Am 2004-01-03 15:14:42, schrieb Tendril:
>Hi, I am a complete noob at linux and need some assistance.
Welcome to Linuxcountry...
>error while initialising sound driver:
>device /dev/dsp can't be opened (permission denied)
>the sound server will continue, using the null output lines
>
>How do I correct this? (my installation won't let me log into an
>xwindows environment as root, I have to do it through a terminal so some
>easy instructions would be very welcome)
login as root and do:
adduser <yourname> audio
logout and try to use the audiodevices...
If it does not work immediately, reboot :-/
>also how do I browse to my cd rom? It doesn't appear in konquerer and I
>don't remember seing it mounted at boot.
Normaly you have a directory /cdrom
to mount teh cdrom type:
mount /cdrom
if it does not work, add following line to /etc/fstab
/dev/hdc /cdrom auto noauto,user,ro 0 0
^^^
or whereever your cdrom is
>Could someone point me to some easy to understand docs about the file
>system, maybe with a graphical representation, as it seems so different
>to billyware. I am trying to find java so I can get my browsers to run
>applets (I use mozilla and konq).
You need to download the Java-Runtime-debs from Blackdown...
j2se-common_1.1_all.deb
j2re1.4_1.4.1-0.2.gcc2.95.khe_i386.deb
and then you must change the second entry in the two files
/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/javaplugin.so
/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/javaplugin.oji.so
to point to:
/usr/lib/j2se/1.4/jre/plugin/i386/netscape4/javaplugin.so
/usr/lib/j2se/1.4/jre/plugin/i386/netscape4/javaplugin.oji.so
^^^^^^^^^
and change it to 'mozilla' if you use it
>Finally (for now) is there a reason why I can't copy/paste between
>applications? (ie. between advanced editor and mozilla news composer?)
You can copy under X while go to the copy mark, press the left
mousebutton selecting the text and release the button. No it is
in the copy-past-buffer even sometimes it does not stay selected.
Now go into the other Application and press the middle-button on
your mouse at the past-mark. If you have only a two Button-Mouse,
you must press the LEFT-AND-RIGHT button at the same time to past
the contents of tht copy-past-buffer.
>Many thanks for your help and I hope I don't fill up your newsgroup with
>too many lame questions.
This is not a news-group !!!
You are sending to a Mailinglist ;-)
>Tendril
Greetings from Strasbourg
Michelle
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