To start without X, just type "linux 3" at the the lilo prompt (without the
quotes of course). This will give you the test based/command line login.
What mode did you install in?? I could not get Drakconf to work until I
installed in expert mode, then it worked fine.
Not sure about the NIC, I am using same card and it works fine with pnp
enabled??
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Art Richardson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 10:20 AM
> To: Newbie
> Subject: [newbie] Where is the so called help???????
>
> You know you hear so much of the fact that if you have problems with Linux
> that there is a large group of people who are willing to help. Just be
> willing to do a little homework first and try to find the answer somewhere
> in all the how to's and other documentation. If you can't find anything
> that
> related to your problem just post your question in a newsgroup etc... and
> someone who possibly overcame the problem will help with a reply. Well for
> this newbie that has not been the case. I am not stupid, just
> inexperienced
> with Linux. I have posted questions in several newsgroups, and in this
> newbie list and all I have gotten is a resounding wall of silence. Maybe
> my
> questions aren't interesting enough or maybe not technical enough for you
> to
> show the world that you are the smartest Linux guru on the planet. My
> girlfriend suggests that I post questions in her name and maybe that would
> stroke enough male ego's out there to get a response. So one last time
> before I just reformat the drive and just go back to windows, maybe one
> person who has been there will take a few minutes and write a reply .
>
> 1) I have a 3Com 3c509b nic. I cannot get this card to install. I have
> been
> told that this card needs to have the PnP feature disabled to work
> properly.
> The machine that I am using for my Linux installation is the family
> computer
> and windows has to be on it for the rest of the family. What will
> disabling
> the PnP feature do to the windows side??
>
> 2) I also cannot get Draxconf to work. From a post to this list I found
> that
> you must install the RPM and then it would work. After installing (I think
> I
> did, there was nothing that told me that it was installed) and when I
> click
> on the icon nothing happens. Maybe that's another reason I can't get my
> nic
> to work. I can't configure anything.
>
> 3) Lastly, this may seem like a very stupid question but how do I turn off
> my x server and just use the bash shell? I mistakenly answered yes to the
> question to start the x server on startup when I was installing Mandrake.
> I
> am using KDE and the only exit I can find is the option that will shut the
> machine down.
>
> Please someone help. I know that Linux has a steep learning curve and from
> using it so far I like it a lot and would like to use it exclusively. I
> just
> have to get over these newbie problems. Thanks for listening
> Art
>
