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Posted: Jan. 23 2005,22:25 |
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Lately the DSL IRC channel (irc.freenode.net #damnsmalllinux) has been slammed with new users, newbies, n00bs, n00bies, whatever...The forums have also seen a strong surge of growth lately. Thats great. Its great to know there is a huge interest, and people who want to get involved, get into linux, etc... I know SU already posted about this kind of thing once, but if any of you guys happen to find your way here, awesome.
For the record, and a little known tip is it is always a good idea to utilize the 'dmesg' command to discover what your kernel wants to talk to you about!!! If you're having trouble identifying a device, try dmesg. If you aren't sure if your HD is being detected, try 'dmesg'. If you want to know what kind of soundcard you have or what speed your CD writer is, try dmesg. Dmesg is the kernel message buffer and anything the kernel has to say to you will most likely be in there! you can page it by piping it with 'more' or 'less'. 'dmesg|more'
Linux distributions come with a variety of tools to help you figure out whats what. What modules are loaded? 'lsmod' What PCI devices do I have 'lspci'. USB? 'lsusb' pnp? 'lspnp' What kernel am I using? 'uname -a'
This will all be added to updated official documentation, especially for new users wanting to make a post to the forums or come on IRC and ask for assistance.
This post will one day become defunct, or added onto, and thats good, as everyone has their idea of what a new user should let us know when they're asking for help. As the official documentation is updated to reflect what new users should probably figure out before asking a question, this will become only a memory of minute frustrations for us who idle on irc to assist people.
So come on down, stop on by IRC,
And hopefully i wont get flamed! hehe
Like G.I. Joe used to say!~ Now you know...And Knowing is half the battle.
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-william
atlanta, GA, USA
DSL 1.0+2.4.27/sata : P4 2.4norwood : 512ddr2 : nvgf4ti4200-64 : 128mbLexar Jumpdrive Elite
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