Thanks Thomas for doing this. Your answers to Anna's questions solved some of the problems I was encountering with my linux box (resolving IP when telnet) The question I have is this: how can I 'export' the man pages? It is kinda hard to read them with Speakup so I tried redirecting them into a file and then export the file. No, doesn't work - instead of getting the word, say 'NAME', I get 'NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE'. I tried nroff and groff but neither of them worked. Any suggestion anyone? Thanks :) --David At 01:45 AM 10/4/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Hi, Anna. It looks like these problems are simple, and easy to solve. I'll >answer them one by one,and if you still have questions let me know. > >Question: >"First, I did get a couple of tutorial, I think they are tutorial, Red Hat >CD's with my system, but I don't know how to access them. I have to do >something with mount don't I, but I do I know what I'm mounting, and how >do I know which device is designated as what, and once I get the CD >writer/reader mounted, how do I read the information it has?" > >Answer: >Yes, you will need to run the mount command to first mount the device, and >then you can cd into that device and use it as you would any other >directory. You can mount devices by mounting /mnt/floppy for the floppy >drive and /mnt/cdrom for the cdrom drive. So if you want to mount the cdrom >you would type: >mount /mnt/cdrom >Now to read the top level directory you would do a: >cd /mnt/cdrom >which opens the top level directory of the cdrom. Then type: >ls >which will show you a list of all the directories on the cdrom. You can >proceed to open each directory in kind or open files, etc... >One last note is before removing the cdrom it must be unmounted. To >acomplish this I usually type: >cd >which takes me back to my home directory. >Then, I would type: >umount /mnt/cdrom >which unmounts the drive, and you can remove your disk. > >Question: >"second, I'm still having modem problems. I can dial in with ppp okay, but >then I can't seem do telnet or ssh, and I don't know where their config >files are, or their how-to files. I means I've skimmed the info pages on >them but it's all jibberish to me. When I try ssh, I get something about >host name resolution failure, and telnet just can't find the host. Now, >from my non-ppp account on Drizzle, I often telnet to the catalog ofr the >Washington Talking Book and Braille Library, and that works fine, but when >I even tried doing that on my Linux machine, I couldn't. It couldn't find >it or something, but I'm wondering if it's actually a problem on my end." > >Answer: >Well, telnet and ssh don't need any special configurations. You merely have >to type: >ssh domainname.com >and then it will usually go where it is suppose to go. However, I suspect >your problem is that Red Hat is not resolving addresses. > From your isp find out the ip address for there primary and secondary dns >numbers, and place them in a file: >/etc/resolv.conf >After that Red hat should begin resolving these urls. >You would add them like: >servername 216.209.25.10 >of course, replacing the number with the actual ip address. >As for getting information on telnet or ssh you would type:\ >man telnet >man ssh > >Question: >"This doesn't make any sense does it. I can't do anything. Every time I >try I go backwards. I don't understand the the info pages because they >are so terminology ladend. I can't find help on the things I need because >I don't know where to look. Oh, and I can only access my moem as root, not >as anther user and I can find where to change that because I don't know >what to look for." > >Answer: >Anna, you may be surprised to know this all makes sense. I suffered the >same trials with Linux, and was unsure where to look, where to go, or what >to do. Fortunately, over time you will become skilled and will pass on the >information that I am imparting to you. >Your number one resource for help should be the Linux man pages. You can >type >man commandname >and it will give you a manual on that command. >Let us say the issue was mount. You would type: >man mount >and you could read that page using the spacebar to advance through the >document, and q to quit. >As for logging in as another user you first need to create yourself a new >user name and password, and after that you can login as that user all the >time. >For demonstration I will assume you wanted the name anna as your username. >So as root you would type: >adduser anna >Now, you have a user nnamed anna, but no password. So will we set a password >for anna by typing: >passwd anna >and it will prompt you to enter a password. >Now, you can type logout, and login as anna. > From now on when your Linux box starts you can give the name anna and your >password, and login as a regular user. > >Hth. > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
