Red Hat Linux User's FAQ Index
- Getting Star Office to work (takes you away from this site)
- Installing Star Office 4.0 on Red Hat 5.1 (takes you away from this site)
- Getting Netscape 3.01 to stop crashing (takes you away from this site)
- Another way to fix Netscape 3.01 (takes you away from this site)
- Where can I find a program that does.... (takes you away from this site)
- Installing Netscape Communicator 4.01b6
- Stopping Netscape 4.04 from crashing on Java applets
- How do I properly install Communicator 4.04?
- How do I make my [Swedish] national characters working?
- What is IRC, and how do I use it?
- How do I install and use the mtools package with my floppy drive?
- More on installing and fixing Netscape 3.01.
- Notes on Netscape 4.03 problems.
- How do I install and configure slrn (includeing score files)?
- Using Netscape for Mail
- vi is a two letter word.
- Running MS-Windows Applications
- Fixing Netscape Communicator 4.05
- upgrading rpm breaks netscape ("An error occurred running and (kein)/lib/netscape/netscape-communicator.")
- Postgresql Setup
Booting Problems
- Getting rid of sendmail delays at bootup.
- How to remove LILO from your boot sector.
- How do I view the boot messages/errors that scrolled by?
- "RUN FSCK MANUALLY"
- Partition Magic working with LILO.
- With multiple partitions, how can I boot after an install?
- It wont boot it just comes up with LI and stops.
- On booting I just get LI1010101010101010101010101010 ...
- How do I run linux from the hard drive?
- FAT bread failed
- How do I mount my cdrom/zip?
- How do I install the LILO onto the hard disk?
- Boot error during install: VFS: Cannot open root device
- How do I get Linux running to fix a problem if it won't boot?
- Custom Kernel Configuration and SCSI Boot
- Did 'shutdown -F now' and now only comes up in Read Only Mode (even in single user mode)
- Booting without installing LILO.
Common Problems with Linux\Unix Commands
- I made a directory with a dash in its name and can't delete it.
- How to stop Linux from blanking the screen.
- How to get Linux to recognize more than 64MB RAM.
- Help with some general Unix commands\concepts.
- How do I copy directories/filesystems?
- Finding open files using 'Lsof'
- The 'makefile' and converting a .cpp file
- The 'Whatis' Database
- The Memory and Swap Space How-To
- Modules and the file /etc/conf.modules
- How do I find someone's domain if I have their IP number and vis-a-vis?
- Why is 'whatis' not working?
- Control-panel broken with GTK+-1.0.0
- How do I increase a file system size?
- Fixing the backspace and delete keys in applications (takes you away from this site)
- What is a Tarball? How do I extract it?
Compiling Programs
- General information on compiling programs.
- Perl Sys::Syslog module won't compile. Something about h2ph...
Documentation
- What are good resources for learning Linux/UNIX?
- How can I print man pages?
Email
- How do I setup POP and IMAP e-mail services?
- Majordomo Mailing List Info
- How do I retrieve my POP or IMAP email?
- How do I filter my incomming email?
- How do I setup Fetchmail to retrieve my POP mail?
- sendmail: "address@server.com, we do not relay"
- E-Mail and dynamic IP PPP
- Email on a small Lan between machines ?
Error Messages
- I compiled a program. When I try to run it, I get: "command not found"
- During boot-up I get the error "modules: Can't locate module net-pf-4"
- How do I get rid of the deprecated error in ps?
- Error opening terminal
- kernel panic : VFS : unable to mount...
Hardware Issues
- How can I get my WinModem\Rockwell RPI\LTWIN modem to work under Linux?
- WinModem FAQ
- How do I format a floppy disk?
- How do I find out what interrupts I'm using?
- How do I install and configure a new logitec mouse?
- How do I install Linux using EZ-drive software?
- How do I enable plug and play device to work with RedHat 5.0
- Does Linux support USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports?
- How do I high-level format a floppy (or other disk)?
- How do I use a floppy?
Installing Issues
- On install, what partitions should I create, and why?
- Creating the Red Hat Installation Bootdisks
- How do I turn off the NFS service?
- How do I make room for Linux with Windows 95 installed?
- Installation bombs with Cirrus PCMCIA controller error in Red Hat 5.1
- Simplest way to upgrade my machine from Win95/Linux to WinNT/Linux?
- Disk Partitioning - Primary and Extended combination
- Possible work a round for installing with adaptec aic7xxx
- Booting without Lilo AFTER you have installed redhat 5.X
- I'm trying to install redhat linux but can't get system to identify my cd rom drive
- Signal 11 while upgrading to 5.2
- Installing with an LS-120 drive
- Installing from a FAT\FAT32 partition on the hard disk
- Installing aic7xxx support with 5.2 update
Networking & netcfg
- How to get a second network card working.
- What are some resources for getting PPP running on Linux?
- How can I start PPP without netcfg or starting X Windows?
- Modems and Setup
- How do I change my hostname without netcfg?
- How can I write a chat script by hand that invokes my firewall?
- Allowing users to manage network interfaces
- How do I setup networking without netcfg?
- What is the format of /etc/sysconfig/static-routes ?
- How do I configure a network card to have multiple IP addresses?
- What are some resources for networking Linux OS and Mac OS via an ethernet card?
- How do I install after installation a Intel ethernet card?
- root can surf net but no one else can
- FTP, HTTP, and Telnet are all slow immeiately after initial connection.
- seeing Novell 4.11 file server files with ncpfs
- How do I enable IP masquerading and forwarding?
- Setting up a DNS server.
- Howto configure linux for dialing and callback into a NT 4 Server with MS Chap ?
Newbie Questions
Printing & Printers
- Network Printing and LPD Access Problems.
- Getting printers to work with Ghostscript 5.0 and greater. (takes you away from this site)
- How can I use my Epson Stylus or HP Deskjet printer with Red Hat Linux?
- How can I print jpeg's gif's etc automagically?
- Printing from Lyx problem
- Updating printtool to work with GhostScript 5.50
- graphics - enhancing resolution?
RPM & RPM's
- How can I determine what package a file belongs to?
- RPM complains about different architecture.
- I want XXXXX, but how do I get it? -- 2 answers!
- What is RPM?
- Installing an RPM package gives "failed dependencies : /bin/sh"
- Upgrading packages
- How do I resolve errors with "glint" or Control Panel's "Package Management"?
Security and Encryption
- Why you shouldn't place "." in your path
- Getting ssh, PGP, and CFS (Cryptographic File System) for Red Hat
- How do I get SATAN to compile\run on Linux?
- I was hacked! What do I do now?
- Red Hat IP Masqurade Email Summary
- What's the best way to incorporate ipfwadm commands into my startup scripts by hand?
- How do I enable long passwords?
Serial Communications
- In need a us robotics 33.6 initialization string for rhl 5.0
Sound and Music
- Setting up sound in Red Hat 5.x
- Some good music/sound apps
- Sound and Netscape
System Services & Daemons
- How do I set-up a TFTP server?
- How do I get Linux to talk to my Windows peer-to-peer network?
Tips and Tricks
- How do I change the icon ical show while minimized?
- How do I make Linux treat Java binaries as ordinary executables?
- Viewing manual pages in a web browser
- Using RedHat 5.1 to Start an ISP
- How do I increase performance on my Redhat box?
User Management
- How to create a ftp-only user and limit them to one directory.
- How to recover a lost root password.
- How do I install personal homepages?
- How do I change the default shell?
X Windows
- Getting Backspace/Home/End to work "properly" in X Windows.
- How to have X Windows start up automatically.
- How do I turn off the screen saver in X?
- Where can I get Enlightenment/E and help installing it?
- How do I get rid of/change the virtual screen size in X?
- How do I configure my window manager in X?
- How do I replace my window manager in X?
- I edited inittab to boot into X but now I can't log in at all. Help!
- How can I get X to work with ATI All-in-wonder card?
- How can I switch the <CAPSLOCK> and <CONTROL> keys?
- Getting a X server for your Permedia 2/Glint based card
- I installed x-windows with the install program, but I can't get it to run!! (Answer #1)
- I installed x-windows with the install program, but I can't get it to run!! (Answer #2)
- Where can I get a driver for my i740 based card?
- Where can I get a driver for my Matrox G100 or G200 card video card?
- Notebook PCs in 800x600 mode (NeoMagic X server)
- I installed x-windows with the install program, but I can't get it to run!!
- Changing XDM's graphic
- How do I add applications to my X windows menus?
- The Joy of X and Sound!
- Installing Jaton 61-3D video card
- After installing X-Windows and configuring it, when run no clients show up.
- Getting AfterStep to work after upgrading to RH 5.2
General Issues
- How to get german umlauts in bash?
- After shutting the system down & restarting it, you can't login as a normal user.
- How do I allow ftp access for our RHL 5 server?
- How can I get a rebate for the Microsoft OS that was pre-installed on my computer?