RH 9.0 installed on main rig

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 6:16 pm

I'm running RH 9 with KDE. Taking a little bit of time to get used to. Any better browers out there. I'm using Mozzilla now.

Stef · Post by **Stef** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 8:09 pm

Konqueror is lighter and compatible with all of the same plugins as Mozilla. Konqueror is also the basis for Mac OS X's new browser.

BTW, if you find that KDE is running a little heavy use a different window manager like OpenBOX

Stef

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 4:04 am

Thanks Stef, I guess I need to play around a little bet more. I was tripping when I got my laser printer that is atatched to the server to print fron my linux client box.

BTW any good links on configuring sendmail?

cyberskye · Post by **cyberskye** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 2:24 pm

http://www.qmail.org

Also search google for "Life with Qmail"

Much more secure, lighter, and excellent performance.

if you are determined to use sendmail, try theh OReilly book. Considered the sendmail bible...

Stef · Post by **Stef** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 12:55 am

Exim is another replacement for sendmail. I found it easy to configure, comes stock with Debian, works well.

Stef

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 4:30 pm

Been looking at the pdf for qmail.... Not newbie friendly at all. I'll give the exim a look.
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Thanks guys. BTW I let the system set for a few hrs last night and when I got back to it, it had some screen saver on and would not wake up. Had to hit the reset button, any cures for this?

Cypher · Post by **Cypher** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 7:00 pm

Phoenix is a good nix browser too.

Stef · Post by **Stef** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 8:53 pm

Originally posted by Sid
Been looking at the pdf for qmail.... Not newbie friendly at all. I'll give the exim a look.
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Thanks guys. BTW I let the system set for a few hrs last night and when I got back to it, it had some screen saver on and would not wake up. Had to hit the reset button, any cures for this?

Your computer probly fell asleep (suspend mode). Either disable APM in the BIOS or unload the apm module from the kernel or do both and see if that helps.

Stef

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Thu May 01, 2003 12:53 am

The box is set to acpi as it dual boots for now with 2k pro. Stef I'm the n00b from hell here. Can you point me to some links for changing the settings. I must say there is so much info it overwhelms me and I get confused. You guy's sure have a lot a patients when it came down to learning this stuff.

Trying to teach an old dog new tricks is going to be tough but I'm up for it.

cyberskye · Post by **cyberskye** » Thu May 01, 2003 1:28 pm

I worked on an AS400 for my first IT job. Then Solaris systems. THEN I started to get into windows.

I think people who started with windows have the patience. That many blue screens and "format C:/" 's would have turned me off.

Would've pushed me into my other passion as a career - herding cats.

Skye

Stef · Post by **Stef** » Thu May 01, 2003 8:47 pm

As your turn your computer on hit delete to enter the BIOS menu, in there their should be some sort of power management features. Disable all of them. Save and quit. Boot Linux and edit /etc/modules and /etc/modules.conf, hash out (#) the lines that contain apm. Save the configuration files, then type rmmod apm and hit enter.

POwer management has frozen my computer many of times when sharing the internet, hosting files, and compiling software. Never use power management on any production machine!!

APM does'nt prolong the life of your hardware, rather the opposite. It was introduced to save mega corporations money on power bills. It does your system no harm by keeping power management completely disabled.

Stef

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Fri May 02, 2003 12:24 am

I just disabled the screen saver and all is fine. I saved the instructions and will make needed changes shortly.

I must admit that Linux has a very odd file structure. This is going to take some getting used to.