(Ignoring ones I can't answer quickly) Wathen, Metherion said: > Hi and thanks for any help I receive in response to the following: > > 1.) How do you uninstall packages, so that you get more "free" space on > your harddrive? > (exp. I used 'df -h' and seen that I had 200 mb free, I used dpkg > to > uninstall some programs, ran df again and still only had 200 mb free.)
as root: apt-get autoclean > 2.) How do I modify swap partiton size without having to reinstall > everything all over again? > > 3.) How do I change the clock time to the correct time? as root: date --set <current time> then to change the bios time so the computer "remembers" after next reboot: hwclock --systohc > 4.) Is it possible to have the cdrom and floopy drives automatically > mount without recompiling the kernel? > > 5.) How do I check if my sound card/drivers are working? > (exp. I have WindowMaker installed and sound events turned on but I > get > no sound. I installed XMMS and it plays .cda, so how come no other > sounds?) > > 6.) Where is there a mp3 plugin for XMMS? - do it need one? Pretty sure it should "just work" if you open an mp3 in xmms > 7.) Is there a GUI file manager for X, WindowMaker, Debian? hmm... I know of nautilus for gtk/gnome, konqueror for qt/kde.... if you don't want all the extra libraries... mc?? (midnight commander) > 8.) Where should I put tarballs I've downloaded before running "gzip > -dc"? Can I gzip from a cd to my harddrive? If so, how? > > 9.) How do I switch between color depths on the fly? "Ctl + Alt + +" > seems to only switch resolutions. Not sure this is possible... I hear there's something in xfree 4.3 which will allow this, but 4.2 is *just now* making it into unstable, so I have no idea when we'll see 4.3 > 10.) Do I need all 7 cd's to upgrade from potato to woody? Or can I > just d/l the first cd? You *could* do it all off the internet with *no* cd's. If you already have Debian installed, as root run apt-setup, remove your cd source and add http source. As root, run apt-get update, then apt-get dist-upgrade; done (this is one of the main reasons I love Debian). > If someone could tell me of a website that helps people migrate from > Windows to Linux, I would greatly appreciate it. Umm... http://linuxnewbies.org comes to mind. -- Kurt Yoder Sport & Health network administrator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
