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Thread ID: 24263	2002-09-07 01:58:00	Linux Newbie, RH7.2, and fully IN TOO DEEP!	Chilling_Silence (9)	Press F1

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77274	2002-09-07 01:58:00	Alright, I'm a real newbie here. I've got Red Hat Linux 7.2 They were installing it at work and it looked kool, so I thought I'd give it a shot. It's on my laptop, P120Mhz, 48MB Ram (It configured 108MB Swap File) and a 1.40 GB HDD. I've got it into GNOME X Window System, and I'm rather lost from there. The interface is a little blocky, and so I'd like to kow how to get into some sort of a display properties panel. Also, should I have gone with KDE, I'm using the GRUB Boot-Loader, which I'm told is best. Also, Network with Win2K, how do I go about doing it? I've got a PCMCIA Network Card (Netgear FA410Tx or just X and no T for windows drivers), would it use a generic driver or does it come with one, or would I need to search the web for one. I'd like to get the network going so I can paly the MP3's if it's possible (I've found a media player, but have no music to test out!!!) I should be able to access the doze hdd, shouldn't I?? I've got wine installed, whatever that is, I think it has to do with windows. So, As you can see, I AM a TRU BLUE newbie when it comes to this, and I'd like all the help I can get, maybe websites URL's, or even prefferably, your knowledge right into this thread. Cheers guys L8rz Chilling_Silence	Chilling_Silence (9)
77275	2002-09-07 02:10:00	can't really answer your questions, but have a browse around www.linuxnewbie.org wine is the windows not an emulator... it's i think a compatibility layer for windows programs... it works best with simeple iwndows progs I think, things like minesweeper or notepad. I've run windows notepad from within linux, but it crapped out when I attempted to run unreal tournament :D you should be able to look at your windows partitions (you are dual booting?). in gnome, start up nautilis, which is kinda like explorer, and then look under the /mnt/win_c (or similar) folder. that should be your windows c drive... hope that helps. by the way, have you found XMMS? it's exactly like winamp... in terms of display properties (can't remember off the top of my head) try looking for something like "control center". i run mandrake which i thinks would be a bit different from redhat. it might be on the gnome desktop. gnome looks nicer than kde I think, but is also a little more resource hungry. try enlightenment... i just swapped to it and it's kinda cool. very different to MSwindows style though! good luck	loser (538)
77276	2002-09-07 02:55:00	To run a Graphical User Interface (or GUI) linux likes to have 64MB of RAM minimum. This is especially true of larger GUI's like Gnome and KDE. Your hard disk size is at the bottom end for these as well, especially if you have done a standard RedHat workstation install. There are a couple of other GUI's that use less space. To setup your graphics you need to run Xconfigurator from the command prompt. Log in and then su to root then type Xconfigurator. The last time I loaded 7.2 with the standard workstation it told me that I needed to download 200MB of patches and security fixes so going for a more limited setup would be a good idea. The easiest way to network linux/GUI to windows is by using Samba. I prefer using the program Swat to set this up while others prefer using smb.conf (do a search here for samba as there is an earlier thread with Chris Wilson et al) With you system you will really need to be willing to play around to see what configuration will give you something close to what you want. Links http://www.redhat.com/ http://www.linuxdoc.org/ au1.samba.org	Gorela (901)
77277	2002-09-07 02:58:00	To run a Graphical User Interface (or GUI) linux likes to have 64MB of RAM minimum. This is especially true of larger GUI's like Gnome and KDE. Your hard disk size is at the bottom end for these as well, especially if you have done a standard RedHat workstation install. There are a couple of other GUI's that use less space. To setup your graphics you need to run Xconfigurator from the command prompt. Log in and then su to root then type Xconfigurator. The last time I loaded 7.2 with the standard workstation it told me that I needed to download 200MB of patches and security fixes so going for a more limited setup would be a good idea. The easiest way to network linux/GUI to windows is by using Samba. I prefer using the program Swat to set this up while others prefer using smb.conf (do a search here for samba as there is an earlier thread with Chris Wilson et al) With your system you will really need to be willing to play around to see what configuration will give you something close to what you want. Links http://www.redhat.com/ http://www.linuxdoc.org/ au1.samba.org	Gorela (901)
77278	2002-09-07 03:00:00	Woops, sorry about the double post!	Gorela (901)
77279	2002-09-07 03:41:00	Okay, 10.4Meg samba RPM is being downloaded What's this about enlightenment, sounds interesting Yeah, I found that, but I've got no media on the thing to play and I don't know how to access a CD-ROM, I just got it on there this moring! I might be burning a few of my fav MP3's to a CD in a couple of minutes. No doz dual-boot, but the Family PC on the network was running Win2K along with my laptop which used to be dual booting 98SE and 2K, and both could do ICS with the Family Desktop as Host/Gateway. How would I find the control center?? UT? Sounds like I might challenge you to a whipping online, AFTER I get the network and MP3's going! Cheers Chilling_Silence	Chilling_Silence (9)
77280	2002-09-07 04:00:00	Okay, I think I foud the CD-Rom in mnt/CD-Rom/ Wait, no... yes.. umm... Nope, Where the heck is the CD-Rom drive??? Samba's goin at about 28.8 K, prolly coz there's about 10 PF1 window's open.. okay, there most go, now it's up to 38K.. Well, I'm fully stuck? Chilling_Silence	Chilling_Silence (9)
77281	2002-09-07 04:34:00	sounds like you are looking in the right place. I'm not sure if redhat automounts the cds (?). can't remember how to do it... ummmm i'll boot to linux in a whiles and try to work a couple of things out.... get back to you. someone else will probably answer before me though ;)	loser (538)
77282	2002-09-07 04:40:00	Try moving the mouse around all the icons on the Gnome desktop. They should say who they are when you pause on them. The left button and right button work similarly to the way they do in windows. Your CD drive should be at /mnt/cdrom ... remember that directory names are case sensitive in Linux. there is probably an icon for it --- use the right button to mount/unmount cds ... a disk isn't accessible unless it is mounted. (Open a terminal window ... little picture of a monitor in the toolbar ... and you can type "mount" to see what disks are mounted. Type "mount /mnt/cdrom" to cause a disk to mount; "umount /mnt/cdrom to unmount.) But IT ISN'T EASY. IT'S NOT WINDOWS. Windows isn't easy either. Linux is DIFFERENT. I suppose you haven't got the installation CDs? There is lots of documentation on them. They might have been installed ... find the "information center".	Graham L (2)
77283	2002-09-07 05:17:00	In Gnome you can access the disk file tree by using Nautilus. If you have a home icon on your desktop you can double click that which will start up Nautilus. Click on the tree file (in the left frame) and look for mnt in your directory tree. Both cdrom and floppy will be there. Clicking on the cdrom should allow you to mount the cd. Check to see if the Samba file contains swat. I know Graham far prefers smb.conf but it can take a little while to work out what you are meant to be doing there. Before using swat open smb.conf and save it as smb.conf.bak as swat destroys the original which contains a lot of notes about what each portion of the program is doing. To set up samba and save the original smb.conf you will need to log in as root so take care.	Gorela (901)
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