Subject: Re: A few (lot?) queries from a neophyte
From: nathan r. hruby (nhruby@arches.uga.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 27 2002 - 14:34:07 MST
Below are terse answers. I don't think it'd be helpful for anyone to
answer every question in great detail, as I'm bound to get stuff wrong
and it would get very long.. there are a lot of questions that are very
open eneded. Look up the docs for the mentioned programs at their
respective sites, using Google, and at www.linuxdoc.org.
Also, a lot of these questions have been answered on the list already, be
sure to search the list archives before asking a question, you might find
that it's already been answered. http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Eric D. wrote:
> Hello all, I'm slowly exposing myself to the wonderful [ly frustrating]
> world of Linux + YellowDog Linux 2.1.
>
> A few questions:
> (1) are there PDF or html users guides for YDL 2.1? e.g. how do I change
> resolution, do AppleShare networking, Novell networking, printing, access
> HFS+ partitions, etc.?
>
The redhat guide should work ok, a lot of YDL is redhat based, there are
some YDL specfic tools, but the RHL ones are also installed. The users
guide also explains a lot of generic linux things that are common to all
distros. Give it a whirl.
Resolution in X? Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config or run Xconfigurator, or
xf86setup. This has gond round and round on the list, do use the archives
you should find a method that works for you there.
AppleShare networks coems from the netatalk package. If it's not already
installed get it from rpmfind.net. if you can't find a ppc rpm, just grab
a .src.rpm and do rpm --rebuild <rpmfile> netatalk.sf.net
Novell networking comes from the mars_nwe package. Here there be dragons.
There's also some kernel level stuff as well (IPX drivers, and the kernel
can mount NCP volumes directly as well - see ncptools?) Usze google to
find info.. I abhor IPX :)
printing for linux - printtool to configure, then samba, netatalk, mars
have their own methods of exposing your printers to their clients
access to HFS+ partitions can't be done. best you can do is mount a plain
ol HFS partition with mount -t hfs /dev/<device> /<mountpoint>
(mount is explained in further in the user guides - not sure what the
status of the HFS+ driver is or if there is one)
>
> (3) How can you turn on/off the KDE virtual desktop option (kind of a cool
> feature)? Is it simple or does it involve lots of fiddling (can't find it in
> KDE's on-line help)?
>
This is in the XF86Config as well. One of the setup tools mentioned above
should let you chnage it.
> (6) If I set a Mac OS partition as a startup disk I lose the ability to boot
> the Linux partition. How can I reset the Linux parition as a startup
> partition (with yaboot... don't quite understand how that works but I
> presume it's the boot loader).
>
See the archives http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/ Essentailly startup
disk changes the same OpenFirmware settings that ybin does. I have my
piso set yto boot the linux partition only when holding spacebar at boot
(as from the 1.2.1 setup guide) which works well too. Tehre is also
documentation on the YDL website that should tell you how to do a triboot
as well as in the archives. this is probbaly what you want to look for.
> (7) If I login without the GUI (e.g. opt-ctrl-F2), how can I activate the
> KDE GUI? I thought it was xstart but that doesn't do anything other than
> swear)
>
startx, but don't do that if there's already a X session running as then
you'll have 2 X sessions eating system resources. you can kill an X
session with ctrl-alt-backspace
> PS FYI my system: stock Rev 2 B&W G3/450 576 MB/12 GB (partitions in this
> order 7.5 GB - HFS+ OS 9.2.2, 1.5 GB - (10 MB boot + 256 MB swamp +
> remainder YDL), 3 GB - HFS+ OS X 10.1.3).
>
> I installed YDL 2.1 a little over a week ago and have played with it a
> little -- it's cool and fairly stable (had to give it a three-finger salute
> twice) (got some good GUI ideas that would be interesting in OS X) & fairly
> zippy but I'm running into serious frustration trying to set
> hardware/network settings (I haven't found Mac OS/Winblows style Control
> Panels that affect stuff like printer, monitor, sounds (for some reason my
> B&W G3 doesn't make sound in Linux), networking (then again, Winblows
> networking ain't easy either)).
>
Sound, I dunno (my servers don't need sound :) networking can be setup
with netcfg if you didn't do it at install time. also read the net HOWTO.
kpp has been said to work well for dialup connections, but I haven't used
a modem in so long that I couldn't tell you for sure.
-n
-- ...... nathan hruby - nhruby@arches.uga.edu computer support specialist department of drama and theatre http://www.drama.uga.edu/ ......
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