[TriLUG] Red Hat 8.0 menu, networking, and DVD player

[Maria C Winslow]

I can't remember now how good RH 8 was at identifying the hardware, but I 
think if you choose the default setting at installation, it will most likely 
work. You probably have the same wireless card that I have.

From the start menu (if you left the default one...): choose System Settings 
.. Network (Network Configuration). Enter the root password. There is a 
devices tab and a hardware tab, and they will need to be configured. You can 
view my settings at

http://windows-linux.com/images/network1.png and
http://windows-linux.com/images/network2.png

Yours are likely to be the same.

Maria

On Monday 28 October 2002 11:11 am, Robert Baker wrote:
> Maria,
>
> How did you get your wireless PC Card to work?
> I have a DELL Inspiron 3800
> I just installed RH8 but currently using a Xircom PC Ethernet card.
> I've tried to configure my Linksys WPC11 card
>
> I downloaded the linux_wlan_ng_0114_pre1.tar.gz
> Went thru the process of making etc.. but got and error on this step:
>
>    - Linux source directory [/usr/src/linux]:
>         The config script will attempt to automagically find your kernel
>         source directory.  If found, the kernel source source directory
>         will be presented as the default selection.  If the default
>         selection is wrong, you may correct it here.
>
> I'm not sure where this is on my system or if it should be there?
>
> Anyone have any ideas on what to try?  I'm a newbie ;-P
>
> >>> Rob Baker <<<
>
> Webcentric Applications Developer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maria C Winslow [mailto:maria.winslow at windows-linux.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 10:53 AM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: [TriLUG] Red Hat 8.0 menu, networking, and DVD player
>
>
> Hello all,
> I have three issues that I can't seem to resolve... I'm running RH 8 on a
> Dell
> laptop.
>
> 1. I can't seem to find how to change the start menu on the kicker. Where
> did
> they put this configuration feature?
> 2. I am using a wireless card successfully, but it won't activate itself on
> startup. I have to activate it manually each time I boot. What's up with
> this? For the record, it completely ignores my WinModem and I never
> activate
>
> my regular ethernet card (although it is aware of it).
> 3. I used Ogle to play DVDs with Mandrake previously, and it worked ok, but
> I
> thought I'd ask if anyone has a better recommendation.
>
> Thanks for the help! And for all those who haven't upgraded to RH 8 - you
> should have a look. These fonts make it a pleasure to work in front of a
> screen all day...
>
> Maria

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