RE: Help & HOWTO's
Whoa there boy! Slow down!
Phew.
Maybe we should try one thing at a time. Do you have web access?
Go to www.linuxdoc.org and look at the printing-HOWTO.
Or, if you installed the Debian Docs and HOWTOs, they'll be in
/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/
and they'll look funny.
Try this:
# gunzip <insert HOWTO name here>.txt.gz
Then
# less <HOWTO>.txt
That'll allow you to start browsing through the howto.
You should also know that Linux has several Virtual Terminals available to
you. You can scroll through these by using ALT-F1 (through F6). So you can,
say, pull up a man page in one term and then make your changes in another.
Hope this helps. I think that your post might have been a little
overwhelming, kind of like your first stab at linux.
Usually, you'll get really quick, fast answers on these types of lists if
you say something like:
I want to print these man pages out.
I'm running Debian 2.1 (or whatever version you're running)
I have an <whateveer> type of printer, which is (USB, parallel, network
attatched)
How do I install the printer drivers? That being done, how do I then print?
(it usually helps if you've at least read the man pages/HOWTOs first)
Regards,
Glen
-----Original Message-----
From: JB Popnoe [mailto:jbp5345@email.msn.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 1:04 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Help & HOWTO's
Beginner Linux - Up and running / need lots of examples and
will start slow - using man help and would like to print some
pages - mouse running but still need X11 - Debian manual
back cover says intro - however Chpt. 9 makes a lot of assumptions
that I don't know ?? Someone cookbook me on Printers
first - then I will get with X11 - checking packages installed
and still looking - JB Thank you for any help you can
point me too. ???????????
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