[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
well i thank you all for the answer to my previous question - but i have just
one more.. is there a way to reconfigure the display/monitor settings in
the Linux GUI interface? I am able to see everything, but it is huge - where
do i go to fix that?Thanks,Paul
Try Xconfigurator or look for a drak tool. I believe that you should have
Xconfigurator available, but if you don't and you don't have a Mdk installation
guide or manual, and you're desperate, then do a search for all drak tools and
then examine these for the one which would provide the functionality you seek.
One way to do such a search would be the primitive way:
find /usr | grep -i drak
find /bin | grep -i drak
find /sbin | grep -i drak
If that fails to turn up drak tools, then do
rpm -qa | grep -i drak
You might find it quicker to start with the rpm search, first. Besides, this
would also be more useful, because if the drak tools are rpm installed, then
you'll be able to use rpm to get basic information about each tool using the rpm
-qi option.
For example, if the diskdrake tool is called diskdrake, then
rpm -qi diskdrake
would give you basic information on the tool.
rpm -qil diskdrake
would tell you what files were installed or can be installed with a complete
install and where these files are located. If you see man page files, then you
would be able to use man to get more documentation on the tool. If you don't
see man page files, but you see info files, then you'ld have access to the
additional documentation using the info command.
If that fails to provide more complete documentation on a tool and you directed
the install program to install all documentation, then you should be able to
find documentation under or in the /usr/doc directory.
If you didn't instruct the install program to install all documentation, then
you can use rpm to install the documentation, all of it, or for individual RPMs,
as you wish. You could do this by running rpm for individual RPMS, and you'll
probably find one for all documentation, or all documentation by documentation
type, such as man, info, HOWTOs, etcetera. Mount the install cdrom and check
the RPMs in the Mandrake/RPMS directory of the cdrom.
If you have a directory named /Mandrake, or /usr/Mandrake, or /usr/doc/Mandrake,
on your system, then check this or these directories, to learn what's there.
One of the first and essential things for newbies to learn is the layout of the
configuration, what's available for documentation, etcetera. This can
definitely help to find answers more quickly than from a mailing list.
Sometimes mailing lists provide quick results, but don't let this become a
handicap.
mike
