Re: Debian too difficult, Red Hat?
On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, KTB wrote:
> Hi, thanks to all the people who have offered advice with configuring
> X-windows. I have not been successful and am brain dead at this point.
> I also tried hooking up to the internet with the same result.
I've looked through the posts....didnt see anything. What is the problem?
I've been through the worst that could have happened: PnP (Plug and Play)
modem and Linux.
If you can not get modem to work, there can be a lot of reasons.
So, ask away. Although....you have to know how the computer works. At
least a little bit.
Open your machine up. Look up the boards. See whats up. Gather all the
info you can...just don't pull any boards out.
About the modem: look if it's a Winmodem. Usually USRobotics modems are
ones. If it's Winmodem....you are out of luck and even RedHat will fail to
work with it, no matter how easy it shoudl be to install.
As for X:
You don't get to learn much by sitting and letting an automated script
autodetect/install everything for you.
X can be a pain to install...yeah. Noone said Linux was easy (lets say, as
easy as Windows, to install). Installing X has 4 parts, really:
1.Find out what card you have and select the closest library to support
it.
2. Find out the specs on your monitor...Use the net. I had no idea what
the specs were on my AcerView 34T. Looked around, found them, and was able
to run at 800x640, instead of 640x480, much faster too.
3. Set up the mouse.
4. Set up the windows manager.
All those steps are pretty easy. Just take time.
So, cheer up. Easier does not mean better.
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