On 23 Oct 2000, Bill Ramsey wrote: > I think an excellent format is what the Caldera users have done. They > have put together a "Step by Step" site which Caldera and others > mirror. > > http://linux.nf/stepbystep.htm > > It takes one or two dedicated people to hold it all together; and the > participation of many, many people. Someone who is expert in PPP would > do a step by step write up on how to do in Debian and then the > maintainer would post it on the site. > > Bill > > >Greetings folks, > > > >As a newcomer to Debian I, like many since I've joined this list, ask typical > >newbie questions about the some basic things. If we take a step back and > >look > >at the big picture there is a basic group of things new users want to get > >accomplished. > -- > Bill Ramsey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
I agree with this. I think there is also a need for very short answers to seemingly trivial questions that can be difficult to solve. Over quite a long time I've compiled a list for my own purposes; it's a memory jog, because there are certain problems that come up only at long intervals, at which point you've forgotten what you did last time. Examples: When Xauthority won't work, delete .Xauthority, then run xauth -b. If modem keeps cutting out when you dial, comment out ABORT "NO CARRIER" in /etc/chatscripts. When changing hostname, make sure you change the entry in /etc/hosts, otherwise hostname -s won't work. All these may be obvious to most people but they've caught me out more than once. I'm thinking of posting them on my linux website. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone) Over 100 book reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ Skeptical articles: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ "Palo y tente tieso." (Spanish proverb) Free translation: "Holdfast is your only dog."
