Getting started with Linux

[Deathawk]

Sorry for being so newb, but how do I open the file?

 

[Law]

cat file name | less

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | less

Use the up and down arrow

 

[macdude425]

IF that doesn't work, i.e. it says there is no such file, replace xorg.conf with XF86.conf.

 

[Deathawk]

uhh, I think I might be doing this wrong, but I typed in "cat /etc/x11/xorg.conf | less" and the xf86.conf of it, and at first it said something like no file existed, and on the bottom it says (END) in highlighted text. Then, I press an arrow button, and this happens

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I don't know how to get back to where I was before, so I have to reboot

 

[macdude425]

X11 has to have the first letter capitalized.

 

[Law]

Heh..you just press the q button anytime you need to quit out of that. Use the spacebar to move another screen down or the enter button to move just 1 line. Same goes with the up and dow arrow key.

it's like this

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | less

or

cat /etc/X11/XF86.conf | less

Linux is case senstive

 

[Deathawk]

"cat: /etc/X11/xorg.conf : No such file or directory"
Same with the other one :|

 

[The General]

It's not xf86.conf, its Xf86config.h

 

[Deathawk]

Still get the same thing...

I must be doing something wrong then... I suck

 

[Skuzzle]

****s sake ladies.. I'm gunna recommend UBUNTU!
Download it, burn it and install it.
It will work well and will give you a ground to work on.
I use it on my work computer (self employed) and now use debian on my laptop (its old and slow)
I could never have set up debian without the basics i learned from ubuntu.

I really recomend you get it and give it a go... you'll then learn more when you start it at school/college/whatever it is.