 Megs swap partition. boot runs about as fast as win95's one (and this
doesn't sound so
good :)), but the environment looks instable. sometimes it hangs for minutes while the
hard disk
keeps working and all i can do is to hard-reboot the machine (!). i know my system
isn't so powerful
but win95 runs even faster with lots of huge apps installed (like office, delphi, c++
builder,
visual basic, communicator....) while gnome forces me to wait even to start a
terminal...
i disabled many startups features (like network and others i don't need) and some
enlightment ones
(likes sounds) but performances don't better appreciately... what is the solution?
someone suggested
me that another window manager would help, but i don't want to spend time trying many
of them. i
thought i could try kde but actually i don't have space enough to install the rpm's :))
thanx in advance :)
