Re: absolute beginner !

1998-11-04 Thread Remo Badii
I use most: it just recognizes the .gz files and has more advanced features than less itself. Remo ___ | Dr. Remo |__ _ Debian User | Paul Scherrer Institute | | Badii | / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ | CH-5232 Villig

Re: absolute beginner !

1998-11-03 Thread servis
*- Ralph Winslow wrote about "Re: absolute beginner !" | Peter Iannarelli wrote: | > | > Hay there absolute beginner: | > | > That pretty good for a first go around. | > | > To uncompress the .gz files. Use gunzip . | | Rather than that you could leeve them com

Re: absolute beginner !

1998-11-03 Thread Ralph Winslow
Peter Iannarelli wrote: > > Hay there absolute beginner: > > That pretty good for a first go around. > > To uncompress the .gz files. Use gunzip . Rather than that you could leeve them compressed thereby saving sapce, and gzcat wherever/whatever.gz | less > > Happy uncompressing. > > Peter >

Re: absolute beginner again

1998-11-03 Thread john
Brent McMillan writes: > Your modem should be found at /dev/SttyX where "X" is (modem com port - > 1). Eg, if your modem is on com 4, then you can reach it at /dev/Stty3. Make that '/dev/ttyS3'. If you have trouble getting your pp connection working with pppconfig email me. -- John Hasler [EMAI

Re: absolute beginner !

1998-11-03 Thread john
Alain Cadenat writes: > I dont even know how to read the .gz files in /usr/doc Download and install the dwww package. You will then be able to read all the docs on the system (man pages, info files, and everything in /usr/doc) with a web browser. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Da

Re: absolute beginner again

1998-11-03 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 03 Nov 1998q, Alain Cadenat wrote: > Thanks to all for your answers > > I am ok with .gz files now ! > But it appears I started the wrong way ! each time I want to read email or > access to the web I have to reboot and goes back to windows, then go back to > linux try etc.. > So first

Re: absolute beginner !

1998-11-03 Thread M.C. Vernon
On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Alain Cadenat wrote: > Hy all, > > I am an absolute beginner in linux and Debian > > I have just download and (successfully) installed the base debian linux. > It runs properly on the same hard disk of windows 95 ! (hmmm not too bad for > a beginner no ?) > But now..

Re: absolute beginner !

1998-11-03 Thread Ed Cogburn
Alain Cadenat wrote: > > Hy all, > > I am an absolute beginner in linux and Debian > > I have just download and (successfully) installed the base debian linux. > It runs properly on the same hard disk of windows 95 ! (hmmm not too bad for > a beginner no ?) > But now.. > I dont even

Re: absolute beginner again

1998-11-03 Thread Brent McMillan
Have you tried using "pppconfig" (need to be root)? Your modem should be found at /dev/SttyX where "X" is (modem com port - 1). Eg, if your modem is on com 4, then you can reach it at /dev/Stty3. some people make a symbolic link ("ln -s /dev/SttyX /dev/modem") to make things easier. There's al

Re: absolute beginner !

1998-11-03 Thread Helge Hafting
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 11/03/98 at 01:59 PM, "Alain Cadenat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Hy all, >I am an absolute beginner in linux and Debian >I have just download and (successfully) installed the base debian linux. >It runs properly on the same hard disk of windows 95 ! (hmmm not too

Re: absolute beginner !

1998-11-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Alain Cadenat wrote: > Hy all, > > I am an absolute beginner in linux and Debian > > I have just download and (successfully) installed the base debian linux. > It runs properly on the same hard disk of windows 95 ! (hmmm not too bad for > a beginner no ?) > But now..

Re: absolute beginner !

1998-11-03 Thread Peter Iannarelli
Hay there absolute beginner: That pretty good for a first go around. To uncompress the .gz files. Use gunzip . Happy uncompressing. Peter Alain Cadenat wrote: > Hy all, > > I am an absolute beginner in linux and Debian > > I have just download and (successfully) installed the base debian li