Things are looking bright, but the sun is still a little ways from
completely breaking through in my Linux world. :-)
1. Printer -- followed several suggestions and got things printing fine
from the command line (finally!). Thanks for the help. However,
tonight when I tried to print from within X, using TKDesk, (right click
on file name, choose print), it reverted back to it's old nasty
staircase ways. Still worked fine from command line though. Any
suggestions?
Also, I notice at boot up time it says:
unable to get major 6
/lib/modules/2.0.34 misc/lp.o: init_module: Device or resource busy.
I'm assuming this has something to do with it, but unsure as to how to
fix it.
To get it to print properly at command line, I added the following line
to my Hosts file:
10.0.0.1 Spartacus (name of machine).
Without this line it wouldn't print properly. However, now Sendmail
hangs the computer at bootup time. How can I rectify this seemingly
insurmountable problem?
2. Netscape -- haven't used it for awhile (in Linux), so I cannot yet
report what errors appear when it shuts down. Will get back to you (I
know you are anxiously awaiting).
3. Swapfile -- When I installed Linux, I set aside a big swap file
(don't recall how much -- prob. around 64 meg). When I type "free," it
says Swap = 0, with 0 being used. My normal Ram is 32 megs. Two
questions: first, how can I get access to my swap file?; and second, if
I don't really need it with the memory I already have, how can I reclaim
that chunk of memory? BTW, when I boot up, the only message I can see
that might be related to this file is: "Starting kswapd v.1.4.2.2." And
when I shutdown, it says something to the effect of closing the swap
file.
4. WindowMaker -- installed it as root; works perfect. So I set up a
regular user account for myself (can't go on irc as root now, can we?),
but find I can't start X through it. I get this message:
/usr/local/bin/wmaker fatal error: could not find usr GNUstep directory
How do I get WM working from my regular account?
Hey, sorry for being a pest -- but I thought this would be better than
filling your mailboxes with at least three extra posts. ;-)
If you can answer any or all, it would be greatly appreciated.
BONUS: If you can answer all four questions by yourself, my appreciation
for you will then stretch into eternity!! What greater bonus can one
ask for?
Brian Lehr
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