Poor me, it hurts! :(

So I finally decided to switch back to my xp harddrive and battle the viruses. I cleaned them up thanks to www.trendmirco.com but they've left a little damage. Exe files wont run anymore without circumventing some things...

 

Double-clicking an exe file, using a shortcut to it, or attempting to run it from the run dialogue gives an error "Windows cannot find '[file]'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search."

 

However, I can get around this by right-clicking it, using "run as" and using any setting in there.

 

I have no idea whats up with that, I'll probably end up reformatting it anyway, but I'd like to fix it first--it would save me the trouble of trying to burn a xp copy and install it under a seperate partition on my good (linux) hardrive. Any tips here would be appreciated.

Hi all Linux Guru's and Newbies!! I really need some help with Putty so i can remote acces my linux PC from any Windows PC. How can i open/install/activate that service??? o_O

Hi Everyone-

 

I just installed RedHat 8.0 on one of my older systems (specs below)and I don't know if I have everything installed correctly yet:

 

1 Hard Drive Obviously installed correctly

1 CD-WR Haven't tested yet

Mother board DFI Inifinity Ultra Installed Drivers just how Nvidia said to.

CPU Athlon XP 1700+ ?

Sound Onboard Don't have extra speaks to test

Video GeForce 2 Ultra I just picked generic Geforce 2 but I don't

know how to install OpenGL

Monitor Touch? I know this monitor can do 1024x768@85hz

I don't think I have it installed correctly.

 

Mouse and Keyboard are good except I can't use the scroll on my mouse.

 

My biggest issues are that I can't get Seti@Home running and that I don't know how to install OpenGL. I would like to start testing out programs and games (MMORPG mostly) on my Linux box, but I believe I need a mentor to help me out and teach me how to be a paddiwan so that one day I may be a mighty Jedi.

 

Someone? :)

cool huh :)

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I've download the Gentoo 1.4, there is two CDs. I boot the cd 1. so here i took the screenshot of it, to show you what it looks like when it booting up

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If you need help with those. you can look at [/url][url=http://www.linux-firewall-tools.com/]http://www.linux-firewall-tools.com/

 

that all i know of. It might be useful for you.

check it out :-)

 

[/url][url=http://www.smoothwall.net/information/pres...item.php?id=396]http://www.smoothwall.net/information/pres...item.php?id=396

 

written by me !

 

cheers

 

anyweb

If you are a minimalist then try Vector Linux. It runs quite smoothly.

 

One thing went wrong after the install though. Where normally in Gentoo and Redhat the onboard NIC on my box would come up as eth0, and the PCI NIC would come up as eth1, they were swapped in Vector Linux. This was quite confusing. Though, i simply had to do a "dhcpcd eth1" to sort it out.... Works like a dream now. The whole thing runs very fast.

 

just ran into a silly little feature... When i minimize a window in fluxbox, the only way to restore it is right-click on the desktop and find it in the fluxbox menu under worspacelist - icons... Kinda confusing for me, and I have used fluxbox before. I suppose it would be incredibly confusing for anyone who hasn't used fluxbox before.

 

SoftwarePlaza is VL's gui-version of apt-get. It lists available packages for local installation or FTP download, and installed packages for uninstall. I'm pretty sure you have to run it as root (duh), otherwise it downloads but doesnt install the package you want it to. The software options are very limited, with such software titles as gnome, gaim, xine, xmms, and some others. There are about 60 packages available for download and install. Some packages I didn't see but would like to see in future versions are mplayer, mozilla (vector comes with firebird), gdesklets, the 2.6 kernel, various games...

 

IPTables is a default module, so if you have a premade firewall script, it's a breeze.

 

The Vector Linux ISO is approximately 229 MB in size. After installation (with X), it takes up approximately 600 MB of hd space. It is easy enough to set up, allthough you might need to read a partition HOWTO if you are completely new to linux and dont know how to use any partitioning software. And lilo is a PITA unless you want to have it boot from a floppy (which I have done), probably the only use left for floppies anyways...

 

This is a great alternative to XP (which I have deleted, finally, just so I could install VL). It has everything a casual user would really need. Web browser, Gaim, XMMS, Xchat...

 

Rating: (out of 10)

 

If I were more of a noob than I already am:

Installation: 4.5

Post-installation: 6

Connecting to the Net: 2

 

My personal opinion:

Speed: 8

Installed Packages: 3.5

Installation: 7

Installation Speed: 10

Post-install (Firstboot): 5

Overall: 8

 

In comparison:

RH9: Overall: 8

Gentoo: Overall: 6

via lokkit, in the 'Other Ports' field, type:

 

https:tcp

 

then apply the changes. or if you want to do this in the console,

 

type:-