I'm fairly new to Linux and i've just installed debian testing, but i've got a few problems.
I need to edit my /etc/resolv.conf, so i open it in gedit as root and change it (not sure if this is the correct / easiest way to do it) but after about 5 mins, it will change back to what it was before.

I'm trying to mount my Windows ntfs partition so i use It works but only root has read permissions. So i used but it doesn't seem to do anything.

When i try to change my screen resolution the highest it will let me go is 800x600. Is there any way to get it to 1024x768? My graphics card is a ATI Radeon 9200SE so i chose "ati" when the istaller asked what display drivers to use.

Thanks.

Welcome to LQ.org Zadatak!

What are you trying to do? /etc/resolv.conf holds your nameservers. If you connect through a DHCP server, it should be overwritten by the DHCP server.

You won't be able to do that. Writing to a NTFS partition is, AFAIK, a 2.6.x kernel feature only and with unstable support. Reading, as you already know, is not a problem, but writing to a NTFS may cause some loss of data. If you need to write to a NTFS partition, you will need to re-compile your kernel in order to add NTFS support. The very best way, however, is to create a FAT32 partition so both Linux and Windows can read/write without a hassle.

You will need to edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf or /etc/X11/XF86Conf depending if you use xorg or xfree.

Regards!

I'm on a LAN where the gateway is a Windows XP box with ICS (don't ask), but the DNS doesn't seem to work properly with it. In Windows under TCP/IP properties i have "Obtain an IP address automaticly" and "Use the following DNS server addresses" and i have the address beneath. Would i have to use a static IP in Linux? If so, how?



I know Linux can't write to NTFS partitions, the problem is i don't know how to give my normal user read permissions. When i use "chmod o+r win" (that would give others read permission wouldn't it?) it says "chmod:changing permissions of 'win': Read-only file system"


It worked, thanks.

actually that gives owner read permission... a+r is the flag I think you're looking for...

To modify permissions on an NTFS file system you'll have to change the mount options in /etc/fstab, since AFAIK chmod and friends don't work on NTFS (and they certainly don't work with FAT32 since the filesystem lacks the concept of permissions).

In your /etc/fstab entry for the filesystem add umask=000 to the options the filesystem is mounted with, and then remount. WARNING! This gives all users on your Linux system complete access to the NTFS filesystem. Look into the user and umask options in man mount for more info about this.

Thanks, that worked.

EDIT: I fixed the other problem by changing some stuff in /etc/dhclient.conf. Thanks for your help everyone.