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Thread ID: 43872 2004-03-30 01:26:00 i have problems with linux and one more hardware question! yingxuan (3330) Press F1
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225932 2004-03-30 21:16:00 Where is the Xwindows console in linux?

Am i correct that u right click on the desktop of linux.Choose new terminal and thats what it is?
how do i identify the lan settings using it?

Just beem searching at google.Nothing really came up.
yingxuan (3330)
225933 2004-03-31 02:26:00 > Am i correct that u right click on the desktop of
> linux.Choose new terminal and thats what it is?

That will give you a shell console/terminal window - same sort of thing. For a xterm window you can just go ALT-F2 and enter in xterm or enter that command from a console window.

> how do i identify the lan settings using it?

You are wanting to find out the machines IP, broadcast and subnet mask settings? Open up a console/shell/terminal window. You need to change to root (so the $ character at the prompt changes to a # character), as the commands listed below will only respond to root and you will only get a "command not found" message with your user powers. Enter in su - [note the space then hyphen] enter, and then root's password. You now have root powers within the shell. Depending upon what you are after, try the some of following commands:

ifconfig eth0
dhclient eth0
route
ip route

> Just beem searching at google.Nothing really came up.

:O nothing?! I think you need to redefine your search terms, as there is a huge amount of information out there.
Jen C (20)
225934 2004-03-31 05:12:00 Further to Grahams comments, if you have access to a "live cd" linux i.e. runs off a cd and does not install on your hard drive, knoppix is a good one; try that on your laptop first to see how it goes before you commit to a "hard" install. Dolby Digital (160)
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