Requests for new LinuxAnswers
 

Is there a LinuxAnswer that you'd like to see written? Request it in this thread. This will help give ideas to members who are interested in writing a tutorial.

--jeremy

- A guide to setting up your pop3 mail account with pine would be neat, like get that daemon (fetch i think its called) to check your mail every 5 minutes or so and then download messages to your mail folder for use with pine or whatever you use to monitor your mail folder.

- A guide on getting 3D acceleration working with ATI PCI cards, because their fglrx drivers don't seem to support the card type.

- And also, there is a lack of security answers. Maybe people could write security guides specific to certain distributions. Like "Securing your fresh Slackware 10 installation", "Securing your fresh Fedora C2 installation". Those guides could detail what you need to disable and update etc. The only problem I see with this is versions of distros change a lot, so the guides would become unusable over time. Another security idea is a guide to common services and which ones to disable especially if your linux box is connected to the net.

Just a few ideas.

veritas:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...icle&artid=179
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...icle&artid=192
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...icle&artid=212
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...icle&artid=251 - are any of those helpful?

I like the security idea - but I think a unified one would be better otherwise you would end up with many articles which are largely identical. Just my £0.02

Actually, I have tried the bottom 2, couldnt get the card working ( radeon 9200SE). And never really clicked on the top two because their titles didn't seem to apply to me. But they look promising, so I'll definitely try them.

Yea, I completely agree with a unified security article on how to secure distros, since most of them are similar with the services and packages.

A guide to the use of chkconfig, explaining the services and when to (de)activate them, the (x)inetd services (why the division), accelerating boot...

As to the security: firewall rules for dummies for a standalone workstation / house-net / small server explainig e.g. port 6000 with X etc.

I think it would be usefull to have some guides on how to combine several packages in a useful system. As a newbie, I am going to set up mail, but I know there are the actual mail user agents (i'm thinking about trying mutt), there's fetchmail, there's procmail.

I THINK that the 'standard' way of doing things would be an installation where fetchmail gets the mail from a pop server (and does what with it?), procmail then sorts or does other things with it, and finally a user agent reads it.
In Windows most mail clients simply store all mail in a private closed source files system. I understand linux takes an approach where fetchmail places it in /var. (but I don't get how different users get their mail apart), I believe there is a 'standard' in storing mails with each mail being a file.
What if I want my mail to be handled by a Bayesian filter ? How and where should I add which application in the chain ?

I am also wondering, if I have one PC getting the mail of different people, how can they access it from different PC's in a home network.

As a newbie, I took (am taking) the learning curve by doing one thing at a time. Like my first task was 'I want to be able to browse on the internet'. Then it was, 'I want to be able to use my scanner', These kind of tasks where good enough to force me to learn the command line, get used to man pages, learn to install and remover things from my OS, learn to configure my startup etc.
However, I am still missing a lot of 'overview' as can be seen by my questions above.

I have the feeling there is little of the kind of documentation on the internet that says 'this is how one does things in general (and that is how linux handles this), here's an example with package a, b and c, and since you can find help on individual packages, I'm sure you can now start fiddling to use you own choice of package a, b and c)

just my 2c

Requirements to use a Linux box as an Internet gateway
 

I.ve got quite a few Linux distros on my 2 machines, but at the moment I have to use XP as an Internet gateway. About the only thing good I can say about XP and Win2k is that ICS works dead easy and the Linux clients are. well they're just online. MDK10.0 has got a tool for setting up ICS , but I've tried and tried . Once it worked and I thought "Bingo". shut down for the night. Next day. Nothing. Doh.I've just put Guarddog on the Internet gateway machine and am about to have a go at installing (source code) Guidedog. the prog for setting up masquerading, but it would be very helpfull if someone could give some nice, clear requirements for what is needed to use a Linux box as an Internet gateway. I dont like XP. Security has to be thro the roof. It wont shut down. It wont start up. Bill waving the licence in front of you all the time. "One hard drive, one CPU or else". The distro I've put Guarddog on, and am I'm about to put Guidedog on is FC1.A nice tutorial would be very much appreciated. Nigel.

xavierp; your post in answers is great ,however
any chance that it could be included in every forum post prior to or as a header top of forum post , so that it will be reminder to all of the courtesy and thoughtfulness towards a good full responce from responders. what do you think & other moderators?

I think it's a great Linux Answer! ;) But rather than put it at the top of each forum (where these things often get lost), use it to educate others. If you see a poster who you think would benefit from it - point it out to them.

xavierP; will do! will try any method to improve
forums with answers & questions. guess just have to educate as much as possible.
with great patience & fortitude , alas dunderheads learn slowly. but learn (hopefully)
they will.

I need help and that's as simple as that. This is what I'd like to be helped on :

I've a simple text file wherein I'd like to replace all the occurences of a particular word with another word. I'd like to be told the command as to how to do it.

Would appreciate a quick [ helpful :-) ] response!

Regards,
Mufy

Start Kate / any editor you like, load the text-file and use the search/exchange function included ... this is not really what this thread is about ;).

I do appreciate that help, but that's not exactly what I had in mind.

I'm actually looking forward to seeing a command to be included in my shell script which would replace the occurrences of a word and replace it with another.

I'd not made it clear in my earlier post. Apologies.

Mufy

Oh, I see. I think ;).

I could use an introduction to the 'mount' command and the fstab file. I use it, I know how to put in the necessary arguments and basically kludge my way through making a fstab file that works. I would like to get an understanding of it, though. Maybe someone would put together a primer on this?

I need help with some Linux Commands
 

Hey Guys,

could some one please help me to a ccomplish the follwoing tasks in a linux enivronmnet

1. You have a directory called /u01/apps with over 500 files and subdirectories. Write a
command that will copy all files and subdirectories except /u01/apps/myfile from
/u01/apps into /u02/apps.


2. Your computer has two IDE disk drives of the same size. Provide the instructions (with
appropriate commands) on how to configure them as RAID 1.


3. What Linux files can be used to collect information about computer’s hardware
resources including number and type of the CPUs, disk drives and partitions, memory,
etc?


I am in real need for this ... please me help as soon as u can

you have posted in the wrong thread. you need to start a thread of your own in a suitable forum (e.g. Linux - Newbie) if you'd read any of this thread, you should have seen it is for submitting erquests for doumemntation to be written for our "LinuxAnswers" subsite, not general help requests.

i have submitted a howto, now how do i edit it?

Tablet Help please ( post #1)

I initially posted the following on the Hardware forum but got no response -- I then got no response on general but I feel sure I cannot be the only person who would like to experiment on a Tablet.
Therefore I feel that a guide to tell Linux users the current state of developments for Tablet support would be welcome.

I was certainly hoping to receive some help and encouragement to get Linux working on this Tablet but as it is an operational machine I do not want to start until I feel there is a reasonable prospect of getting somewhere.

Whilst the question relates to the generality of Tablet issues someone writing a guide might want to know some specifics.
The actual model I own is a GoBook sold also by HP as a Tr3000.

This would involve installing Linux on a keyboardless system upon which a virtual keyboard would ideally be the first item to appear on the display and with simultaneous activation of the Tablet pen interface functions as virtual keyboard and mouse.

Information on this particular Tablet can be found at the itronix website (look under GoBook (model 300)).
For those not familiar with Tablets this means I need to:
1. Be able to activate and use the pressure sensitive touchscreen (wacom) as:
(a) mouse
(b) virtual keyboard
2. Use both 1a & 1b for installation, boot & login.
3. It would be practicle to use an external usb keyboard for initial installation but operational conditions preclude the use of a physical keyboard in normal use.
4. This means the virtual keyboard has to replace all the functions of a physical keyboard.
5. I could post an image of the virtual keyboard which MS$ use for XP tablet edition.
6. Most tablets also have rotation support for both portrait and landscape operations.
7. The Wacom serial Tablet pen is managed via an Intel(R) 82801CAM LPC Interface Controller.
8. Intel(R) 82801CAM LPC Interface Controller - 248C also provides the hardware for the rotate driver.
9. The mouse device also operates via the Tablet pen using the pressure sensitive screen and a click device on the pen for left and right click operations.
10. This rugged tablet is equipped with integral wireless lan, usb 2, lan & blue tooth. It is sealed against the elements and I can operate it on deck in foul weather for navigation.
11. My primary purpose is using this unit at sea for navigation, logging, interfacing with radiocommunication devices, and for control purposes.

I am sure I am not the only one who would love to be able to move Tablet computers away from absolute dependence on MS$

David Southwell

__________________

Message to : Jeremy or other MOD..

I submitted my tutorial about FIND COMMAND with EXAMPLES yesterday at LQ answers.

But there were two messages flashed after submitting.
1. Page requested is not avail or found.
2. Your linux answer has been submitted.

Is it normal ?

yes, I would
 

I would love to see written instructions and troubleshooting.

oops - posted to wrong thread - sorry :(

A HOWTO For New Kernel Additions and Compiling!!!
 

Ive done a google search and come up with 3 different sets of OLD instructions as well as a forth someone has added on my post, and they are as follows:

1.)

http://www.linuxheadquarters.com/how...pilation.shtml

2.)

http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/L...html#dl-depend

3.)

http://linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/202/1/

4.)

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...rnel+compiling


Each one of these instructions has different stuff than another, or adds something or has taken something away.
I'd like to see a UPTODATE readable, understandable walkthrough with explainations of what each command does and if its necessary, as well as things pointed out that may be distro specific. I would love you forever.

i know this thread is old but i'll post anyways. there are so many how to's online it is unbelievable. and they are all basically the same just outdated. is it possible to create how to's that are up to date but also could be applied to any distro or atleast a few distro's? mainly just basic things such as printer set-up local and network. raid arrays ide/sata, samba and it's home user uses and set-up. i guess i'm basically just talking about up to date how to's related to the most common newbie questions and a list of commands with brief explanations. i realize that's asking alot but i found several how to's on installing java but the version mentioned was outdated and one had instructions that balked this newbie. so it took me several hours to figure it out. i'm thankful for the lesson but still, i hope you get my point.

good point. too many outdated forums and howtos and too many of them with no date mentioned anywhere. would like to find a good one on how udev works and how to write rules for it, having a lot of trouble just to mount an ntfs disk (read only) and have a usb dongle that doesnt give the correct info to load its driver (kvaser canbus interface btw, give them a plug as they write linux drivers for there products)
cheers
stan

@ stan.distortion You'd better have started a thread for that question. A well:

http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/util...tplug/udev-FAQ
http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html

Low latency alsa howto?
 

Am plaughed (sic) with grotesque alsa latency problems - sound happening long after the event that triggered it. It appears the way round this is to compile a low latency kernel and use plug. But you tell me. (I must say I'm a bit puzzled for you have to say that alsa isn't really fit for purpose in some ways.)

How is this done - the more simple minded the how to the better; with the actual commands spelt out?

BIOS Flash - howto
 

I would be nice to have a How To flash your BIOS. These are very technical things and it hard to flash a BIOS through Linux. A howto, with everything explained, all the commands and applications listed.

@ ANO1453 Know this?

http://www.coreboot.org/Flashrom

Networking problem in openSUSE 11.3
 

I used 11.1 and 11.2 and but I didn't face any problem, but in 11.3 I don't know why its troubling