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Linux Configuration and Installation
(Imprint: M & T Books)
(Publisher: IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.)
Authors: Patrick Volkerding, Kevin Reichard, Eric Foster
ISBN: 1558285660
- Introduction: Welcome to Linux
- About the CD-ROMs
- Section I—Linux Installation and Configuration
- Chapter 1—Linux and PC Hardware
- Preparing for Linux
- Preparing Your PC for Linux
- The Core Components
- Bus
- Processor
- RAM
- Graphics Card
- Controllers
- Hard-Drive Controllers
- SCSI Controllers
- Floppy Drive
- Tape Drives
- CD-ROM
- Removable Drives
- I/O Controllers
- Outward Connectivity
- Network Cards
- Multiport Controllers
- Modems
- ISDN Cards
- ATM Network Adapters
- Frame Relay Cards
- Other Devices
- Sound Boards
- Mouse and Joystick
- Printers
- Scanners
- Video-Capture Boards
- Uninterruptible Power Systems
- Data-Acquisition Equipment
- Miscellaneous
- Dealing with Some Specific Systems
- Compaq Deskpro XL
- Linux on Laptops
- Other Specific Models
- PCMCIA and Laptops
- Learning About PC Hardware
- Summary
- Chapter 2—Installing Linux
- Before You Install Linux
- Creating Boot and Root Floppies
- Choosing Bootdisk and Rootdisk Images
- Preparing Your Hard Drive for Linux
- Using FIPS to Divide Your Hard Drive
- Using DOS Utilities to Divide Your Hard Drive
- Using the DOS FDISK Utility
- FDISK and OS/2
- Booting Linux with the Bootdisk
- Creating the Main Linux Partition
- Installing Linux from the Setup Program
- Setting up the Swap Space
- Selecting the Target for Linux
- Selecting the Source for Linux
- Choosing the Disk Sets to Install
- Configuring the Installed Software
- Other Installation Methods
- Installing from Hard Drive
- Installing from 3.25-Inch Floppy Disks
- Installing from 5.25-Inch Floppy Disks
- Installing from Tape
- Recompiling a Kernel
- Upgrading from a Previous Version of Linux
- Booting the System
- Adding Users
- Using Kernel Modules
- Looking for Help
- Shutting Linux Down
- What to Do if Things Go Wrong
- Other Configuration Procedures
- Setting Up a Printer
- Setting Up a Sound Card
- Working with PCMCIA Devices
- Working with a UPS
- Adaptive Technologies and Linux
- Using Linux with Ham Radio
- Making Linux Work with Your Language
- Summary
- Chapter 3—Installing and Configuring XFree86
- The X Window System
- X on the Network
- The Window Manager
- X on Linux
- How XFree86 Works
- Setting Up the XF86Config File
- Hardware, Hardware, Hardware
- Laptops and X
- Automating the Configuration Process
- Setting Up Paths in the Configuration File
- Configuring the ServerFlags Section
- Configuring the Keyboard Section
- Configuring the Pointer Section
- Configuring the Monitor Section
- Configuring the Graphics Card Section
- Combining the Graphics Card with the Monitor to Make a Working X Setup
- Virtual Screens
- Running the Xf86config Program
- Testing Your Configuration
- Starting X
- VGA to the Rescue
- Using the Default Super VGA
- Making the Most of X
- Setting Up Your X Account
- Configuring the Xterm Program
- Controlling the Size of the Xterm Window
- Copying and Pasting between xterm Windows
- Starting X Automatically at Boot-Up and Creating an X Login Screen
- UNIX Run-Levels
- User Accounts Under Xdm
- Starting X Automatically on Login
- The X Font Server
- Setting a Screen Background Image
- The Fvwm Window Manager
- Configuring Fvwm
- Configuring Fonts and Colors
- Testing Your Fvwm Configuration
- Placing Icons
- Configuring the Good Stuff
- Putting It All Together
- Exiting X from Fvwm
- Summary
- Section II—Using Linux
- Chapter 4—Basic Linux Tools
- Linux Tools
- The Linux Filesystem
- File Types
- Ordinary Files
- Directories
- Links
- Special Device Files
- How Linux Organizes Files and Directories
- Moving Between Directories with Cd
- File Permissions and Linux
- Changing Permissions
- Changing Ownerships and Permissions
- Dealing with Files and Directories
- Listing Files and Directories with Ls and Dir
- Wildcards
- Creating Directories with Mkdir
- Using Cat
- Other Ways to View a File
- Finding the Magic Number with File
- Copying Files with Cp
- Moving and Renaming Files with Mv
- Removing Files with Rm
- Viewing Online-Manual Pages with Man
- Finding Files
- Linking Files
- Viewing a File with Cal
- Virtual Terminals
- Linux and Passwords
- Changing Your Password with Passwd
- Linux Shells
- Your Environment
- Background Commands and Multitasking
- Processes
- Standard Input and Output
- Command History
- Minimal Completion
- Aliases
- Using Help in Bash
- The Elvis/Vi Text Editor
- Using the Elvis Text Editor
- Creating a Text File
- More on Elvis
- Printing Files
- Summary
- Chapter 5—Linux Applications
- A Wealth of Features
- Using Emacs
- Emacs and Commands
- The Many Modes of Emacs
- Creating and Editing Files
- A Basic Emacs Tutorial
- Xedit
- Textedit
- Other Text-Editing Tools
- Text-Processing Tools
- Groff: The Traditional Standard
- Creating Man Pages with Groff
- Using TeX
- Using Texinfo
- Using Sed
- Printing with Ghostscript Under Linux
- Using Ghostscript
- Font Tools
- File Managers
- Midnight Commander
- Xfm
- Tkdesk
- Compressing and ArchivingYour Files
- Using Gzip
- Using Gunzip
- Using Zip
- Using Tar
- Commands Specific to the PC Architecture: MTools
- Using Mdir to View the Contents of a DOS Directory
- Using Mcd to Change Directories
- Using Mcopy to Copy Files
- Using Mren to Rename DOS Files
- Using Mdel to Delete DOS Files
- Using Mtype to View a DOS File
- Using Mmd to Create a DOS Directory
- Using Mrd to Remove a DOS Directory
- Using Mread to Copy a DOS File to Linux
- Using Mwrite to Write a UNIX File to DOS
- Using Mformat to Format a Diskette
- Using Mlabel to Designate a Volume Label
- Using Mattrib to Change the DOS File Attributes
- Graphics Tools
- Bitmap
- Xfig
- Xfractint
- Xpaint
- Xv
- The JPEG Utilities
- Emulating Microsoft Windows under Linux
- Windows 95 Window Manager
- Some Math Tools
- The Bc Command
- Dc
- Calculator
- Games
- Terminal Games
- Miscellaneous Tools
- Clocks
- Xdpyinfo and Xev
- Xlock
- Xmag
- Xman
- Sc and Xspread
- Emulators
- Emulating DOS under Linux
- X Window Games
- Summary
- Chapter 6—Basic Linux System Administration
- System-Administration Tools
- Using the Passwd File
- Deleting Accounts
- Managing Groups
- Logging in as Su
- More on the Messages File
- Boot Options
- Creating a Bootdisk
- Recovery Packages
- What to Do If You Forget Your Password
- Using LILO
- What is LILO?
- Scheduling Events
- The Nice Command
- The At Command
- The Batch Command
- The Cron Command
- More on Multitasking
- More on the Foreground and Background
- Swap Space and Performance
- I’m Free!
- Mounting Filesystems
- Sending a Message of the Day
- Summary
- Section III—Linux Communications and Networking
- Chapter 7—Linux and Telecommunications
- Expanding Your Reach via Modem
- Seyon: Telecommunications from Linux
- Using Minicom and Xminicom
- Using Rzsz
- Other Linux Telecommunications Tools
- Summary
- Chapter 8—Linux Networking
- Networking and Linux
- TCP/IP Basics
- Setting up TCP/IP Information
- Summary
- Chapter 9—Linux and the Internet
- Getting on the Worldwide Network
- Finding a Window to the Internet
- Linux’s SLIP and PPP Tools
- Linux’s PPP Tools
- Setting up a PPP Connection
- Internet Tools
- Using Electronic Mail
- Using a Web Browser
- Communications with the UUCP Commands
- A UUCP Primer
- Using UUCP
- Potential Problems with the Uucp Command
- What Can Go Wrong?
- Free Software and FTP
- Using FTP
- What do I Do with the File?
- Other Networking Commands
- Slurping the News
- Summary
- Section IV—Linux Programming
- Chapter 10—Programming in Linux
- Programming under Linux
- The Linux C Compiler: GNU CC
- C Programming
- The Cc Command
- Using the Cc Command
- ELF Files
- Linux Shared Libraries
- Programming with X
- Using LessTif
- XForms
- Programmer’s Tools
- Building Programs with Make
- X Window Tools
- Parsers and Lexers
- Other Tools
- Other Programming Languages
- Java the Hut
- Linux Scripting Languages
- Tcl
- Perl
- Gawk
- Summary
Appendix A
Appendix B
Index