[newbie] Upgrading Kernel w/RPMS

Hi, the title pretty much says it all. I want to upgrade my kernel to the latest one using RPMS. I don't want to compile one b/c I don't have space on my HD for all the development packages. How do I do this? Just download the RPM and install with Kpackage, of is there some sort of voodoo

[newbie] Font Selection in X and Console

this a permanent change, so is there some configuration file I could edit to make this so? Adam Stark

[newbie] Font selection in X and console

Hi, I was wondering how to change/preview/install fonts for the console and the X windows system. Is there a nice GUI program for this? I ask because currently some fonts don't display properly in X programs or the console, and I don't like to type. :) Adam Stark

[newbie] Sendmail for multiple users

Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to set up sendmail in such a way to have multiple users uses only one E-Mail address, yet each get their own separate mail. I have a POP3 mailbox at the university, but the rest of my family doesn't.and I want to let them use it. However, when it is

[newbie] Compiling Programs

I unzipped a tar-ball and attempted to compile it, but when I ran "./configure" it said it could not create executables. Now , I realize that I'm obviously missing some development rpm's but I do have make, automake, autoconf, pgcc, pgcc (C++ support), and perl installed. What my question is,

[newbie] How do I upgrade the kernel?

I downloaded the latest kernel but when I tried to install it with kpackage, all hell broke loose. It wouldn't mount my FAT partitions, saying something about a wrong whatever, and my sound stopped working as well. Basically anything the kernel referred to as a module couldn't be found. So

[newbie] FAT Partition Access

How do I enable read/write access for all users to my 2 FAT partitions instead of just the root user? I need to access these partitions. Thanks

[newbie] Blocky Text when running X programs

Hi. Whenever I run X programs or use the console/terminal the text is an unreadable blocky black mess. This seem to only happen with certain fonts. Why is this, and how do I fix it? Everything else pertaining to video function seems to work fine. For the record, I have a 2MB SiS 6205

[newbie] Installing tar.gz files

I downloaded a file that was tar.gz assuming that it was not unlike a zip file but soon realized that I had no idea how to install on of these files. Any help is appreciated Thanks Adam

Re: [newbie] A Good Newsreader

Have you tried running WinVN under Wine? No I haven't, how do you run programs under wine...I know it's intalled. Adam

[newbie] Changing Color Depth

How do I change the color depth for KDE/Xwindows? I seem to be stuck with 8-bit, but I would like to change it to 16-bit. Thanks

Re: [newbie] Changing Color Depth

On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, you wrote: Go to: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm and edit "Xservers" file by changing the line entry: : 0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X to : 0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -bpp 16 Thanks, that worked. What other switches are there for that entry in the Xservers file? Adam

[newbie] A Good Newsreader

Does anybody know where I can get a really good newsreader for KDE. You know one with lotsa features and is really easy to use. I'm looking for one that lis like WinVN (Win95), it's still my favorite. Adam