On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 16:53, Robert MacLean wrote:
> Good Morning Bunnies ;)
>
> Okay I got Mandrake installed and all seems well, played around a bit
> and I got some more questions. BTW If any of this stuff is in a manual
> that comes with Mandrake, I'm very happy to just accept page numbers.
> Firstly and most worrying is my modem doesn't work under Linux. Under
> HardDrake it tells me it is a CONEXANT Modem Emulator, and then says
> it can't use Winmodems (and gives a link to a page that doesn't
> exist). Here the weird thing, my modem is a CNET modem
> (http://www.cnet.com.tw/product/cn5614rc.html), and there was no
> mention anywhere that it is a Winmodem so I doubt that is it, maybe I
> just got scammed?
Here's a quote from the link you gave:
"These models include controller-less modems and internal software modems."
This is a fancy way to call it a winmodem. No manufacturer actually uses the
term "winmodem"; this is a term used primarily by non-Windos users, often as
a way of deriding them. Try these sites for possible solutions:
http://linmodems.org/
http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
> My next one is also hardware. I have a Genius Netscroll Optical mouse.
> But for some reason I can't select it, when I tried it during install
> it stuffed the mouse up. So I choose std mouse. Any way to fix this? I
> miss my mouse wheel :(
Run "mousedrake" as root.
> My last hard ware question is it possible for my machine to switch it
> self off when I shut down? I used to do this in windows (not that I
> shut my machine down that often, because it usually crashed before
> then), it just made life that much sweeter.
If it does this in Windos, it should in GNU/Linux as well. My machine can do
this in both OSs.
> Next questions will probably seem really basic, so here goes using
> GNOME, how do I change/delete/add desktop icons?
Right-click the desktop and select New -> Launcher. You can also add .desktop
links or symbolic links to your /home/user/.gnome-desktop directory.
> Is there a way I can setup Linux to automatically start the CD Player
> software, and start playing the CD when an Audio CD is inserted?
I'm not too sure on this one. It should be possible if you add the CD Player
applet to a panel.
> My computers "name" is localhost.localdomain? How/Where do I change
> this?
Computers are a bit like people. When someone wants to call you, they'll say
"Robert" (or maybe a nickname). When you wish to refer to yourself, you
wouldn't refer to yourself in the third person (unless you're weird). Most
people would use a personal pronoun, like "I", when referring to themselves.
With networked computers, things are similar. When your computer refers to
itself, it uses "localhost.localdomain" (the full local name), or just
"localhost" (a 'nickname'). This must not be changed. However, the external
host name can be changed. Try typing "hostname" in a terminal. The resulting
optput is what other computers on a network will call your computer in order
to communicate with it.
> Also Many Thanx for you time with my last email, it helped a lot :)
> Robert MacLean
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