On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 12:37:46PM +0200, Giovanni A.D. wrote:
> I've an Ati Rage 128 (rage right ? anyway, it is the only one that ends 
> with 128 i think ;)

Not really but that's probably it.

> oh, ok XFdrake .. :p
> a general note about linux: by the use point of view you should have 
> "commands" not "programs" ..
> I mean that there should be at least one alias that opens for you 
> XFdrake when you run a command like
> "XConfig" ..
> Ok, I know that the "tab" button on the keyboad is very useful, 
> but... ;-)

Umm Xconfigurator is just a redhat specific command that some other
distributions have picked up.  So basically what you're saying is we
should just always copy redhat which is silly.

> what is "tail" ?

A program.  man tail for more information.

> using Mac OS X I don't need them.. but .. in Linux PPC I had to insert 
> them
> to make it works, on Mandrake linux ppc no way: I can get connected but 
> I can't
> visit any site or download mail.. (as when you don't insert dns and they 
> are needed,
> but i've inserted them, also tryed to disable local dns and other 
> options..)

So do you or don't you have your modem working?

Just an FYI.  Linux on PPC is not very easy compared to on PC hardware.
So just get used to the little issues...  you'll have plenty of them.

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