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Originally posted by Greebo ...
As for the post from r_jensen11 - ok - good idea, but.... First thing, which config files and where do i find them? Second, What is Pico and how do i use it?
I'm a newbie at this, and still learning about Linux and where all the bits and pieces are stored, so please bear with me.
Cheers,
Greebo
the config files for the kernels are the following:
/usr/src/linux/.config
That should point to the latest kernel you're trying to install, but of course, you'll need to make sure that the directories are linked properly. Basically, if you follow the directions posted randomly throughout the site, you'll set it up properly.
pico is a text editing program, like vi. type 'pico' without the 's and then the filename, so if you were in /usr/src/linux, you would type "pico .config" or if you were anywhere else, you would type "pico /usr/src/linux/.config" without the quotation marks, respectively. You use Control + X to exit, and then it gives you the option to save or disregard the changes. I find that pico is best for newer linux users, while vi is better for people that know more of what they're doing.
greebo,
i think i can actually answer one for you-
if you haven't got it already- to use pico-
pico is a command line text editor, a little easier to figure out than vi or emacs for a new
user. at the command line, change directory to where the file you want to edit is stored-
then at the prompt, type pico "filename", where "filename" is the file you want to edit-
dont use quotes, and note the space between pico and filename. this will take you into the
file. notice at the bottom of pico, you will see how to save, exit, get help, etc.
many of the files that you will be editing need to be edited as root-you could log out of your
normal user desktop and log in to root's desktop and open up kedit or kwrite and do your editing. but you will find its actually quicker running as normal user to open a terminal
and su to root, and use pico (or another cli editor) to edit a file.
pico was likely installed for you-it seems to be part of a default suse set up.
you may have already picked up on the fact that there's as many different programs to do one job as there are linux distros- stay focused on what suse's provided, then try others.
I personally like nano as a cli editor, but pico is pretty good.
About the camera, you will need gphoto2. Also hotplug is required if you want to be able to plug in the camera and have your favorite app (like digikam) open up.
Originally posted by natalinasmpf In case you didn't know. quotes are regularly used for arguments of a command/program.
He is referring to the quotes that he put in to mark the commands so that they stand out from the rest of the text. (I have been trying to remember to use the bold or underline options in the board editor instead, but I keep forgetting. (Old habits die hard...)
Originally posted by Nukem Knoppix would be too simple to somone who want to use a desktop in regular basis. Who would want to run off RAM while it is completely possible to install a much better high tech distro on the hard drive. If you are really really stuck and tired of trying to install stuff on the hard drive, may be you can look for a live distro to run off the ram like "Mandrake Move". I suggest Mandrake Move because unlike Damn Small, and Knoppix, Mandrake Move is a complete live distro, that gives you almost all the possibilities of real Mandrake Linux. Also you dont have to configure a thing. In my opinion, it detects and configure your hardware better than Windows.
Everything would be so easy. No editing configuration files and easy easy easy. But in the other hand, you won't learn a thing, and no fun messing with configuration files and stuff. Therefore I don't recoment it to you if you really want to learn more about linux .
When Knoppix is installed to the hard drive, It becomes Debian. Once apt-get update is run, it becomes Woody, and apt-get upgrade makes it sid (I think) anyway, once update and upgrade are run it is a full Debian system. I tried each of the other ways to install Debian and they all failed miserably, but now I have Debian with no problems...
When I tried out Suse 9 (my first distro too), I had many of the problems you're having.
Right now, I'm using Mandrake. Even with the download version, everything seems to work. I can plug in my USB fob, or a digital camera (which requires special software in Windows!), and it all automounts and shows up on the desktop. Detecting Windows shares and sharing files on Windows networks is a cinch. It also detected the sound on my laptop fine, which surprised me, since laptops have all kinds of unusual hardware.
I'm so impressed, I've ordered the Mandrake Powerpack. It includes the next two boxed versions free when they get released plus lots of proprietary add-ons (media codecs, video drivers, VMware, Crossover, etc.).
I used Mandrake for my VERY first distro but I had so many problems with it....I was running it on a laptop (HP XE3) and my floppy drive kept hanging....It was ugly....
Red Hat 9 is what I'm using now and I haven't had any probs yet....I do miss all the different graphical desktops though....
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Good. I'm crack this in time.
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