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Red Hat Linux 7.2 The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide ...

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ISBN: N/A Red Hat, Inc. 2600 Meridian Parkway Durham, NC 27713 USA +1 919 547 0012 (Voice) +1 919 547 0024 (FAX) 888 733 4281 (Voice) P.O. Box 13588 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA © 2001 Red Hat, Inc. rhl-gsg(EN)-7.2-Print-RHI (2001-09-12T11:1...

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Contents Red Hat Linux 7.2 Introduction................................................................................... ix About This Manual — Read This? Please?............................................. ix Introductory Terms ...................

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Chapter 3 The KDE Desktop Environment............................ 43 3.1 Using Your Mouse ................................................................ 43 3.2 The Desktop ...................................................................... 44 3....

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7.3 Additional Resources ............................................................ 100 Chapter 8 Audio, Video, and General Amusement .............. 101 8.1 Configuring a Sound Card....................................................... 101 8.2 Spe...

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12.4 Red Hat Network Software Manager ........................................... 148 12.5 Synchronizing Your System Profile ............................................. 154 12.6 Updating With Errata.....................................................

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Appendix C Identifying/Finding File Extensions..................... 195 C.1 Introduction........................................................................ 195 C.2 Missing or Incorrect Extension?................................................. ...

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Section 0.1:About This Manual — Read This? Please? ix Introduction Welcome to the Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide! By now, you should have read the Official Red Hat Linux Installation Guide and successfully in- stalled Red Hat Linux. T...

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x Introduction Also, there are chapters in the printed version of this manual that contain only general explanations of the topic at hand (specifically Chapter 9, Manipulating Images With GIMP, Chapter 10, Shell Prompt Basics, and Chapter 12, Updatin...

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Section 0.3:A Note About Environments xi • X or X Window System: These terms refer to the graphical user interface environments. If you are "in X" or "running X" you are working in a GUI rather than a console environment. • Co...

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xii Introduction Figure 2 Viewing Text in a Shell Prompt Documentation Resources If you have the Official Red Hat Linux boxed set, remember to take a look through the Red Hat Linux 7.2 Documentation CD. All of our manuals are on this CD, as well as o...

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Section 0.4:Documentation Resources xiii Figure 3 Documentation CD Files View in PDF format. You will see one file whose name starts with the letters "pdf". Click on this to view the manuals in PDF format. Install the manuals on your comput...

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xiv Introduction Figure 4 Installing Documentation Files Scroll through the right side of the file manager screen and look for files beginning with the letters "rhl" (as shown in Figure 4, Installing Documentation Files. There will be one f...

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Section 0.6:Sign Up for Support xv rpm -ivh rhl-gsg-en-7.2-5.noarch.rpm Press [Enter]. Type exit at the command line and press [Enter]. This takes you out of the root login and back to your user account. Now go to Main Menu =>Programs => Docume...

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xvi Introduction • Red Hat Network — Use Red Hat Network to automatically retrieve and install system and secu- rity updates, as well as other packages. • Under the Brim: The Official Red Hat E-Newsletter Red Hat Linux Every month, get the late...

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Part I The Basics ...

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Section 1.1:Logging In 19 1 Getting Started Time to get started. The first thing you have to do is log in. When you log in, you are basically introducing yourself to the system. Linux is Case Sensitive Like UNIX, Linux is case sensitive. That means t...

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20 Chapter 1:Getting Started 1.1.1 Logging In As Root If you did not create a user account during installation, you must log in as root. Regardless of whether you have chosen a graphical or console login screen, you will have to supply a login accoun...

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Section 1.1:Logging In 21 Changing Your Login Screen To find out how you can change from a console to a graphical login screen see Section 13.14, Changing Login from Console to X at Startup. Once you start the X Window System, you will find a desktop...

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22 Chapter 1:Getting Started Figure 1–3 A KDE Desktop 1.1.2 Opening a Terminal Window Both GNOME and KDE offer quick launch buttons on their panels to open a terminal window, also referred to as a shell prompt. Figure 1–4 The GNOME Panel On the G...

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Section 1.2:Creating a user account 23 1.2 Creating a user account When you installed Red Hat Linux you were given the opportunity to create user accounts. If you did not create at least one (not including the root account) you should do so now. Work...

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24 Chapter 1:Getting Started 4. Fill in the user name (this can be an abbreviation or some sort of nickname), the full name of the user for whom this account is being created, and a password (which you will enter a second time for verification). The ...

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Section 1.3:Logging Out of Root 25 You can exit from a terminal window by clicking the X button on the upper right corner of the window, or by typing exit at the prompt. Forgot Your Password? See (Section 13.13, Forgotten Password) for information on...

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26 Chapter 1:Getting Started Figure 1–7 Logout Confirmation Similarly, in KDE, you can log out of root by going to Main Menu => Logout or by simply typing exit at the shell prompt. By default, the panel in KDE also contains a quick launch button...

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Section 2.2:The Desktop 27 2 The GNOME Desktop Environment 2.1 GNOME Fundamentals GNOME is a flexible and user-friendly way to use a graphical user interface with Red Hat Linux. This chapter covers the fundamentals of GNOME and its file manager, Naut...

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28 Chapter 2:The GNOME Desktop Environment Figure 2–1 A GNOME Desktop The GNOME environment is called a desktop. This is the area where you have application launchers, document windows, lists of files (folders), and so on. The long bar across the b...

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Section 2.3:The Nautilus File Manager 29 Mounting a Device Ordinarily, you can use your drives (floppy, CD, etc) just by clicking on them. Most devices are now mounted automatically. But occasionally you may get an error message, telling you a device...

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30 Chapter 2:The GNOME Desktop Environment Figure 2–2 The Start Here Screen The Start Here screen has a main menu, a toolbar, and, on the right side of the screen, a number of icons. On the left is the sidebar, which shows the file or webpage in wh...

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Section 2.3:The Nautilus File Manager 31 Figure 2–3 Backgrounds and Emblems Selection • View — contains options for hiding/showing the various navigational bars on the screen, zoom options, the order in which items are arranged, view items as i...

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32 Chapter 2:The GNOME Desktop Environment Refresh reloads the current screen (can be helpful if a page appears fuzzy). Home displays the home directory by default. You can have this button display any file or website you want by clicking on Preferen...

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Section 2.4:The Panel 33 • System Settings — displays links to the Internet, network, printer, date/time, and service config- uration tools. Also has links to the hardware browser and the user manager. Use the user manager to add, edit, or delete...

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34 Chapter 2:The GNOME Desktop Environment Applications, folders, and applets can be docked on the panel, so that they can be launched with a single mouse click. Figure 2–4 The Panel at the Bottom of the Desktop To add an applet, do one of the foll...

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Section 2.7:Multiple Desktops 35 Switch Tasks Quickly One way to bring currently running applications to the front is to press [Alt]- [Tab] . To scroll through the tasks, hold down the [Alt] key, while pressing the [Tab] key in succession. When you h...

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36 Chapter 2:The GNOME Desktop Environment Figure 2–6 Moving an Application to Another Desktop By default, four desktops are available to you. However, using the configuration utility for your win- dow manager, you can modify that number. To run sa...

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Section 2.8:Switching Environments 37 Desk Pager to move to another desktop. To manually move an open window from one desktop to another, right-click on the top border and select Send window to for window moving options. Figure 2–7 The GNOME Pager ...

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38 Chapter 2:The GNOME Desktop Environment Figure 2–8 The Switchdesk Utility There are several ways to start Switchdesk: •Goto Main Menu Button => Programs => System => Desktop Switching Tool. • Dock a switchdesk applet on your panel. ...

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Section 2.9:Quitting from GNOME 39 Figure 2–9 The GNOME Log Out Confirmation To log out from the Main Menu on the panel, click on the Main Menu Button and select Log out. In the confirmation dialog which opens (see Figure 2–9, The GNOME Log Out C...

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40 Chapter 2:The GNOME Desktop Environment Typing Your Password When you select either Halt or Reboot, you will be asked for your account’s password before proceeding. In the space provided, just type in the password you used when you logged in for...

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Section 2.12:Shutting Down at the Shell Prompt 41 2.11 Shutting Down from the Run Program Menu An additional way to shut down or restart your machine is to select the Run program item from the Main Menu and, in the dialog which opens, type shutdown -...

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42 Chapter 2:The GNOME Desktop Environment More About Shutting Down You can specify the delay between when you issue the shutdown command and its execution. Replace the word now with a "+" and a number; for exam- ple shutdown -h +5 will shu...

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Section 3.1:Using Your Mouse 43 3 The KDE Desktop Environment This chapter provides an overview of KDE fundamentals. Details, such as configuring your desktop, working with the file manager, and using specific KDE tools, will be covered in later chap...

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44 Chapter 3:The KDE Desktop Environment 3.2 The Desktop When you first start KDE, your desktop will look something like Figure 3–1, A Typical KDE Desktop. Figure 3–1 A Typical KDE Desktop Customize Your Desktop You can customize the look of your...

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Section 3.3:The Panel 45 You can drag items to the Autostart folder if you want them to launch automatically when you log in. Diskette Formatting If you place a floppy diskette in the drive, then select the floppy drive on your desktop, you may recei...

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46 Chapter 3:The KDE Desktop Environment Figure 3–2 The Panel The panel is very configurable. You can add and remove buttons that launch applications and applets, which will allow you to open them easily. Right-click on the panel and select Panel m...

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Section 3.3:The Panel 47 Figure 3–3 The Desktops Tab in the Panel Configuration Now you can change the names of your desktops (from Desktop 1, Desktop 2, etc.) by deleting these default names and typing in any name you want in each desktop’s corr...

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48 Chapter 3:The KDE Desktop Environment 3.4 The Main Menu K Icon The main menu in KDE, (the K icon), incorporates all of the available KDE applets and applications, as well as many other applications on your Red Hat Linux system. You can find the ic...

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Section 3.6:Finding Help 49 Switch Tasks Quickly Another way to bring minimized or background windows to the front is to use the [Alt] and [Tab] keys. To pick an item from the taskbar, hold down [Alt]- [Tab] . To scroll through the tasks, hold down t...

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50 Chapter 3:The KDE Desktop Environment • From the Main Menu — select Help. • By right-clicking on the desktop and selecting the Help on desktop entry in the brief menu. The opening screen of the KDE Help browser will appear like Figure 3–5,...

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Section 3.9:Shutting Down at the Shell Prompt 51 => Button => System => Desktop Switching Tool). Or you can open Run from the main menu and type switchdesk at the prompt. To open Switchdesk at a shell prompt: • Type switchdesk at a shell p...

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52 Chapter 3:The KDE Desktop Environment • At the shell prompt, type shutdown -r now or shutdown -h now and enter your user account password in the dialog box that appears. The -h means halt and will shut down the system; the -r means reboot and wi...

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Section 4.1:Customizing with the GNOME Control Center 53 4 Customizing Your Desktop Both GNOME and KDE offer you plenty of ways to add your own personality to your workspace. Each environment provides powerful control centers, that let you change the...

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54 Chapter 4:Customizing Your Desktop Preview Your Changes Not sure if you will be happy with your selections? Click on the Try button to see what your desktop will look like with your changes. If you do not like it, just click on the Revert button t...

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Section 4.1:Customizing with the GNOME Control Center 55 Figure 4–3 The Background Settings Color Palette If you choose Horizontal or Vertical Gradient from the dropdown menu, you need to choose a Pri- mary and Secondary Color. If you want somethin...

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56 Chapter 4:Customizing Your Desktop To change your current theme, click on the Theme Selector icon. Figure 4–4 The Theme Selector Category The Theme Selector panel has sections where you can select a new theme, preview its effect, and modify the ...

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Section 4.2: Customizing with the KDE Control Center 57 More Themes Are Available If you do not see a theme you like, you can find more themes at http://gtk.themes.org, a repository for themes. To install a theme, download a theme from the website, t...

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58 Chapter 4:Customizing Your Desktop Figure 4–5 The Background Category in the KDE Control Center The KDE Control Center is divided into two main panels. On the left, you will find categories, and on the right, (the main panel), you will see the c...

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Section 4.2: Customizing with the KDE Control Center 59 Automatic Preview Whenever you make a selection for your background, you will automatically see a preview of the effect in the dialog. The KDE Control Center’s Background category allows you t...

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60 Chapter 4:Customizing Your Desktop Figure 4–6 The KDE Theme Manager Category If you want to install a theme you have downloaded, click on the Add button. In the dialog which opens, locate the name of the theme file you have downloaded. Double-cl...

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Section 5.1:Internet Druid 61 5 Getting Online PPP accounts are used to dial in to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) using a modem, ISDN, or DSL connection. Using PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol), you connect to a large network (the Internet) through y...

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62 Chapter 5:Getting Online Figure 5–1 System Settings Click on Internet Configuration Wizard. If you are not logged in as root, you will be prompted for the root password. Enter the password and the Add New Device Type screen opens (see Figure 5�...

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Section 5.1:Internet Druid 63 Figure 5–2 Add New Device Type • ISDN connection - Integrated Services Digital Network. A connection using high-speed, high- quality digital telecommunication lines as opposed to an analog modem connection. • Modem...

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64 Chapter 5:Getting Online Figure 5–3 Select ISDN Adapter screen On the next screen, Select Provider (see Figure 5–4, Select ISDN Provider), you can expand the list of Internet providers on the left and select yours if it is there. If it is not,...

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Section 5.1:Internet Druid 65 Figure 5–4 Select ISDN Provider Once the account is created, neat closes. Launch Mozilla (an icon for Mozilla appears by default on the panel) or other Internet software application to launch an interface for the ISDN ...

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66 Chapter 5:Getting Online Figure 5–5 Select Modem screen On the Select Modem screen, indicate if your telephone uses touch-tone dialing and adjust the modem volume if you choose. Continue to the next screen (see Figure 5–4, Select ISDN Provider...

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Section 5.2:Network Configuration 67 Figure 5–6 Configure DSL Connection screen 5.2 Network Configuration Configuring a network with Red Hat Linux is simple. In GNOME, click on the Start Here button on the desktop or panel. In KDE, access the GNOME...

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68 Chapter 5:Getting Online Figure 5–7 Network Configuration If you are configuring a network, you will probably have all of the necessary information readily avail- able. If not, contact your system administrator or refer to the Official Red Hat L...

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Section 5.4:Connecting With Cable 69 hook up the equipment, launch Mozilla (see Chapter 6, The Mozilla Web Browser for more informa- tion on Mozilla), and your system should connect. For more information on configuring your cable interface, see the O...

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70 Chapter 5:Getting Online ...

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Section 6.1:Mozilla User Accounts 71 6 The Mozilla Web Browser Once you have configured your Internet connection (see Chapter 5, Getting Online), you are ready to get online. Red Hat Linux comes with the open source browser Mozilla. This chapter expl...

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72 Chapter 6:The Mozilla Web Browser Figure 6–1 Mozilla Profile Manager After you open the profile manager, click on Create Profile (Figure 6–1, Mozilla Profile Manager)to begin. The first screen is an introduction; click on Next to continue. On ...

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Section 6.2:Mozilla Navigator 73 Figure 6–2 Create a User Profile When you click on Finish, you will see the user profile you just created listed under Available Profiles on the main Profile Manager screen (Figure 6–1, Mozilla Profile Manager). Y...

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74 Chapter 6:The Mozilla Web Browser The Mozilla Navigator screen (Figure 6–3, Mozilla’s Main Screen) has all of the standard Web browser functions that other browsers have. There is a main menu at the top of the screen and a navigation bar below...

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Section 6.2:Mozilla Navigator 75 Figure 6–3 Mozilla’s Main Screen 6.2.1 Mozilla Navigator Main Menu The following options are available from the main menu at the top of the Mozilla Navigator screen. Note that many menu items have keyboard shortcu...

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76 Chapter 6:The Mozilla Web Browser • Open File — Opens a dialog box for file selection or entry. • Close — Closes Mozilla. • Save As — Opens a dialog box where you can name a file and have it automatically saved as such. • Edit Page �...

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Section 6.2:Mozilla Navigator 77 • Use Stylesheet — If you have stylesheet files saved on you system, click on this option so see them listed. Selecting one will apply it to the webpage you are viewing. • Reload — Refreshes the screen, just a...

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78 Chapter 6:The Mozilla Web Browser The Go menu item also shows a list of recently viewed pages. You can determine the maximum number of pages this list will show by going to Edit => Preferences on the main menu and then selecting Navigation and ...

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Section 6.2:Mozilla Navigator 79 Opens Mozilla Mail Import Wizard which you can use to import messages, address book information, and/or preferences from other mail programs. *Java Console & JavaScript Console Advanced functions for managing Java...

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80 Chapter 6:The Mozilla Web Browser can create separate lists within a address books by selecting a book and then clicking on New List. To add new names to your books, click on New Card and fill in the appropriate information when prompted. 6.3 The ...

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Section 6.4:Customizing Mozilla Preferences 81 • History — The History tab shows a list of the sites you have visited. You can set determine how many days the history tab will store sites before clearing them by going to Edit => Preferences an...

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82 Chapter 6:The Mozilla Web Browser Figure 6–5 Navigator Preferences • Navigator — Under Navigator you can customize some of your homepage functionality, such as which buttons appear in the toolbar and what, if any, page appears when you launc...

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Section 6.4:Customizing Mozilla Preferences 83 The Back and Forward buttons store a history as well; you can determine how many pages back- ward or forward these buttons will go in the Session History field. You start a new session each time you logi...

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84 Chapter 6:The Mozilla Web Browser The New Page Settings lets you adjust the default color, background images, and author for new HTML pages. These settings will be the default each time you create a new page. 6.4.4 Mail and Newsgroup Preferences M...

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Section 6.4:Customizing Mozilla Preferences 85 • Message Composition — Determine whether messages that you forward to people will be sent as attachments or in the body of the message. You can also determine whether or not the original text of mes...

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86 Chapter 6:The Mozilla Web Browser 6.4.6 Advanced Preferences The Advanced preferences cover topics such as proxies, cookies, and cache files. Unless you know something about these topics, it is recommended that you leave the default settings as th...

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Section 6.5:Mozilla Mail 87 Figure 6–7 Mozilla Mail — Local Folders Click once on Local Folders. A list of options appears on the right side of the screen. Click on Create a new account . ...

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88 Chapter 6:The Mozilla Web Browser Figure 6–8 New Account Setup The first screen you see (Figure 6–8, New Account Setup) asks what type of account you want to create. Select ISP or email provider and click on Next. The following screens ask for...

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Section 6.5:Mozilla Mail 89 You can send the webpage you are viewing, by going to File on the main menu and then selecting either Send Page or Send Link and then filling in the address and subject fields and clicking on Send. Send Page shows the cont...

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90 Chapter 6:The Mozilla Web Browser 6.5.4 Creating a Signature A signature is a brief note at the end of an email or newsgroup posting. Often a quote or joke, signa- tures say something about the author of the message. To create a signature, do the ...

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Section 6.6:Mozilla and Newsgroups 91 Figure 6–10 Newsgroup Account Setup Enter your name and email address on the next screen and click Next. On the following screen, enter the name of your news server (if you do not know the name of your news ser...

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92 Chapter 6:The Mozilla Web Browser 6.7 Mozilla Composer You can use Mozilla Composer to create webpages. You do not need to know HTML to use this tool. To open Composer,goto Tasks => Composer on the Mozilla main menu, or click on the Composer ic...

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Printer Configuration 93 7 Printer Configuration This chapter provides information on configuring, testing, and modifying a local printer with print- conf. For information on configuring other types of printers, creating printer aliases, and more, se...

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94 Chapter 7:Printer Configuration Figure 7–1 printconf This chapter explains local printer configuration only, but five types of print queues can be configured with printconf: • Local Printer — a printer attached directly to your computer thro...

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Section 7.1:Adding a Local Printer 95 Important If you add a new print queue or modify an existing one, you need to restart the printer daemon (lpd) for the changes to take effect. Clicking the Apply button saves any changes that you have made and re...

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96 Chapter 7:Printer Configuration You will then see the screen shown in Figure 7–3, Adding a Local Printer. Enter a unique name for the printer in the Queue Name text field. This can be any descriptive name for your printer. The printer name canno...

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Section 7.1:Adding a Local Printer 97 Figure 7–4 Choosing a Printer Device Next, printconf will try to detect which printer is attached to the printer device you selected as shown in Figure 7–5, Choosing a Printer Driver. If it detects the wrong ...

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98 Chapter 7:Printer Configuration Figure 7–5 Choosing a Printer Driver The last step is to confirm your printer. Click Finish if this is the printer that you want to add. Click Back to modify your printer configuration. The new printer will appear...

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Section 7.2:Modifying Existing Printers 99 To set the default printer, select the printer from the printer list and click the Default button on the toolbar. The default printer icon appears in the first column of the printer list beside the default p...

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100 Chapter 7:Printer Configuration 7.2.1 Names and Aliases If you want to rename a printer, change the value of Queue Name in the Names and Aliases tab. Click OK to return to the main window. The name of the printer should change in the printer list...