Section "Module"
Load "xf86Wacom.so"
EndSection
Section "XInput"
SubSection "WacomStylus"
Port "/dev/ttyS0"
DeviceName "WacomStylus"
Mode Absolute
AlwaysCore
EndSubSection
SubSection "WacomEraser"
Port "/dev/ttyS0"
DeviceName "WacomEraser"
EndSubSection
When declaring the mouse, use a different port.
Gimp supports the Wacom pad, but not the pression
sensitivity. They're working on it.
3. SOFTWARE TIPS & TRICKS FOR GENERAL USE
3.1 What is
As a general rule, the Help command under unix is "man". When stuck,
typing "man xxx" where xxx is what you are trying to figure out,
should bring you a step closer to heaven. Many programs also come
with built-in help, albeit rudimentary, which can be summonned by
progname --help or progname --h. If that fails, try the usual
cocktail of /h /? -h -? --?,
etc. Another help system is "whatis", ie "whatis ls" or "apropos" ie
"apropos ls" or "info".
3.2 How do I mount a floppy/drive/zip ?
one of the most difficult things to grasp for unix beginners is the
disappearance of
"Drives as we know Them" (Tm). Each peripheral must be hooked onto the
system (mounted), and unhooked when gone (ex:
floppy). The command is called "mount". Used by itself, the command
will list the available "drives", give
the name of the physical device, the mount point, and the file system type.
To read a floppy, you have to mount it first:
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
this calls for several comments:
/dev/fd0 is the generic name of
the A: device. Depending on your distribution, you may or may not have
this device. As a general
rule, have a look at the /dev directory. Anything starting with
hd is a hard drive (usually; exception: IDE cdrom), anything
starting with fd is a floppy drive. fd0 is A:, fd1 is B:, etc.
The floppy may be qualified: fd0H1440 or fd0h1440 is the usual
1.4 mega floppy. This is also valid for hard drives except that
the system
is letter-based, and that the logical numerical order is not followed
when you have an extended (in dos partition terminology)
partition. A first disk with a 300megs fat/dos partition and an
extended logical partition
for Linux may look like /dev/hda1 (c:) /dev/hda6 (d:)
/mnt/floppy is the name of a directory that must exist. You can
mount any device anywhere, but if something is already mounted, it
won't be visible
anymore, ie if you have /dev/hda1 mounted on /mnt/hd and you then
mount /dev/hda2 on /mnt/hd, you'll no longer
be able to access /dev/hda1
3.3 How can I modify / customize my system
Unfortunately, each
distribution assumes a different organization. As a general rule, here
is how it works:
(original description: Ed Suda)
(+Francois Thunus + Sune Stjerneby)
/bin/ "Required" binaries
/boot/
Various files used during booting including the
kernel
/dev/ Device "files" (used for I/O)
/etc/ Assorted configuration files
/etc/rc.d/ more assorted configuration
files related to system initialization.
/home/ Users' home directories go in here
/lib/ System libraries
/proc/ Contains "files" with information on running
processes /root/ Root's home directory
/sbin/ System binaries to be run only by root
But most (if not all) can be useful to users as
well
(e.g. 'mount' to see mounted drives, /sbin/ping etc.)
/tmp/ For temporary files (often deleted during booting)
/usr/ binaries and other files used in multiuser mode.
/usr/lib/kbd/
keyboard configuration file+system fonts plus keymaps. /var/
Variable data. The idea was/is: only '/var'
needs to be mounted read-write. What about
'/home' I hear someone
scream? Well, /var/users was/is also a location used
for user homes.
A good way to start is to look at /etc/inittab which will give you
the boot sequence, and from there follow the track. Other interesting
places include /etc/profile and /etc/rc.d/
3.4 How can I change my printer's settings
WW> I would like to change my printer port (parrallel port) from IRQ 7 to
WW> lets say 5. I can do this in BIOS, and I can print just fine in Win95,
WW> but, how do I tell Linux that my printer is now on IRQ 5?
(Rajesh Dhawan)
Pass the following as an option to the kernel through LILO/LOADLIN
command line:
lp=port,irq
e.g. If you use LILO add this at the top of /etc/lilo.conf
append="lp=0x378,5"
where 0x378 should be replaced with your printer port address and
5 with the intended irq.
RTM if you use LOADLIN.
Also check which of /dev/lp0, /dev/lp1, /dev/lp2 work for you.
Then make a softlink
/dev/lp to that one adn you should be through.
(Pablo Saratxaga)
You must compile all parallel or related drivers as module, in
/etc/conf.modules put the lines :
options lp io=0x.... irq=...
options plip io=0x... irq=...
Note however that module ppa (Zip // driver) doesn't has a parameter to
tell it the irq. If that is annoying to you ask the ppa.o author
(Grant R. Guenther, grant@torque.net) to add that feature.
3.5 How do I know what system I have
uname -a for version
3.6 How do I change the typematic settings
kbdrate -r {2-30} -d {250|500|750|1000}
3.7 Can I upgrade my configuration and how ?
If you intend to change configuration, there are at least 2 ways: if
your system allows upgrade (like RedHat), then by all means use it.
Otherwise, it is often easier to save the relevant config file and do
a reinstall. This is particularly true if you switch configuration,
because the defaults
used by debian are not the same as the ones of slackware, which are
different from caldera and redhat... Generally
speaking, you may want to back up the /etc directory.
(Albert Janssen)
if using Red Hat:
I suggest go play
with RPM, (did you look at RPM-sections of the RH-Usersguide ? )
I'll make a short summary (upgraded :-) :
rpm -ivh foo-1.0.i386.rpm (installing package)
rpm -Uvh foo-1.1.i386.rpm (upgrading ..)
rpm -ev (removing ..)
rpm -q foo (prints packagename, version, release number)
rpm -qa (show all packages installed)
rpm -qa | grep lesstif (do I have LessTif installed ?)
FuzzyVibe:~# rpm -qa | grep lesstif
lesstif-0.80-2
Yes, oh well, what is it ? ;-)
rpm -qi lesstif
What files does the package contain ?
rpm -qs lesstif
Oh, where's the LessTif-FAQ, if any ?
rpm -qs lesstif | grep -i "faq"
3.8 How do I copy a file from the floppy
> I'm a newbie to Linux. How do
I transfer a file called xrmp-2.1- > 2.i386 from my A: floppy drive to my
a home
cp /floppy/xrmp-2.1-2.i386 $HOME
That is assuming that /floppy exists. If not, make it:
mkdir /floppy
Do all this as root. It can be
made easier if you put entries into /etc/fstab. It is required that you
unmount any removable media
BEFORE doing the removing: umount /floppy
3.9 How do I know what processes are running ?
ps -fax
3.10 Known software
problems & solutions
3.11 Xfree386 configuration
3.12 Quick DOS/Linux map
(Pasi Jaernstedt)
DOS COMMAND: LINUX COMMAND:
------------------- ------------------------
ASSIGN
mount and ln ATTRIB chmod and
chown
BACKUP tar and cpio
CALL sh or only the scripts name if it
has
"running licence" CD cd
CHCP mapscrn
CHKDSK fsck
CLS clear
COMP diff, cmp
COPY cp
DATE date
DEL rm
DELTREE rm -R Be careful with this
ne!
DIR ls, find
DISKCOMP dd and diff or cmp
DISKCOPY diskcopy
DO do
ECHO echo
EDIT emacs, jed, vi etc.
ERASE rm EXIT exit,
logout
FC diff, cmp
FIND grep
FOR for
FORMAT
fdformat and mkfs GOSUB separately
defined function call
GOTO ---
HELP man and info
IF if and test
KEYB loadkeys LOADHIGH
you won't need this one in Linux
MD mkdir
MEM free, top, procinfo
MKDIR mkdir
MORE more and less (less is better)
MOVE mv
PATH PATH=
PAUSE doesn't exsist (dialog would much more)
PRINT
lpr PROMPT PS1=
QUIT exit
RD rmdir Be careful with this one!
REM #
REN mv
RESTORE tar, cpio
RMDIR rmdir Be careful with this one!
SET set,=, export
SORT sort
SUBST
mount ja ln SYS lilo,
cp
TIME date
TREE ls -R, du
TYPE cat
UNDELETE
--- VER uname
VERIFY ---
XCOPY cp
3.13 How do I get ls in colors ?
(John Burton)
Enter the following in your /etc/profile
eval `dircolors -b`
(Francois Thunus)
if your shell allows it, and your "ls" supports it, use
alias ls 'ls --color=auto' or
alias ls="ls --color=auto"
3.14 Is there a Norton Commander Clone ?
yes. Even
2: probably the most complete is MC (midnight commander) you'll find it
anywhere, and for any platform (dos, OS/2, Linux, etc).
There is also another one called GIT, which has the big advantage
of being smaller and hence
fits on a rescue floppy.
4. RESOURCES
4.1 Fidonet echoes /usenet newsgroups
4.1.1 Fidonet:
LINUX
LINUX_TECH (Argentina)
R34.LINUX (Spain)
R20_LINUX (Sweden)
4.1.2 Usenet :
ahn.tech.linux
alt.os.linux
alt.os.linux.caldera
alt.os.linux.slackware
alt.sex.fetish.linux
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
at.fido.linux
at.linux
aus.computers.linux
comp.os.linux
comp.os.linux.68k
comp.os.linux.admin
comp.os.linux.advocacy
comp.os.linux.announce
comp.os.linux.answers
comp.os.linux.development.apps
comp.os.linux.development.system
comp.os.linux.hardware
comp.os.linux.help
comp.os.linux.m68k
comp.os.linux.misc
comp.os.linux.networking
comp.os.linux.questions
comp.os.linux.setup
comp.os.linux.x
computer42.mail2news.linux-alert
cz.comp.linux
cz.comp.linux.czman
dc.org.linux-users
de.alt.comm.isdn4linux
de.alt.sources.linux.patches
de.com.os.linux.networking
de.comp.os.linux
de.comp.os.linux.hardware
de.comp.os.linux.misc
de.comp.os.linux.networking
de.comp.os.linux.x
ed.linux
es.comp.os.linux
fido.belg.fra.linux
fido.belg.linux
fido.ger.linux
fido.linux-ger
fido7.linux
fido7.ru.linux
fido7.ru.unix.linux
fido7.unix.linux
fidonet.linux
fj.os.linux
fr.comp.os.linux
fr.comp.os.linux.annonces
git.unix.linux.mailing-lists.ale
han.sys.linux
hannet.ml.linux.680x0
hannet.ml.linux.config
hannet.ml.linux.kernel
hannet.ml.linux.linuxnews
hannet.ml.linux.net
hannet.ml.linux.new-channels
hannet.ml.linux.news
hannet.ml.linux.nrao.linux-alert
hannet.ml.linux.nrao.linux-security
hannet.ml.linux.rutgers.linux-680x0
hannet.ml.linux.rutgers.linux-admin
hannet.ml.linux.rutgers.linux-announce
hannet.ml.linux.rutgers.linux-bbs
hannet.ml.linux.rutgers.linux-config
hannet.ml.linux.rutgers.linux-doc
hannet.ml.linux.rutgers.linux-fido
hannet.ml.linux.rutgers.linux-ftp
hannet.ml.linux.rutgers.linux-gcc
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