You might might to show up at the install fest to get a newer version of RedHat and get more detailed help http://www.tclug.org/installfest/ On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 19:36:21 -0500 "Jon VW" <jrvw4 at hotpop.com> wrote: > 1.) ipchains?... I have a windows 98 laptop that I connect through my http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/ > 2.) graphics card... I have an all-in-wonder 128 pro which I use on a no experience here > 3.) internet connection... At the moment I'm using aol is there any way no experience here (I could give the usual "why do you want to use AOL?", but I won't) > 4.) NTFS... I know that mandrake comes with the ability to mount ntfs much better support in newer kernels/distros > 5.) Accessing windows shares... I have a small home network and It would ensure samba is installed, you might want to read up on "smbmount" > 6.) scanner and printer... I have a visioneer 5300 usb one touch scanner no joy on scanner: http://www.mostang.com/sane/sane-mfgs.html#VISIONEER > and a HP Laser Jet 1000 (also usb) is there anyway to get both (or mostly: http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_1000 > 7.) mouse... I have a generic 5 button scroll wireless mouse (plugged in http://www.xfree86.org/current/mouse.html here is my "InputDevice" section for in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection > 8.) Keyboard... It is a Microsoft Office Keyboard with all the extra http://lineak.sourceforge.net/index.php?nav=keyboards > 9.) Black Box... I've seen a desktop program (like KDE and gnome) called if you want to stick with redhat 7.2 you'll probably have to compile from source. If you get a newer RedHat, check out www.freshrpms.net the 7.3 RPM may work http://valhalla.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=454 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list