[ale] Need help on RH5.2

[Ryan Bridges]

Let's see if I can be a little more helpful...  see below for more.

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> Problems:
> 1. I don't like RH's prompt. Is there anyway to change it to look like
> Slackwares?

You can customize the prompt any way you like.  The prompt for all users
can be set in '/etc/profile' (for bash).  Look for a line that looks like
PS1='\u@\h:\$' or something like that.  Set the PS1 variable to whatever
you want and that is wat your prompt will be.  here is a list of some
escape codes:

\u username
\h hostname
\w directory
\@ time
\W more verbose directory
\n newline
more are in the bash man page

> 2. When I move windows in KDE, the leave trails, so I continually have to
> R-click and refresh the screen. Is there any way to fix that?

That sounds like an X server problem.  Make sure you have X set up
correctly for your card and monitor.

> 3. I can't shutdown from kdm. I tell it to and it won't shutdown. I try
> going into a wm and getting an xterm up and trying it there, and that
> doesn't work, I tried telinit 6, and that doesn't work. The first time, I
> had to use the switch, and the second time, I kept trying to make it
> work, and then it said no more processes in this runlevel and rebooted.
> How can I fix this so that I can tell it to reboot and it actually do it?

Try giving it a few seconds.  It can be set up to be less verbose when
rebooting.  If that is the case, it is rebooting and you just don't see
it.  'shutdown -r now' will always work if you are the root user.

> 4. How do I set up dial-up for internet? In Slack there is a pppsetup,
> but I can't find it in RH.

run netconf.  There is a section in this configuration tool for PPP/SLIP
connections

> 5. Is there any way to see all of the installed packages? (Like pkgtool
> can do)

Run gnorpm

> 6. Anything else to make this experience worthwhile.
> 
> Do any of the other distributions look and feel like Slackware, but stay
> updated, use a real package manager, and are libc6? Unless I get a lot of
> help to make this feel right, I will be trying another soon.
> 
For you I would recommend Debian.  It's more hackerish like slackware but
it stays up-to-date with other distros for the most part.

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