Tag Archives: Technical Support

Various Issue #49, May 1998 Our experts answer your technical questions. Viruses I would like to know what can be said about viruses in a Linux system which is installed on the same hard disk as Win95. For example, what can happen if a virus infects the MBR sector (where resides LILO) or if I mount an infected MS-DOS formatted ...

Various Issue #48, April 1998 Our experts answer your technical questions. Using ZIP Drive and Printer I want to use my ZIP drive as well as my printer with Linux. My friend suggested using kerneld to make modules of the ZIP drive and my printer so that I can load the ZIP drive, access it, then unload it to use ...

Various Issue #47, March 1998 Our experts answer your technical questions. Implementing Ballistic Mouse Control I’ve been spoiled by operating systems that use “ballistic mouse” control (a fast motion of the mouse moves the mouse a lot while a slow motion moves the mouse very little). I’m using Metro-X but seem to recall the same limitation with XFree. Is there ...

Various Issue #46, February 1998 Our experts answer your technical questions. Using Two Monitors in Linux Is it possible to set up Linux to use two monitors? If so, where can I find out about it? —Greg Bell It is possible to use multiple monitors but to do so you will need an X Server that supports it. Accelerated X ...

Various Issue #45, January 1998 Our experts answer your technical questions. Touch Screen Support I am currently looking into the possibility of using a touch screen for my system. Which touch screens are supported by Linux? —Cheng Yap Red Hat 4.2 Touch screen support depends on the X server you are using. I’m not sure which (if any) touch screens ...

Various Issue #44, December 1997 Our experts answer your technical questions. Setting Up Linux to use Two Processors I just upgraded to a dual Pentium Pro machine. The BIOS sees the two processors but I can’t tell if Linux (Kernel 2.0.27) uses both processors. How do I make Linux use its SMP features? —Jon Bishop Red Hat 4.1 To take ...

Various Issue #43, November 1997 Our experts answer your technical questions. Forgotten Password I cannot log on. My old password doesn’t work. I am the root on this system. How can I change the password or verify my old password? —Kevin Cary Red Hat 2.0.30 This is a much debated topic since it essentially involves breaking your system’s security. The ...

Various Issue #42, October 1997 Our experts answer your technical questions. Creating Hunt Groups I need to add a new user for a static IP account. How can I set it up so that the new user can dial into our regular hunt group? The way I have it set up now, I would need to assign each user a ...

Various Issue #41, September 1997 Our experts answer your technical questions. The .plan File What are the .plan and .project files read by the finger command and what should they contain? —Chris MasonSlackware 2.0.29 In the good old days before the Web, there were no home pages. Instead, if I wanted to find out more about someone, I would “finger” ...

Various Issue #40, August 1997 Our experts answer your technical questions. Trouble With crontab I’m having trouble using the crontab file. This is the first time I have tried it and have not been able to get it working. The daemon crond is running. In my crontab file I have the following line: 30 6 * * * /home/Talon/automail automail ...