Its just that theres so much to get done, informix, firewalling, dns samba etc that sometimes its easier to use a front-end tool or just pick defaults to get something up and working. However, I just bought an ATI radeon 128 VE graphics card which only works with XFree86 4.2. I have downloaded and compiled the source but know I have a lot more to do such as edit to XF86config file and make sure the correct files are being run on start up. So this is prob a good time to learn more about how X is put together in my distro.
On Friday 01 March 2002 12:56, you wrote: > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 11:49:48AM +0000, Thomas McLaughlin wrote: > > So what is the best way to learn what I am missing? > > Training! Education! Certification! > > /me ducks and runs for cover. :) > > For the packages you're actually interested in learning more about, read > the supplied documentation. Figure out how to configure them *without* > the front-end tools. Trace through the source to figure out how they > work. -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
