Re: Several items

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

 > From: "http://www.juno.com/~w1few"; <http://www.juno.com/~w1few>
 > Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:44:51 GMT
 >
 > I'm basically up and running.  I added a windowsXP disk drive as a slave.  Can 
 > I mount it so I can read and write to it?

The online doc for Ubuntu says that you should be able to go to the
"Places" menu and the drive should be listed.  I'm not sure what to do
from there, however.

If it's not listed there, there are several steps you can take.

(If you did the CTL-ALT-F1 to switch to the console, you should be able to
switch back to the graphic user interface (GUI) with CTL-ALT-F7 or
CTL-ALT-F6 or another F key.)

 > 2)After boot up, I do CTRL ALT F1 
 > anmd it asks for login with password which I do.  Then it hangs and after 
 > awhile, it comes back to login.  If I hit CTRL C, it goes into test~$ and most 
 > things work.

There's something wrong with your .bash_profile or .bashrc script.  You
can try editing either .bash_profile or .bashrc or both and put "set -xv"
at the top.  It will show each command executed.  You can find out what
the last command executed before it exits the shell.

 > I still can't get the alias to work.  I did the cp 
 > /etc/bash.bashrc $HOME/.bashrc and reboot or don't reboot - no difference.
 > Alias is not really important but it would be nice.

In general, it's better to use shell scripts rather than alias's.  In that
case, you'll need to change your PATH to include where you put your
scripts.  If you put your scripts in $HOME, then you'd put this in your
.bashrc:

PATH=$HOME:$PATH

so $HOME is in your list of paths to search.

 > My C programs compile and 
 > run and that's the main thing.
 > If I add a linksys wireless card, do I need to restart from the Ubuntu CD or is 
 > there another relatively painless way?

It should just work.  I'd be surprised if it didn't just work -- my
wireless worked right away on my Debian laptop without any configuration.

 > The wired network onboard card tries to 
 > boot from the network from the BIOS  so that's not good.

There must be a way to disable network boot via the BIOS.

 > I looked the Ubuntu/Debian? packages on the CD and I'm not sure how to install 
 > them or if I even need to install them.

OK, I found out more about this since last time.  I believe you can do
this with the Administration->Synaptic Package Manager.  One of the menu
items is "Add CD..." which allows you to add the CD as a repository.
However, the CD may already be part of your repositories, for all I know.

 > ANyway, thanks again as at least its usable and I have a lot of disk space.
 > D
 > p.s.  The ROKU Netflix box works great for instant play movies.  Be careful 
 > though, you might just become a genuine couch potato.

Yeah.  Getting this is low on my priority list, so there's no immediate
potato danger.