----- Original Message ----- From: "robert jorgenson" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 2:10 PM Subject: Re: Question > well as of now i dont know how to install xfree because i cant get yast or yast2 to work(they will open but wont install stuff, yast2 > does some wierd stuff to, it will die and the command prompt will be written over the yast2 program interface one right after the other) > for some reason and i have a P1 133 mhz processor okies for 1 i would not build xfree on that box ( its gunna take ages and i mean ages a day at least ) yast will install stuff you must have the cd in the drawer then select from the menu installation you can then add / remove packages. or you may want to find the RPMS on the cd's and just use the rpm -i xfree.rpm rpm where xfree.rpm is the X package.. I dont use suse so i dont know what they are calling their rpms these days ... > > Nancy Sollars wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "robert jorgenson" > > To: "PLUG" > > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 11:55 AM > > Subject: Question > > > > > WoW this is gonna sound dumb but...i am completely new to linux and i > > > was wondering if there was a website i could go to that has a list of > > > like basic commands and what you can do with them. Again i know this > > > sounds dumb but i have a computer and i cant do anything with it as of > > > yet because i cant get X up :( i think my distro cd's are bad...so i > > > > What happends when u install Xfree and type startx from the command line? > > or does it fail cause you got it set to run level 5 GUI startup? > > > > before you embark on building X what speed processor do u have? > > > > > wanna connect my box to the internet and download it from an ftp site > > > and build it myself. But i dont know how to do that yet :( so any help > > > would be great! > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >