newbie question
Hi, I am a complete noob at linux and need some assistance.
I was given a thinkpad with debian woody installed (no billyware). It
boots lovely except for the audio. I get this message at logon:
error while initialising sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (permission denied)
the sound server will continue, using the null output lines
How do I correct this? (my installation won't let me log into an
xwindows environment as root, I have to do it through a terminal so some
easy instructions would be very welcome)
also how do I browse to my cd rom? It doesn't appear in konquerer and I
don't remember seing it mounted at boot.
Could someone point me to some easy to understand docs about the file
system, maybe with a graphical representation, as it seems so different
to billyware. I am trying to find java so I can get my browsers to run
applets (I use mozilla and konq).
Finally (for now) is there a reason why I can't copy/paste between
applications? (ie. between advanced editor and mozilla news composer?)
Many thanks for your help and I hope I don't fill up your newsgroup with
too many lame questions.
Tendril
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