RE: Redhat newbie questions

2003-06-16 Thread Rigler, Steve
: Redhat newbie questions Hi all, I'm very new to the world of Linux and Redhat, but I have been using Solaris for over 8 years. If someone could help me figure out the following few things, I would greatly appreciate it. 1. Is there a command to list the hardware configuration of a server an

Redhat newbie questions

2003-06-16 Thread Paul Gotter
Hi all, I'm very new to the world of Linux and Redhat, but I have been using Solaris for over 8 years. If someone could help me figure out the following few things, I would greatly appreciate it. 1. Is there a command to list the hardware configuration of a server and cpu info in Redhat? (lik

Re: Just Some General Newbie Questions

2003-06-13 Thread fred smith
On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 02:08:11AM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > On 9 Jun 2003 at 18:34, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > So now, I have a SuSE 6.1 install in progress on that system. Picked up > the SuSE package at Goodwill a couple days ago for a fiver, and figured > that this would be a good time to

Re: Just Some General Newbie Questions

2003-06-13 Thread Scarletdown
On 9 Jun 2003 at 18:34, Gordon Messmer wrote: > Scarletdown wrote: > > On 9 Jun 2003 at 0:05, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > have the most experience with). I may convert my MINIX box into a dual-boot > > MINIX/Slackware system soon though, > > You have a MINIX box? 8) Well, up until just a few ho

Re: Just Some General Newbie Questions

2003-06-09 Thread Gordon Messmer
Scarletdown wrote: On 9 Jun 2003 at 0:05, Gordon Messmer wrote: At the moment, only 32MB (in the form of 4 8MB Simms). Since this system is primarily just an experimentation and Linux "learning" station; it is on the low end of the totem pole for upgrades via "hand-me-downs", so it will be a wh

Re: Just Some General Newbie Questions

2003-06-09 Thread Scarletdown
On 9 Jun 2003 at 0:05, Gordon Messmer wrote: > How much memory has it got?  Best thing you can do for this system, if > you're going to try to run *anything* recent, is to max out the RAM and > be patient with it  ;) > At the moment, only 32MB (in the form of 4 8MB Simms).  Since this syst

Re: Just Some General Newbie Questions

2003-06-09 Thread Gordon Messmer
Scarletdown wrote: Hi! I've got this ol' Pentium-133 system I just set up with Red Hat 5.2... How much memory has it got? Best thing you can do for this system, if you're going to try to run *anything* recent, is to max out the RAM and be patient with it ;) 1: Since the Netscape version tha

Just Some General Newbie Questions

2003-06-08 Thread Scarletdown
Hi! I've got this ol' Pentium-133 system I just set up with Red Hat 5.2 (only version I have available at the moment), and after experimenting all day, have a few questions. 1: Since the Netscape version that came with my Red Hat distro is rather sucky, what are some other browsers I can tr

Re: RH9 newbie questions

2003-03-27 Thread David Busby
ursday, March 27, 2003 08:07 Subject: RH9 newbie questions > > I have a few questions concerning the upcoming RedHat Linux 9.0 release: > > 1. Due to the implementation of the new threading tech, would I be able to > recompile redhat included kernel? > 2. Would I be able to com

RH9 newbie questions

2003-03-27 Thread Max Z.
I have a few questions concerning the upcoming RedHat Linux 9.0 release: 1. Due to the implementation of the new threading tech, would I be able to recompile redhat included kernel? 2. Would I be able to compile and run non-redhat kernels with out loosing the new threading tech? 3. How is the t

Re: Newbie Questions - root password does not work

2002-11-30 Thread lrnobs
> > Startup, login as root - ok, login as user - ok, try to login again > > as root - login incorrect... > > > The file /etc/securetty is used as a list of terminals from which > root is allowed to log in. It is possible that some of the tty? > entries are missing or corrupted. You can edit this

Re: Newbie Questions - root password does not work

2002-11-30 Thread Tom Pollerman
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002 12:01:42 -0600 "lrnobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First, when you are logged in as root issue the passwd command and > > recreate your password. This may reset it and fix your problem. > > I changed the password but the failure still exists. I also used > another keyboa

Re: Newbie Questions - root password does not work

2002-11-30 Thread lrnobs
> The work-around for this is to never login as root. You can always 'su' > into root status from a normal user account. This is done with the su > command, and enter the root's password. su doesn't work either. Has this ever happened to anyone besides me? Thanks, Larry Nobs > > There are l

Re: Newbie Questions on new install - firewall protection

2002-11-30 Thread Gary
On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 11:49:44AM -0600 or thereabouts, lrnobs wrote: > > What kind of router did you buy? Most routers now come with a built-in > > firewall, that will block everything automatically coming in. This is > > typical for syslink, netgear, d-link, etc. This provides full protection

Re: Newbie Questions - root password does not work

2002-11-30 Thread Jonathan Gaudette
The work-around for this is to never login as root. You can always 'su' into root status from a normal user account. This is done with the su command, and enter the root's password. There are logs in the directory /var/log -Jon On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 13:01, lrnobs wrote: > > First, when you are

Re: Newbie Questions - root password does not work

2002-11-30 Thread lrnobs
> First, when you are logged in as root issue the passwd command and > recreate your password. This may reset it and fix your problem. I changed the password but the failure still exists. I also used another keyboard with no success. Startup, login as root - ok, login as user - ok, try to login

Re: Newbie Questions on new install - firewall protection

2002-11-30 Thread lrnobs
> > Also, I have assigned a static 192.168.0.NNN to this pc and I am behind a > > router I bought for my DSL. My pc itself does not have a firewall yet. I > > > Can my pc still be hacked at this point? > > What kind of router did you buy? Most routers now come with a built-in > firewall, that wil

Re: Newbie Questions on new install

2002-11-30 Thread Gary
On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 10:51:56AM -0600 or thereabouts, lrnobs wrote: > Also, I have assigned a static 192.168.0.NNN to this pc and I am behind a > router I bought for my DSL. My pc itself does not have a firewall yet. I > Can my pc still be hacked at this point? What kind of router did you

Re: Newbie Questions on new install

2002-11-30 Thread lrnobs
cally installed when I answered yes to Redhats firewall install question. Can my pc still be hacked at this point? Thanks, Larry Nobs - Original Message - From: "Jonathan Gaudette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 1

Re: Newbie Questions on new install

2002-11-30 Thread Jonathan Gaudette
First, when you are logged in as root issue the passwd command and recreate your password. This may reset it and fix your problem. Second, the reason you have mail is more than likely because of errors on your system. This is local mail, not mail from an external mail server. To access your mai

Newbie Questions on new install

2002-11-30 Thread lrnobs
I am installing RH 7.3. I had a problem of the root password not working. I found information on how to delete then recreate the root password. I did that and it worked. Now, if I login as a user, then try to login as root the root password does not work, but if I power off the computer and rest

Re: Some newbie questions

2002-06-29 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29-Jun-2002/14:28 +0200, Mail Liste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Just installed RH 7.3, and this is my first mail on the list;) > >A lot of questions: >- Were can I find a website-based Red Hat-forum? >- Were can I find a website-based Gnome-forum?

Re: Some newbie questions

2002-06-29 Thread Jonathan Bartlett
> - How can I get a minimize-all-windows-button for Gnome? > - How can I get a close-all-windows-button for Gnome? I don't know if these exist. I also don't know how useful they would be considering GNOME has virtual desktops. Just go to a different desktop. Those four panes on the bottom-right-

Some newbie questions

2002-06-29 Thread Mail Liste
Hi all Just installed RH 7.3, and this is my first mail on the list;) A lot of questions: - Were can I find a website-based Red Hat-forum? - Were can I find a website-based Gnome-forum? - How can I get a minimize-all-windows-button for Gnome? - How can I get a close-all-windows-button for Gn

Re: newbie questions regarding security

2002-05-23 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 09:42:19AM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 22:51 23 May 2002, Anders Thoresson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | 1) I've scanned newsgroups, this maillist and other resources. But I can't > | find a solution to stop X listen for incoming connections at TCP port 6000. > | H

Re: newbie questions regarding security

2002-05-23 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 22:51 23 May 2002, Anders Thoresson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | 1) I've scanned newsgroups, this maillist and other resources. But I can't | find a solution to stop X listen for incoming connections at TCP port 6000. | How do I do this? You may not be able to (a quick glance at the XFree86 m

newbie questions regarding security

2002-05-23 Thread Anders Thoresson
Installing RH for the first time, using 7.3, I've run into two questions regarding security: 1) I've scanned newsgroups, this maillist and other resources. But I can't find a solution to stop X listen for incoming connections at TCP port 6000. How do I do this? 2) What file integrity checker i

RE:A couple of newbie questions

2001-12-31 Thread Gregg Morris
"com-1" in dos-talk. "com-1" = /dev/ttyS0 "com-2" = /dev/ttyS1 and so forth. If that doesn't work, look in the bios and see if the serial ports are enabled or not. Regards, Gregg From: Sarig Scudder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

RE: A couple of newbie questions

2001-12-31 Thread Sarig Scudder
Title: RE: A couple of newbie questions Devon, >Are the serial ports built into the motherboard, or on an add on card? >If they are built in, be sure that the second port isn't disabled in the >system BIOS. Often, the second com port was disabled if there was an >intern

Re: A couple of newbie questions

2001-12-31 Thread Devon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 31 December 2001 06:27 am, Sarig Scudder wrote: > Devon, > > Thank you very much. > > The ifcfg-eth0 file that you mentioned was in fact missing. After I > created one using your sample the eth0 interface is initialized at boot > time. Quit

RE: A couple of newbie questions

2001-12-31 Thread Sarig Scudder
Title: RE: A couple of newbie questions Devon, Thank you very much. The ifcfg-eth0 file that you mentioned was in fact missing. After I created one using your sample the eth0 interface is initialized at boot time. As to the Serial Ports I can see the first serial port being initialized

RE: A couple of newbie questions

2001-12-30 Thread Sarig Scudder
Title: RE: A couple of newbie questions Devon, >The information is stored in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 >It should look similar to: (this is my ifcfg-eth1, an internal interface, >with a static ip) Thanks a lot. I'll check these things tonight  when I get ho

Re: A couple of newbie questions

2001-12-30 Thread Devon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 30 December 2001 09:20 am, Sarig Scudder wrote: > Mark, > > Thanks for the tip. > > >You have to have the ifconfig installed somewhere in you startup > >scripts. You don't say what kind of nic it is, but presumably, it is > > not autodetecte

Re: A couple of newbie questions

2001-12-30 Thread Devon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 30 December 2001 06:22 am, Sarig Scudder wrote: [snip] > However, when I restart the machine the system does not initialize the > network card on its own like the workstation system does. I went > through the same basic steps as I did in Red

RE: A couple of newbie questions

2001-12-30 Thread Sarig Scudder
Title: RE: A couple of newbie questions Mark, Thanks for the tip. >You have to have the ifconfig installed somewhere in you startup >scripts. You don't say what kind of nic it is, but presumably, it is not >autodetected so the module for it is not inserted.  I'd write

Re: A couple of newbie questions

2001-12-30 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Sarig Scudder wrote: > After having been hacked I am slowly making progress on setting up a > firewall for my home network. I just finished installing Redhat 7.2 on my > firewall system, which is an old 486 100mhz machine, and I have successfully > gotten it to recognize my n

A couple of newbie questions

2001-12-30 Thread Sarig Scudder
Title: A couple of newbie questions After having been hacked I am slowly making progress on setting up a firewall for my home network. I just finished installing Redhat 7.2 on my firewall system, which is an old 486 100mhz machine, and I have successfully gotten it to recognize my network

Re: Newbie Questions

2001-02-23 Thread Marie Bennington
Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > > Hi Marie, > > > The Pro Server is just what it says, a server package. > > Could you be a little more specific about this? What makes the Pro Server > more pro and more server? Extra third party software? Optimizations? > >

Re: Newbie Questions

2001-02-22 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Marie, > The Pro Server is just what it says, a server package. Could you be a little more specific about this? What makes the Pro Server more pro and more server? Extra third party software? Optimizations? Bye,

Newbie Questions

2001-02-22 Thread Gary . Hicks
I will be installing RH7 soon, and need to know a few things. One, what is the difference between RHL7, and RHDeluxe workstation, and professional server? (besides price) This will be on my home PC. Secondly, what would be the best books to buy? Thanks ___

Re: Newbie Questions

2001-02-22 Thread Marie Bennington
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I will be installing RH7 soon, and need to know a few things. One, what is > the difference between RHL7, and RHDeluxe workstation, and professional > server? (besides price) This will be on my home PC. > Secondly, what would be the best books to buy? Thanks

Re: Pre-newbie questions

2001-02-22 Thread Statux
Here's your answer: > I am fixing to get Red Hat 7 for my PC at home. What is the Trust me.. a home PC does NOT need the professional server edition. It's not like MS Windows where Windows 2000 is usable at home on a standalone host... the PS edition would be major overkill unless you wer

Re: Pre-newbie questions

2001-02-22 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am fixing to get Red Hat 7 for my PC at home. What is the > difference between Red Hat Linux 7 and Red Hat Professional Server? > ( Besides the price, and the extra software that comes with > Professional Server). What would you suggest as

Re: Newbie Questions

2001-02-22 Thread Michael R. Jinks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I will be installing RH7 soon, and need to know a few things. One, what is > the difference between RHL7, and RHDeluxe workstation, and professional > server? (besides price) This will be on my home PC. > Secondly, what would be the best books to buy? Thanks If yo

Re: Pre-newbie questions

2001-02-22 Thread Rick Forrister
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am fixing to get Red Hat 7 for my PC at home. What is the > difference between Red Hat Linux 7 > and Red Hat Professional Server? ( Besides the price, and the extra software > that comes with > Professional Server). What would you suggest as to the best co

Pre-newbie questions

2001-02-22 Thread Gary . Hicks
I am fixing to get Red Hat 7 for my PC at home. What is the difference between Red Hat Linux 7 and Red Hat Professional Server? ( Besides the price, and the extra software that comes with Professional Server). What would you suggest as to the best couple of books to read to get started

Re: Newbie Questions

2001-01-17 Thread Trond Eivind Glomsrød
"Marcus Ouimet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want to rid my system on an anonymous ftp account, how would I go > about doing this? rpm -e anonftp > Also I am trying to figure out how to find out how much disk space I > have left from the command prompt? df -h -- Trond Eivind Glomsrød Red

Re: Newbie Questions

2001-01-16 Thread Kevin Holmquist
uides for setting it up. Good Luck! Kevin - Original Message - From: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 6:18 PM Subject: Re: Newbie Questions > On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Marcus Ouimet wrote: > > >

Re: Newbie Questions

2001-01-16 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Marcus Ouimet wrote: > I have looked through the documentation on Redhatlinux.com but > couldn't find what I was looking for. Anyways here it goes: > > I want to rid my system on an anonymous ftp account, how would I go > about doing this? Also I am trying to figure out how

Newbie Questions

2001-01-16 Thread Marcus Ouimet
I have looked through the documentation on Redhatlinux.com but couldn't find what I was looking for. Anyways here it goes:   I want to rid my system on an anonymous ftp account, how would I go about doing this? Also I am trying to figure out how to find out how much disk space I have left fr

Re: Two newbie questions

2001-01-08 Thread Anthony E . Greene
On Mon, 08 Jan 2001 11:38:19 Ludovic Pinelli wrote: >I'm using GNOME on RedHat 7. I call shells by Gnome-terminal or Xterm >(both with the same result). I have tried to restart the desktop >session, but there is no changes. Perhaps the problem come from the >XFree86 initialisation ? There's an op

Re: Two newbie questions

2001-01-08 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Ludovic Pinelli wrote: > "Michael R. Jinks" a écrit : > > When I've run into this situation, it has been because of the way that > > my window manager was set up to call new terminals. In text mode, every > > new login accessed ~/.bashrc and ~/.bash_profile as expected, but x

Re: Two newbie questions

2001-01-08 Thread Ludovic Pinelli
"Michael R. Jinks" a écrit : > When I've run into this situation, it has been because of the way that > my window manager was set up to call new terminals. In text mode, every > new login accessed ~/.bashrc and ~/.bash_profile as expected, but xterms > (or their various replacements) don't always

Re: Two newbie questions

2001-01-08 Thread Michael R. Jinks
Ludovic Pinelli wrote: > - I have not the same result in text mode and under X. In one hand, > when I add alias, for exemple, to ~/.bashrc, I have no problems in > text mode but it dosen't work under X (I have tried with > ~/.bash_profile too with no success). In the other hand I have French > la

Two newbie questions

2001-01-07 Thread Ludovic Pinelli
Hello, (Excuse me for my bad english, Frenchies are not good for foreign languages:-)) I'm new to Linux, and I have two problems : - I have not the same result in text mode and under X. In one hand, when I add alias, for exemple, to ~/.bashrc, I have no problems in text mode but it dosen't work

Re: newbie questions

2001-01-04 Thread Glen Lee Edwards
Rusty, You should be able to change resolutions on the fly by pressing down or . Note that the "+" or "-" must be the one on your keypad. Also, if you wish a default change then run Xconfigurator from root: $ Xconfigurator Glen Today, at 08:07, R Smith sent through the Star Gate: >I hop

Re: newbie questions

2001-01-04 Thread Michael R. Jinks
Welcome aboard. Are you listing one resolution in your configuration, or several? If several, have you tried - or + while running X? These are the keystrokes to cycle through screen resolutions on the fly if you've listed several settings for your display size. If only one resolution, then in

newbie questions

2001-01-04 Thread R Smith
I hope nobody flames me too bad, but I'm an NT instructor trying to make the changeover to Linux. I know I have a long way to go, and as evidence I can't seem to find the commands or utilities to change video resolution. I've run the XF86Config and Xconfigurator utilities without any luck having

Re: Apache newbie questions ..

2000-06-15 Thread Danny
GIves your users /home/username access to cgi-bin without actually letting them use /home/httpd/cgi-bin/ Go search for the product and find out more Yes php is a good idea too. Get the latest php3.212 or whatever and after you zcat the file there is a file called INSTALL.REDAHT vi into that fi

Re: Apache newbie questions ..

2000-06-15 Thread Anurag Jalan
At 08:54 PM 6/16/00 +1000, Danny wrote: >Hello there are many good books on Apache and many tutorials on >www.webmonkey.com and even www.apache.org which cover in great depths the stuff >you typed out below > >Yes, you should leave your DocumentRoot to /home/httpd/html because It is >important to

Re: Apache newbie questions ..

2000-06-15 Thread Danny
Hello there are many good books on Apache and many tutorials on www.webmonkey.com and even www.apache.org which cover in great depths the stuff you typed out below Yes, you should leave your DocumentRoot to /home/httpd/html because It is important to standardize things. And if you want to allow

Re: Apache newbie questions ..

2000-06-14 Thread Alan Mead
At 09:21 AM 6/14/00 , you wrote: >Hi all, > >Before I start 'messing' with Apache , i want some advice : > >What i want to do : Use my webserver as a Testing/debugging site for my >webpages/scripts before >they are uploaded to my Hosting Company's servers ... > >the Questions : > >a) Should i use

Apache newbie questions ..

2000-06-14 Thread anurag jalan
Hi all,   Before I start 'messing' with Apache , i want some advice :   What i want to do : Use my webserver as a Testing/debugging site for my webpages/scripts before they are uploaded to my Hosting Company's servers ...   the Questions :   a) Should i use the default /home/httpd/html/ direc

Re: Samba newbie questions ...

2000-06-13 Thread Carey F. Cox
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Anurag Jalan wrote: > Hi all, > > The share def section of /etc/smb.conf in my Redhat 6.2 looks like this : > > [homes] > comment = Home directories > path = /home/%u > browseable = no > writable = yes > create mode = 644 > > [pchome] > comment = PC directories > path = /u

Re: Samba newbie questions ...

2000-06-13 Thread Pat Cookson
Try changing the browseable option to yes. If you cant browse a share, you wont see it either. Anurag Jalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06/13/2000 12:30:53 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Samba newbie questions ... Hi all, The share def s

Re: Samba newbie questions ...

2000-06-13 Thread Eric Sisler
Anurag Jalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The share def section of /etc/smb.conf in my Redhat 6.2 looks like this : > >[homes] >comment = Home directories >path = /home/%u >browseable = no >writable = yes >create mode = 644 Samba will default to /home/username when using the special "homes" share

Samba newbie questions ...

2000-06-13 Thread Anurag Jalan
Hi all, The share def section of /etc/smb.conf in my Redhat 6.2 looks like this : [homes] comment = Home directories path = /home/%u browseable = no writable = yes create mode = 644 [pchome] comment = PC directories path = /usr/pc/%u public = no writable = yes I have added users to my Linux sy

Newbie questions re: scanning/xsane

2000-06-10 Thread John P. Verel
Running 6.2, 2.2.14 kernel. I've loaded xsane, sane, libraries. I've got an HP 1100A Printer newly installed, working fine as printer under Linux, fine as printer/scanner under a legacy o/s ;) I'm decent in Linux in general but completely new to scanning under Linux. I'm trying to figure out w

Re: Newbie questions

2000-01-25 Thread Anthony E. Greene
At 16:20 2000-01-24 -0500, Tom Scott wrote: >Second, I would like to change the mouse pointer to something with a >different angle. Are there any options? In your ~/.Xclients add: xsetroot -cursor_name cursorname & where "cursorname" is one of the bitmaps in /usr/X11R6/include/X11/bitm

Re: newbie questions

1999-12-29 Thread Alan Mead
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 10:47 AM >Subject: newbie questions > > >>I recently downloaded RH 6.1 and staroffice. bluntly, i had problems. >>Has anyone else had success with rh6.1 and so5.1? I had zero luck downloadi

Re: newbie questions

1999-12-29 Thread Hanigan Family
10:47 AM Subject: newbie questions >I recently downloaded RH 6.1 and staroffice. bluntly, i had problems. >Has anyone else had success with rh6.1 and so5.1? > >second question... >I am looking for a rh6.0 iso image. the only iso image i can find is of >6.1. do they delete the old

newbie questions

1999-12-29 Thread James Peret
I recently downloaded RH 6.1 and staroffice. bluntly, i had problems. Has anyone else had success with rh6.1 and so5.1? second question... I am looking for a rh6.0 iso image. the only iso image i can find is of 6.1. do they delete the old iso images or are they archived in a different area?

Newbie questions....

1998-06-26 Thread Merten, Joe
Hi everyone, I have a couple of questions, and a problem. The first question is regarding installing RedHar 5.0 from SCSI CDROM. I have the RedHat PowerTools set (Six CD's). I created my boot disk and went through the install, but it only got as far as installing packages when it would hang. I

I see a lot of newbie questions

1998-06-04 Thread Kotik Besch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hey all ! Recently I had problems booting to linux , cause I change lib.so.6 point to the wrong thing , anyway , I remember seeing "rescue" and "single" mode as recovering somewhere in HOWTOs or minis , anyway , as I figured out redhat website in an excelent to

Re: Printing in Netscape & other newbie questions

1998-05-09 Thread Doug Peterson
> use the printer configurator in the control panel in X. i use pppd to > connect instead of dip. theres a really good example script in > /etc/pp/ its called ppp-on and ppp-off. thats how i get online. make that /etc/ppp -- Doug -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILIN

Re: Printing in Netscape & other newbie questions

1998-05-09 Thread Doug Peterson
> I've been going through the "Getting started in Linux" stuff in Netscape > under Linux. I'm still trying to figure out this dip business for > connecting to the web via. Compuserve under Linux. When I try to print > something in Netscape I am prompted for a print command, what should I put > i

Re: Printing in Netscape & other newbie questions

1998-05-09 Thread Marco Shaw
For a GUI text editor, search for StarOffice. I don't remember the URL off-hand. It's a very big app, and some like, but some don't...It's freeware also. Marco -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedH

Re: Printing in Netscape & other newbie questions

1998-05-09 Thread Brian Eith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > something in Netscape I am prompted for a print command, what should I put > in here to print to LPT1? Try 'lpr' (make sure you have the printer set up. Use the control panel to do this). > I've been using the VI editor in Linux, I'm sure that it comes with

Re: Yet more newbie questions

1998-05-09 Thread W. J. Kossler
For fortran try fort77, as in: fort77 -o run_time_name prog_file_name.f The binary is in /usr/bin, as are a lot of other good stuff. I put a soft link to f77 as in: ln -s fort77 f77 This fortran tolerates a lot of extensions. I don't know whether g77 is on RedHat 5.0 but it can be down loaded

Yet more newbie questions

1998-05-09 Thread Eric Goforth
I've seen DOOM listed in my package manager, but I don't see it in my Games section or anywhere else. I've noticed that I have a Doom-1_8.rpm on CD-ROM #2 which I never got to in the installation process, this is strange since I told the setup program to install everything. I still do FORTRAN pr

Printing in Netscape & other newbie questions

1998-05-09 Thread Eric Goforth
I've been going through the "Getting started in Linux" stuff in Netscape under Linux. I'm still trying to figure out this dip business for connecting to the web via. Compuserve under Linux. When I try to print something in Netscape I am prompted for a print command, what should I put in here to

Re: A whole load of Newbie Questions - some thoughts.

1998-05-06 Thread Felix
> Filby, Gordon wrote: > > > > Hallo, > > > > sitting at my newly installed RH5 computer the other day I realised how > > little I really know about this and how many questions I have that > > aren't easily to be answered by man'ing all over the place. (many questions omitted) > > man, have I

Re: A whole load of Newbie Questions - The impatient should stay

1998-05-06 Thread Russ Harrison
> On Tue, 05 May 1998, Filby, Gordon wrote: >>5. Is possible to place the scroll bar at the right of >>the emacs screen? > > Not that I know of - get the sources and fix it. :) Xemacs, though, > puts > the scroll bar on the right, and some prefer xemacs to emacs, and you > could just grab the

Re: A whole load of Newbie Questions - The impatient should stay away !!

1998-05-05 Thread David E. Fox
On Tue, 05 May 1998, Filby, Gordon wrote: >1. In X why does the default menu offer me New Shell and give me only >an xterm? Is this right? I would have expected to get a submenu >displaying other shell names to be installed. It's not set up to do it that way. You can change it to do that if you

Re: A whole load of Newbie Questions - The impatient should stay away !!

1998-05-05 Thread slugg
Filby, Gordon wrote: > > Hallo, > > sitting at my newly installed RH5 computer the other day I realised how > little I really know about this and how many questions I have that > aren't easily to be answered by man'ing all over the place. maybe > someone will take mercy on me and answer at least

A whole load of Newbie Questions - The impatient should stay away !!-Reply

1998-05-05 Thread Jeffrey Waters
Gordon, Being rather new to this as well I am not going to try and give you any answers, but what I will do is let you know of a great book that I have just gotten. I got Teach yourself linux in 24 hours. This has been a book of good reference for me. I got the book for around $30 with shipping f

A whole load of Newbie Questions - The impatient should stay away !!

1998-05-05 Thread Filby, Gordon
Hallo, sitting at my newly installed RH5 computer the other day I realised how little I really know about this and how many questions I have that aren't easily to be answered by man'ing all over the place. maybe someone will take mercy on me and answer at least some of them. 1. In X why does th

Re: Newbie Questions...

1998-04-16 Thread Claire Bradford
Pork E. Pigg wrote: > > William Wise wrote: > > > > Hi! Hope someone can help with a couple of questions... > > > > 1) How can I determine the amount of free space left on my hard drive? > > Typing 'free' (no quotes) will show how much space you started with, how > much used, how much left on a

Re: Newbie Questions...

1998-04-16 Thread Pork E. Pigg
William Wise wrote: > > Hi! Hope someone can help with a couple of questions... > > 1) How can I determine the amount of free space left on my hard drive? Typing 'free' (no quotes) will show how much space you started with, how much used, how much left on all mounted volumes including swap. >

Re: Newbie Questions...

1998-04-15 Thread Chris Fishwick
> 1) How can I determine the amount of free space left on my hard drive? Check out the 'df' command (man df)... > 2) What file(s) do I need to edit to make alterations to my FVWM95 desktop > on a standard RH5.0 install? Not real sure, I don't use fvwm95, although there should be a file called .

Re: Newbie Questions...

1998-04-15 Thread bsc
On Wed, Apr 15, 1998 at 12:18:57PM -0400, William Wise wrote: > Hi! Hope someone can help with a couple of questions... > > 1) How can I determine the amount of free space left on my hard drive? df -- --- end message --- __________ __ __/ Blair Craft

Newbie Questions...

1998-04-15 Thread William Wise
Hi! Hope someone can help with a couple of questions... 1) How can I determine the amount of free space left on my hard drive? 2) What file(s) do I need to edit to make alterations to my FVWM95 desktop on a standard RH5.0 install? Thanks! Will -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errat