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hello, how do i go online? my linux redhat 7.2 computer is all of two days old. hahaha... anyway i don't know how to go online. i did the "internet configuration" thing and it just said "activating device" for a long time and nothing happened so i exited. by the way i use dial-up.
for some reason when i use gnome, there are these two weird lines below the mouse cursor all the time. it doesn't happen with kde, but my mouse cursor freezes more often there.
ahh, what else? ah. i know this is retarded, but how do you shutdown your computer when you're in the black-and-white mode? ctrl-alt-del always restarts it, and i end up just turning off the UPS and unplugging my computer.
thanks.
Shut down is a command... "shutdown -h now" or "init 0"
What type of modem are you connecting with?
A lot of the 'winmodem' types don't work without some extra files.
A correctly setup modem is found on "/dev/modem" port.
The extra weird lines say there is an X-windows configuration problem, usually with the language/font settings.
There are a lot of updates to install for various bugs from 7.2. Have you seen any magazines with a copy of RH8?
It is a much more complete version, especially for newcomers...
# shutdown -h now
or
# halt
run as root.
If you have advanced power management enabled in the kernel it will turn it off else you have to manually push the power-button (It says Power Down when its done shutting down).
thanks peter_robb, eltarvag. =)
oh wait, my distro's rh7.3 after all, not 7.2. but it probably doesn't make much of a difference, right?
winmodem...? my modem's internal, so i don't know what type/ brand it is..
Not too sure of the exact difference, but if you check the model - probably in the control centre - and then follow the link posted by peter_robb, you will find out whether it is a "winmodem" or not.
Most of the advice around here seems to suggest the use of an external modem. As they seem to work better with linux and not relying on any software "tricks" like a winmodem does.
Though if you surf under window$ try googles linux pages and you should be able to find something about modifying winmodems.
Almost all internal modems these days are winmodems. This is because there are fewer motherboards that have isa slots. Being all pci slots almost guarantees that the manufacturer is putting in a winmodem.
They are just much cheeper due to the fact that they are not real modems and lack real modem hardware.
That's what I was trying to say, but because I know the square root of f*** all, I wasn't really sure of how to put it - hence the suggestion of following the link that peter_robb posted after the shoelessworm establishes which modem he? has actually got.
yeah, i checked out the winmodem link. it was quite overwhelming, haha. i'm pretty sure now that my modem's a winmodem. it was quite cheap. i think i'll just buy an external modem with my holiday money next year.
thanks everyone for yr help. happy new year!
=)
oh sorry, another question. i've been wondering, seeing that a lot of people list more than one linux distro under their usernames. so you must have like three or more computers at home! or do you install two distros per comp you own?
if i have redhat 7.3 installed on one comp now, and i wanna add another linux distro to it sometime in the future, can i just install it or do i have to reformat the hard disk? (it's already partitioned.)
haha after reading yr posts, i want new computers! (i'm using my XP pc now. when i wanna play w/ my rh 7.3, i gotta unplug the keyboard n monitor wires n plug it in my rh 7.3.) haven't bought me an external modem yet.
By the sound of it, the next thing that you will buy is a copy of partition magic, then you can chop your hard disc into bite sized chunks - as long as you only install bite sized software, you should be alright !!!!!!!!
I was lucky enough to have a fat32 partition going spare so I stuck my mandrake in that. As for some of the nutters who post here, last time I was counting, I spotted someone claiming to have 8 different distro's running on some sort of raid array!
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