At 09:21 AM 1/10/01 -0700, Bob wrote:
> > windows! A windows-only monitor maybe?
>
>When you say the monitor isn't supported, I assume you meant that you wind
>up with a distorted screen. I've got a couple of old monitors that are
>probably worst-case in terms of capabilities. Just make sure that you select
>REALLY modest values for everything (i.e. 640x480, slowest clock rates) and
>it should work. I would think any of the "generic" or "640x480 14 inch"
>settings would work.
No, it's worse than that. I mean, the monitor is currently running in
800x600 32 bit on the windows box, but any attempt to run X leaves the
system hung and the monitor flashing and blinking like a southern belle's
fluttering eyelashes. Sometimes in the midst of the flashing you can
detect that the screen has several GUI dopplegangers on it, otherwise, you
can see the CLI in the back.
> > So anyway, i've got redhat 6.0 running on it (had corel's latest and it
> > kept hanging at boot and I couldn't figure why) and i'm working on
>learning
> > how to do stuff in CLI.
>
>Ah, well you'll probably learn more of the underpinnings that way. The GUI
>is great, but there are some things that are invaluable to understand
>underneath.
>
>I found the vi editor to be the biggest challenge :)
No kidding. I was working with a friend to edit the inittab and it took 3
hours to get it right, partly because i'd get stuck trying to add a letter
and it would delete another letter, insert it between instead of at the
end, etc, and then i'd have trouble saving and quitting and Oh
Brother. And this was with someone over icq trying to instruct me (and it
wasn't his fault)
> > I also have X4win so if I DO get the thing to
> > network with my winbox i can run xwindows as a remote client and still
> > operate the linux in GUI. Mind you, by the time i learn to configure a
> > network i won't need a GUI anymore!! hee hee
>
>RedHat makes network configuration pretty straightforward. Be sure to read
>the RedHat installation guide, or a RedHat-centric manual to get started.
>Most of it's under /etc/sysconfig or /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts.
Good, thanks, i'll investigate further
>Once you get the network up, run a web server and point the document root at
>/usr/doc. Then you can browse package-specific stuff via a nice web browser.
Uh sure, I'm sure it's just so EASY, huh? hehehe
> > At the moment, i'm typing the MAN pages for Samba and nmdb onto a text
>file
> > in my laptop for easier reference.
>
>Surely you're not re-typing them! Just copy the web pages over and use a
>browser (if enabled), or export the actual man pages.
copy over? export? these are the man pages on the networking stuff, if i
had the network doing it's thing i wouldn't need them?
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