linux questions

[TheFiresInTheSky]

my questions have been spread abroad and i have more. what good guides to learn linux are there out there? my USB mouse doesnt work in my computer now that ive installed plain linux. how do i fix that? anybody prefer anything other than ubuntu?

[JohnDemolition]

i like Slackware but that's just a pain to install. and with your comp's specs...

[Eldmannen]

Ubuntu Linux is pretty friendly and is good if you not so good with computers.

 

Personally, I prefer Slackware, but it is more arcane.

 

Wikipedia has a Linux article;

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux

 

Wikibooks has a book about Linux;

* http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Linux_Guide

[TheFiresInTheSky]

thanks for all those. its still pretty confusing but i think ill manage. wat about that mouse problem?

[Mike Rochip]

thanks for all those. its still pretty confusing but i think ill manage. wat about that mouse problem?

 

Are you using a PS2 mouse?

 

Warning:

Stay away from Cygwin. It's supposed to run Linux alongside Windows. It's evil .

[TheFiresInTheSky]

never heard of that so i think im safe.

my USB mouse doesnt work in my computer now that ive installed plain linux.

i heard it was some driver i have to install. the problem? i dont know how and i cant do anything w/o a mouse. thats the only problem.

[Mike Rochip]

Is there an operating system on the PC yet?

[Eldmannen]

my questions have been spread abroad and i have more. what good guides to learn linux are there out there? my USB mouse doesnt work in my computer now that ive installed plain linux. how do i fix that? anybody prefer anything other than ubuntu?

 

There is no such thing called "plain linux". Linux is the name of a operating system kernel. If you combine that system with other other software, you can get a full operating system, a Linux distribution. There are tons of different Linux distributions in different flavours, for different devices, different people and different tasks.

 

thanks for all those. its still pretty confusing but i think ill manage. wat about that mouse problem?

 

Where is your mouse not working?

Is it at the console / command line (text interface), or is it in the X Window System (graphical interface) ?

If it is at the console, then you need to run 'gpm'. This software probably is installed at your computer, and should be configured to start at boot up in your configuration scripts. The configuration are in the /etc/ directory. Depending on which distribution, it can be in subdirectories of that directory.

 

If it is at X, then you need to configure the X configuration file which is Xorg.conf which should be located in /etc/xorg.conf or /etc/X11/xorg.conf or something similiar.

[hazelnut]

 

 

i heard it was some driver i have to install. the problem? i dont know how and i cant do anything w/o a mouse. thats the only problem.

 

 

Have you seen this page neighberaaron, it may give you some info about the mouse. (read all!)

 

http://www.ubuntux.org/problems-running-live-cd

[JohnDemolition]

Warning:

Stay away from Cygwin. It's supposed to run Linux alongside Windows. It's evil .

 

no it's not. Cygwin is just a program to compile Linux programs in Windows and use em in Windows.

[hazelnut]

I've a feeling John that Mike Rochip may have been refering to the decidedly chilly wecome on this site

 

http://cygwin.com/lists.html

[TheFiresInTheSky]

heard it was just some drivers to install. how do i get those w/o a mouse tho and wer do i get em from? im using ubuntu linux.

[Eldmannen]

Linux comes with basic drivers for all kinds of mice. Your mice should work. Maybe you need to configure the xorg.conf file.

 

You can get help about Ubuntu at;

* http://ubuntuforums.org/