Linux/redhat

[NordieBoy]

When did slackware become user friendly? I think I missed this

It is user friendly.
Really!

Boot from cdrom - pick packages - restart - done.

Well done...ish

Still better than d/l'ing the floppies off the local bbs and getting ftp up and grabbing mosaic and.....

[dhunt]

Ok you need to edit /etc/modules.conf and change the

alias eth0 3c501

line to

alias eth0 nvnet

as I'm figuring that is what you are using driver you are using now aye. This will tell the system to use this driver for your network card now.

Regarding setting up pppoe itself for RedHat here's a nice howto. http://fatoprofugus.net/code/pppoe.html Try following that through and see if it still goes slow. If you follow the option 2 there and download the if***-pppoe scripts that will cause the system to run on boot for you.

Also, sound on linux?? Will recognise my sound card now and play test sounds, will also play sounds in shitty little games i found on there but wont play a cd arrrgh!

Presumbably it works under windows?? If this is the case it either means you haven't got all volume controls up or you don't have the audio cable going from your sound card to the cdrom drive in which case you need to play the sound digitally. xmms or similar cd players support and option to play the sound digitally and don't require this cable.

[dhunt]

It is user friendly.
Really!

Boot from cdrom - pick packages - restart - done.

Well done...ish

If you think slackware is user friendly wait until you try gentoo! It asks the user to do everything.

Unfriendly systems these days like SuSE etc that don't want to interact with the user really at all.