Hi,
PIYUSH KHANDELWAL typed:
> I have just upgraded form Redhat 6.1 to 6.2 from PCQUEST CD (Its great)
> I dont know a bit about Linux and I am very keen about it.
Great going! (Please don't quote unrelated messages and please set the
subject line appropriately. It's always better to write a fresh
message, instead of replying to another.)
> 1) when I start X from root I can access the documentation of Linux from
> Gnome but from other user I cannot it gives that u have not installed it.
> Why does this happen??
What is the "linux documentation"? And how are you trying to access
it? Try loading the file /usr/doc/LDP/install-guide/index.html from
Netscape or some other browser. It's a "getting started" guide to
linux. Many other documents are available in the /usr/doc/HOWTO
hierarchy.
> 2) When I configure my sound card (Xwave) it tells me to visit
> www.alsa-project.org/ and download the driver and install it. I couldn't get
> anything from it?
Go to the site http://www.alsa-project.org/. There are three links
there to the latest stable version of the drivers, lib and utils.
Oops, I just remembered - I think I saw the alsa drivers on this
months PCQ CD. Search for it, I think it's in some directory related
to i810.
> #) I have heard that there is something known as Python which i s a prog
> language which is simply great. Please tell me how can I start it and work
> on it?
Run "python" to run it in interactive mode. Eg:
$ python
Python 1.5.2 (#1, Sep 17 1999, 20:15:36) [GCC egcs-2.91.66
19990314/Linux (egcs- on linux-i386
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> print 1+2
3
>>> <Ctrl-D>
$
Press Ctrl-D to terminate it. Go to http://www.python.org/ to learn
more. The python documentation will most probably be available on your
hard disk as /usr/doc/python-docs-x.x.x/
> Is there any site which can help me learn every single bit about
> Linux easily ??
Actually, there is hordes of documentation available on your hard
disk. Check out /usr/doc/HOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO for starters.
Documentation for individual programs can be obtained in
/usr/doc/<programname>, and the commands "man <programname>" and "info
<programname>".
HTH..
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Mrinal Kalakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://mrinal.dhs.org/
Linux 2.2.16 || PGP:B1E86F5B || Mutt 1.3.2i (2000-05-23) || VIM 5.6
--
Sigh. I like to think it's just the Linux people who want to be on
the "leading edge" so bad they walk right off the precipice.
(Craig E. Groeschel)
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