Hi Ralph,
I think the easiest way for you to get up to date
in the Linux world is to reinstall Linux Mandrake
with the most current release (version 7.2).
For non-techie, version 7.2 makes A LOT of
difference, almost like day and night. I upgraded
from 7.0 to 7.2 and I could tell a huge
difference.
Mandrake has matured a lot since 6.2, so I believe
with a reinstall, many of your basic problems
would be resolved (like correct drivers, mouse
movement etc).
Try it, I'm sure you'll be more comfortable with
Linux.
> -----Original message begins-----
>
> From: Ralph Avery [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 9:29 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc:
> Subject: [newbie] I'm completely lost
>
> I've been tinkering with this Linux for some time, but I still don't
> understand it at all. I've read the posts on this message board (All 150+)
> every day, but everyone's completely out of my league with their responses.
> I have Mandrake Linux (I think 6.2). I managed to get it up and running, I
> can even connect to the internet. I have no idea how I did it. I am trying
> to get my sound card and NIC card to work. I downloaded some files that are
> supposed to be the drivers. They're in tar.gz format. I've gunzipped them,
> and even tarred them. I have a bunch of files now, and I have no idea what
> to do with them. There's an Adobe PDF with one of them. I downloaded the
> latest version of Acrobat to read it. It makes no sense.
> When I log out of KDE (Or any other GUI) I often lose my mouse. The cursor
> goes to the extreme upper right corner, and I can't do squat after that.
> All I can do is hit Reset. The computer's not locked up, but it won't let
> me do anything when I return to the GUI. I would imagine there was a
> command that could be executed which would activate the mouse again.
> Is there anyone out there willing to do some one-on-one tutoring, and help
> someone who's really really trying?
>
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Cheers,
Viboon
