Symbols
- # (hash mark), Some Syntax Rules
- # (hash mark), root account prompt, Maintaining the System
- #include statements, More Fun with Libraries
- & (ampersand), running commands in background, Putting a Command in the Background
- - (hyphen), Multiple Commands
- / (slash character), directories, Directories
- < (less than sign), input redirection, Saving Your Output
- > (greater-than sign), redirecting output, Saving Your Output
- @ (at sign), Multiple Commands
- ~ (tilde) directories, Directories
- ~ (tilde) in vi editor, Starting vi
A
- a.out file, Basic gcc Usage
- AbiWord, Word Processors
- Abiword word processor, Abiword Word Processor
- Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT), A Working Example of Java
- AccessFileName directive, httpd.conf
- action field (inittab file), init, inittab, and rc Files
- Ada language, Other Languages
- AddIcon directive, httpd.conf
- AddIconByEncoding directive, httpd.conf
- AddIconByType directive, httpd.conf
- address book (Evolution), Evolution contacts
- address translation, Your network configuration
- addresses
- broadcast, Your network configuration, The networking rc files
- host, TCP/IP Concepts
- IP, TCP/IP Concepts, Your network configuration
- loopback, TCP/IP Concepts, Your network configuration
- network, TCP/IP Concepts, Your network configuration
- networks file, /etc/networks
- parallel port printer, troubleshooting, Printer System Troubleshooting
- port, TCP/IP Concepts
- registering, Registering an address
- subnetwork, TCP/IP Concepts, Your network configuration
- for variable storage, Getting Information
- administration, Essential System Management
- (see also system administration)
- electronic mail, Other Email Administrative Issues
- system shutdown, setting permissions for, Shutting Down the System
- ADSL (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line), ADSL
- Advanced Power Management (APM), Laptop Support
- afio utility, To compress, or not to compress?
- agetty program, rc Files
- aha152x= boot option, Booting Linux
- aha1542= boot option, Booting Linux
- aic7xxx= boot option, Booting Linux
- alias command, Maintaining the System
- Alias directive, httpd.conf
- Alpha systems
- booting, Setting Up the System Firmware to Start the Installation
- firmware programs, Features and limitations of ARC Firmware
- hardware, Preparing Hardware for Installation
- requirements, Minimum Hardware
- resources on, Chipsets
- history and status, Alpha History and Status
- identifying, Preparations and General Procedure for Installation
- installing Linux, Installing Linux, General Procedure
- preparing to install, Preparations and General Procedure for Installation
- installing Milo utility, Firmware options
- tuning Linux, Tuning and Post-Installation Considerations
- AlphaBIOS firmware, Features and limitations of AlphaBIOS Firmware
- AlphaLinux resources, AlphaLinux sites
- amateur radio support, enabling, Building the Kernel
- ampersand (&), running commands in background, Putting a Command in the Background
- ANSI C standard, gcc Features
- Anyware Office office suite, Word Processors
- Apache web servers, Configuring Your Own Web Server
- apachectl utility, Starting httpd
- APM (Advanced Power Management), support for, Laptop Support
- applets
- GNOME panel, The panel
- Java, The Promise of Java, or Why You Might Want to Use Java
- application classes, The X Resource Database
- applications
- commercial, Commercial Applications, Commercial Applications
- development, suitability of Linux, Programming Languages and Utilities
- enterprise, suitability of Linux for, Who’s Using Linux?
- KDE, KDE Applications
- locating web directories for, Other Applications
- scientific, Other Applications
- X resources, The X Resource Database, The X Resource Database
- X running on KDE, The KDE panel and the K menu
- applications, Java, The Promise of Java, or Why You Might Want to Use Java
- APSfilter package, Magic Filters: APSfilter and Alternatives
- ar command, More Fun with Libraries
- ARC firmware, Features and limitations of ARC Firmware
- archiving files
- tar utility, Using tar
- examples, tar Tricks
- gzip utility and, Using tar with gzip and bzip2
- utilities, Archive and Compression Utilities, tar Tricks
- ARPAnet and TCP/IP, TCP/IP Concepts
- aRts package (KDE), Installing KDE
- ASCII test files (printer tests), Checking Printer Hardware
- assembly code, gcc Features
- associative arrays, A Sample Program
- Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), ADSL
- at sign (@), Multiple Commands
- ATAPI drives, Alpha system support, IDE/ATAPI Drive Support
- Athena widget set, Interface Building Tools
- attach command (gdb), Debugging a Running Program
- ATZ signal, Writing a chat script
- audio
- digital, A Whirlwind Tour of Digital Audio, A Whirlwind Tour of Digital Audio
- overview, Configuring and Using Linux Audio
- support for, Other Applications
- authentication
- changing methods, PAM and Other Authentication Methods
- protocols for, PAP and CHAP
- Autofill mode (Emacs), Tailoring Emacs
- automounting devices, Automounting Devices, Automounting Devices
- AWT (Abstract Window Toolkit), A Working Example of Java
- aztcd= boot option, Booting Linux
B
- Back button (Konqueror), Using Konqueror and Other Web Browsers
- background
- color
- Emacs text editor, Emacs and Other Editors
- KDE desktop, Configuring the background
- xterm window, xinit
- resource (X clients), The X Resource Database
- Backspace key, Tailoring Emacs
- backtrace command (gdb), Examining a Core File
- backups
- compression, To compress, or not to compress?
- creating, overview, Making Backups
- cron and, Scheduling Jobs Using cron
- floppy disks, Backing up to floppy
- importance of, What to Do in an Emergency
- incremental, Making Backups, Incremental Backups
- restoring, Restoring Files from Backup
- simple overview, Simple Backups
- tape devices, Backing up to tape
- bash shell, Basic Commands and Utilities, Shells
- core files and, Examining a Core File
- bashrc startup file, Startup Files
- bash_profile startup file, Startup Files
- Battery Charge Monitor (GNOME), The panel
- baud rate (serial ports), The rest of the printcap variables
- Berkeley Software Distribution (see BSD)
- -bg option (xterm), xinit
- bin directory, Important Directories
- binary emulators, AlphaLinux, Binary Emulation
- bindings for X resources, The X Resource Database
- BIOS and booting limitations, Linux Partition Requirements
- block groups, Repairing Filesystems
- bmouse= boot option, Booting Linux
- Bochs (Windows emulation software), Running MS-DOS and Windows Applications on Linux
- bookmarks file, Using Konqueror and Other Web Browsers
- books about Linux, Books and Other Published Works
- boot directory, Important Directories
- boot loaders, Creating the Boot Floppy or Installing LILO
- boot managers, Windows and LILO, Using LILO
- booting, Installation Overview
- (see also multibooting)
- Alpha systems, Setting Up the System Firmware to Start the Installation
- boot disk, troubleshooting, Problems booting Linux from floppy
- boot floppy, Using a Boot Floppy, Using a Boot Floppy
- boot sequence, Running into Trouble
- boot time options, Specifying boot time options, Specifying boot time options
- filesystem, Using a Boot Floppy
- init program, init, inittab, and rc Files
- installation media, Installation Overview, Booting Linux
- kernel, boot messages, Kernel Boot Messages, Kernel Boot Messages
- LILO
- as secondary bootloader, Using LILO as a secondary bootloader
- configuration, The /etc/lilo.conf file, The /etc/lilo.conf file
- overview, Using LILO
- removing, Removing LILO
- options, Booting Linux
- TCP/IP, testing configuration, Trying out your network
- troubleshooting, Problems booting Linux from the hard drive
- bootloader (see LILO)
- Bourne Again Shell (see bash)
- br variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- break command (gdb), Breakpoints and watchpoints
- breakpoints, Tracing a Program, Breakpoints and watchpoints
- broadcast address, Your network configuration
- broadcast command, The networking rc files
- browsers on AlphaLinux, Graphical Browser Considerations
- BSD (Berkeley Unix)
- print utilities, BSD Print System Elements: Files, Directories, and Utilities, Printing
- troubleshooting, Printer System Troubleshooting
- role in Linux development, A Brief History of Linux
- buffers, Emacs, Simple Editing Commands
- buslogic= boot option, Booting Linux
- busmouse interface boot option, Booting Linux
- bzip2 utility, Using gzip and bzip2
C
- C language compiler, upgrading, Upgrading the Compiler
- C mode (Emacs), Running Commands and Programming within Emacs
- C programming language support, Programming Languages and Utilities
- C++ programming language support, Programming Languages and Utilities
- C, C++ languages, Programming with gcc, Using C++
- compiler, shared libraries, Creating shared libraries
- call stack, Examining a Core File
- calls program, Profiling and Performance Tools
- camers software, GNOME, gPhoto, the Digital Camera Tool
- cancel command, Printing
- Cannot Access Memory At Address...âerror, Examining a Core File
- carriage-return characters, inserting, Print Filters
- cat command, Viewing Files, More or Less
- printing and, Checking Printer Hardware
- cd command, Directories
- CD-ROM drives
- Alpha systems with, Installation Choices
- boot options, Booting Linux
- drivers, support, Building the Kernel
- cdu31a= boot option, Booting Linux
- CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol), PAP and CHAP
- character devices, support, Building the Kernel
- chat utility, Requirements, Writing a chat script
- chipsets, Alpha systems, Chipsets
- chipsets, X Window System and, Hardware Requirements
- ci command, Revision Control Tools — RCS
- CLASSPATH environment variable, A Working Example of Java
- client, X, X Concepts
- CLISP, Other Languages
- clocks, Clocks
- clustering, Other Applications
- cm206= boot option, Booting Linux
- co command, Revision Control Tools — RCS
- code, optimizing, gcc Features, Optimizing, Tracing a Program
- col text filter, Printing
- colors
- Emacs and, Emacs and Other Editors
- KDE desktop background, Configuring the background
- KDE window contents, Configuring window styles and colors
- combine utility (ImageMagick), ImageMagick
- command languages, shells, Basic Commands and Utilities
- command line
- editing techniques
- arrow keys and, Moving Around Among Commands
- word completion, Word Completion
- filename expansion, Filename Expansion
- command mode (vi), Inserting Text and Moving Around
- command prompt (see prompt)
- commands, Directories
- (see also utilities)
- control key and, Useful Keys and How to Get Them to Work
- Emacs, customizing, Simple Editing Commands
- files, Listing Files
- mounting filesystems, Mounting Filesystems
- overview, Basic Commands and Utilities, What Is a Command?
- pipes, Saving Your Output
- running in background, Putting a Command in the Background
- shell, vi and, Running Shell Commands
- startup, rc Files, rc Files
- comments
- in Emacs, Tailoring Emacs
- Texinfo, Writing the Texinfo source
- commercial software
- copying, restrictions, Getting Linux via Mail Order or Other Hard Media
- web sites, Commercial Linux Software Companies
- Common Unix Printer System (CUPS), CUPS
- Compaq Portable Math Library (CPML), Performance and Library Tuning
- compatibility
- CPUs, A Bag of Features
- multibooting and, A Bag of Features
- compiler
- compilers, Programming Languages and Utilities
- Java, Getting Java for Linux
- compiling, Emacs and, Running Commands and Programming within Emacs
- compressed partitions, accessing, Filesystem Types
- compression
- backups, Backing up to floppy
- bzip2 utility, Using gzip and bzip2
- compress program, Using gzip and bzip2
- files, utilities, Archive and Compression Utilities, tar Tricks
- gzip utility, Using gzip and bzip2
- tar utility and, Using tar with gzip and bzip2
- log files, Managing System Logs
- concept index, Writing the Texinfo source
- Concurrent Version System (CVS), over Internet, CVS over the Internet
- configuration
- DNS, Configuring DNS
- Ghostscript, Configuring Ghostscript
- ISDN hardware, Configuring Your ISDN Hardware, Configuring Your ISDN Hardware
- KDE desktop, The KDE Control Center
- LILO, The /etc/lilo.conf file, The /etc/lilo.conf file
- NET-4, Configuring TCP/IP with Ethernet
- networks, checking, Your network configuration
- NFS, Configuring NFS
- NIS, Configuring NIS
- PPP, Basic PPP Configuration for Modems
- creating a chat script, Writing a chat script
- requirements, Requirements
- serial device names, Serial device names
- printer directories, Setting up printer directories
- record keeping and, What to Do in an Emergency
- sound cards
- collecting information, Collecting hardware information
- ISA plug and play, Configuring ISA Plug and Play (optional)
- kernel, Configuring the kernel (optional)
- kernel modules, Configuring kernel modules
- overview, Installation and Configuration
- testing, Testing the installation
- troubleshooting, Troubleshooting and common problems
- startup files, Startup Files, Startup Files
- TCP/IP, Configuring TCP/IP with Ethernet
- configuration files, backups and, Simple Backups
- configuring
- NFS and NIS, NFS and NIS Configuration
- World Wide Web server, Configuring Your Own Web Server
- XFree86, Configuring XFree86
- CONNECT signal, Writing a chat script
- console drivers, support, Building the Kernel
- console, kernel boot messages, Kernel Boot Messages
- consoles
- Alpha system software, Firmware options
- setterm program, Setting Terminal Attributes
- virtual, Virtual Consoles
- continue command (gdb), Breakpoints and watchpoints
- control key commands, Useful Keys and How to Get Them to Work
- convert utility (ImageMagick), ImageMagick
- copying
- directory hierarchies with tar, tar Tricks
- text, Emacs, Deleting, Copying, and Moving Text
- copying Linux distributions, restrictions, Getting Linux via Mail Order or Other Hard Media
- core files, Tracing a Program
- debugging and, Kernel
- examining, Examining a Core File, Examining a Core File
- CorelDRAW, Commercial Applications
- corrupt files, accessing, Accessing Damaged Files
- corruption in compressed backup archives, To compress, or not to compress?
- cpio utility, To compress, or not to compress?
- CPML (Compaq Portable Math Library), Performance and Library Tuning
- CPU Load (GNOME), The panel
- CPU, Alpha systems, Chipsets
- CPUs, compatibility with, A Bag of Features
- cron and, Scheduling Jobs Using cron
- cron directory, Scheduling Jobs Using cron
- cron utility, Scheduling Jobs Using cron, Scheduling Jobs Using cron
- csh (C shell), Shells
- cshrc startup file, Startup Files
- CUPS (Common Unix Printer System), CUPS
- customizing
- Emacs, Using Emacs with gdb
- Konqueror, Using Konqueror and Other Web Browsers
- cutting and pasting, Emacs and Other Editors
- in konsole, Cutting and pasting selections
- in vi, Moving Text and Using Registers
- CVF-FAT extension (MS-DOS filesystem), Filesystem Types
- CVS (Concurrent Version System)
- over Internet, CVS over the Internet
- CVSROOT environment variable, Setting up a CVS repository
D
- daemons, Programs That Serve You
- accounts, Managing User Accounts
- automount, Automounting Devices
- lpd, implementing, Exercising the Printer Daemon
- print services, Managing Print Services
- Samba, launching, Starting the Samba daemons
- damaged files, accessing, Accessing Damaged Files
- Data Display Debugger (DDD), Debuggers
- [data] section (smb.conf file), Configuring Samba
- data transfer rate, serial ports, determining, The rest of the printcap variables
- database applications (commercial), Commercial Applications
- databases, X resources, The X Resource Database, The X Resource Database
- dd command, copying image files to disk, Getting Linux from the Internet
- dd option, boot floppy, creating, Using a Boot Floppy
- DDD (Data Display Debugger), Debuggers
- Debian Linux, Alpha systems, The Linux Port and Distributions
- debug boot options, Booting Linux
- debuggers, gdb, Programming Languages and Utilities
- debugging, Kernel, Examining a Core File
- gdb debugger, gcc Features, Enabling Debugging Code
- shared libraries and, Creating shared libraries
- instruction-level, Instruction-level debugging
- routing tables, Trying out your network
- Valgrind package, Examining a Core File
- DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation), Alpha History and Status
- DefaultIcon directive, httpd.conf
- define-key function, Tailoring Emacs
- Delete key (Emacs), Tailoring Emacs
- deleting
- directories, Directories
- files, avoiding unintended deletions, Maintaining the System
- text, Deleting, Copying, and Moving Text
- vi editor, Deleting Text and Undoing Changes
- dependency line, What make Does
- dependency tracking, Installing the Software
- desktop environments, Customizing Your X Environment
- desktop environments (GUIs), KDE and GNOME
- desktop, Nautilus (GNOME), Nautilus: your desktop and file manager, Nautilus: your desktop and file manager
- detach command (gdb), Debugging a Running Program
- dev directory, Important Directories, Serial device names
- development
- applications, suitability of Linux, Programming Languages and Utilities
- open source model, Open Source and the Philosophy of Linux, Open Source and the Philosophy of Linux
- development release, A Note on Linux Version Numbers
- devfs filesystem, Filesystem Types
- device drivers
- Windows support, Windows Compatibility and Samba
- device files, Device Files
- location, Device Files
- naming conventions, Device Files
- security and, Maintaining the System
- devices
- creating, Device Files
- device files, Serial device names
- drivers, loadable, Loadable Device Drivers, Loadable Device Drivers
- interrupt handlers and kernel, Kernel
- naming, Drives and Partitions Under Linux, Drives and Partitions Under Linux
- virtual, linking to actual devices, Exercising the Printer Daemon
- diff program, Patching Files
- digital camera software, GNOME, gPhoto, the Digital Camera Tool
- directories, Directories
- deleting, Directories
- device files, Device Files
- man page locations, Formatting and installing the manual page
- overview, Important Directories
- printer configuration, Setting up printer directories
- retaining structure with tar, tar Tricks
- Samba, Installing Samba
- disass command (gdb), Instruction-level debugging
- display command (gdb), Instruction-level debugging
- display scan and refresh rates, Configuring XFree86
- display utility (ImageMagick), ImageMagick
- Distribution HOWTO, Distributions of Linux
- distribution, GPL software, About Linux’s Copyright
- distributions
- copying restrictions, Getting Linux via Mail Order or Other Hard Media
- dependency tracking, Installing the Software
- Linux systems, Open Source and the Philosophy of Linux
- rc files and, The networking rc files
- selecting packages, Installing the Software
- source, Upgrading Other Software
- types of, Distributions of Linux
- version numbering, A Note on Linux Version Numbers
- web sites, Linux Distributions
- DNS (Domain Name Service), TCP/IP Concepts, Registering an address
- configuring, Configuring DNS
- Docbook, Text Processing and Word Processing, SGML, XML, and Docbook, SGML, XML, and Docbook
- document processing, Text and Document Processing
- documentation, Why People Like Linux
- configuring httpd, Configuring Your Own Web Server
- Emacs, Tutorial and Online Help
- Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, Installation and Initial Configuration
- LDP, Why People Like Linux, Linux Documentation Project
- Perl, Using Perl
- printer, Gathering Resources
- Texinfo, Texinfo
- vi editor, Extending vi
- XFree86, Configuring XFree86
- documents, format support, Other document formats
- domain name registering, Registering an address
- Domain Name Service (DNS), TCP/IP Concepts, Registering an address
- configuring, Configuring DNS
- domainname command, Configuring NIS
- DOS compatibility, utilities for, Interfacing with Windows and MS-DOS
- DOSEMU, Interfacing with Windows and MS-DOS
- Dosemu (Windows emulation software), Running MS-DOS and Windows Applications on Linux
- dotted quad notation, TCP/IP Concepts
- doublesided printing, Checking Print Utilities
- down command (lpc), Controlling Printer Services with lpc
- drag-and-drop (KDE), General Features
- du utility, Saving Your Output
- dynamic IP addresses, TCP/IP Concepts
E
- e2fsck program, troubleshooting superblock, Repairing Filesystems
- echo command shell, Shells
- edit mode (vi), Inserting Text and Moving Around
- editing
- command-line
- arrow keys and, Moving Around Among Commands
- word completion, Word Completion
- etc/fstab file, Editing /etc/fstab
- electronic mail
- adminstrative issues, Other Email Administrative Issues
- Internet mail feed, Other Email Administrative Issues
- mail queue, Mail system maintenance
- Emacs
- advantages, Basic Commands and Utilities
- customizing, Tailoring Emacs, Tailoring Emacs
- launching, Firing It Up
- macros, Macros
- programming, Running Commands and Programming within Emacs
- viewing files, Viewing Files, More or Less
- yanking text, Deleting, Copying, and Moving Text
- Emacs editor, The Emacs Editor, Emacs and Other Editors
- customizing, Simple Editing Commands
- as program interface, Interface Building Tools
- saving files, Simple Editing Commands
- emacs file, Tailoring Emacs
- emacs startup file, Startup Files
- email, Electronic Mail
- Evoloution mail, Evolution mail
- fetchmail package, Getting the Mail to Your Computer with Fetchmail
- sending from Emacs, Running Commands and Programming within Emacs
- system maintenance, Scheduling Jobs Using cron
- embedded processor support, A Bag of Features
- emergency disk, What to Do in an Emergency
- emergency troubleshooting, What to Do in an Emergency
- Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL drive support, enabling, Building the Kernel
- enscript utility, nenscript and enscript
- enterprise applications
- suitability of Linux for, Who’s Using Linux?
- error messages
- installation troubleshooting, Problems Installing the Software, Problems Installing the Software
- make command, Interpreting make Messages
- printer, The rest of the printcap variables
- saving, Saving Your Output
- errors
- kernel too big, Building the Kernel
- mounting filesystems, Mounting Filesystems
- symbols missing, Loadable Device Drivers
- etc directory, Important Directories
- backups and, Simple Backups
- etc/ld.so.cache, Upgrading Libraries
- etc/ld.so.conf, Upgrading Libraries
- etc/fstab file editing, Editing /etc/fstab
- etc/lilo.conf file, The /etc/lilo.conf file, The /etc/lilo.conf file
- etc/printcap file, Managing Print Services, Setting Up the Printcap File, Printing
- troubleshooting printing, Printer System Troubleshooting
- etc/skel directory, Important Directories
- etc/syslog.conf file, Managing System Logs
- ether= boot option, Booting Linux
- Ethernet cards, Hardware Requirements
- troubleshooting, Trying out your network
- Ethernet configuration, Configuring TCP/IP with Ethernet
- Evolution calendar, Evolution calendar
- Evolution contact manager, Evolution contacts
- Evolution mail, Evolution mail
- ex mode (vi), Saving Files and Quitting vi
- executables, support for, Kernel
- execute permission, What Permissions Mean
- exrc startup file, Startup Files
- ext2fs compared to reiserfs, Filesystem Types
- ext2fs filesystem, Creating the Filesystems
- Eyes (GNOME), The panel
F
- f2c translator, Other Languages
- fax devices, support, Checking Print Utilities
- FBDev server, Hardware Requirements
- fdisk
- LILO, removing, Removing LILO
- Linux partitions, creating, Creating Linux Partitions, Creating Linux Partitions
- options, Creating Linux Partitions
- fdisk utility, Repartitioning Your Drives
- features, overview, A Bag of Features
- fetchmail package, Getting the Mail to Your Computer with Fetchmail
- ff variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- -fg option (xterm), xinit
- file manager, Nautilus (GNOME), Nautilus: your desktop and file manager
- file sharing
- with Windows computers, Mounting Windows Shares, Mounting Windows Shares
- Windows translation utilities, File Translation Utilities
- filename expansion, Filename Expansion
- files
- archiving, utilities for, Archive and Compression Utilities, tar Tricks
- backing up, Making Backups
- commands, Listing Files
- compressing, utilities for, Archive and Compression Utilities, tar Tricks
- corrupted, accessing, Accessing Damaged Files
- deleting,avoiding unintended deletions, Maintaining the System
- Emacs, saving, Simple Editing Commands
- inittab, init, inittab, and rc Files
- kernel boot messages, Kernel Boot Messages
- lilo.config, The /etc/lilo.conf file, The /etc/lilo.conf file
- locking (lpc), Controlling Printer Services with lpc
- meminfo, The /proc Filesystem
- overwriting
- preventing, Saving Your Output
- recovering, Making Backups
- passwd, The passwd File
- permissions, printing, File, directory, and utility privileges, File, directory, and utility privileges
- proc/filesystems, Filesystem Types
- rc, rc Files, rc Files
- restoring from backup, Restoring Files from Backup
- revision control
- RCS, Tools for Programmers
- RCS utility, Revision Control Tools — RCS, Revision Control Tools — RCS
- saving within vi, Saving Files and Quitting vi
- sharing, Networking
- startup files, Startup Files
- viewing, Viewing Files, More or Less
- Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, Installation and Initial Configuration
- filesystems
- automounting, Automounting Devices, Automounting Devices
- boot options, Booting Linux
- booting and, Using a Boot Floppy
- checking and repairing, Checking and Repairing Filesystems
- creating, Creating the Filesystems, Creating Filesystems, Creating Filesystems
- installing Linux, Installation Overview
- etc/fstab file, editing, Editing /etc/fstab
- live, Installing the Software
- management, Managing Filesystems
- mounting, Mounting Filesystems, Mounting Filesystems
- MS-DOS, Filesystem Types
- multiple reasons for, Linux Partition Requirements
- partitioning drives and, Linux Partition Requirements
- platform compatibility, Filesystem Types
- proc, The /proc Filesystem
- repairing, Repairing Filesystems
- support, A Bag of Features
- building kernel and, Building the Kernel
- types, Filesystem Types, Filesystem Types
- filesystems (journalling), Filesystem Types
- filters
- print, Print Filters, Print Filters
- printing
- magic, Magic Filters: APSfilter and Alternatives
- nenscript, The nenscript Filter
- filters, printing, The rest of the printcap variables, How the Printing System Processes a Queued File
- find command, Incremental Backups
- finish command (gdb), Tracing a Program
- firmware on Alpha systems, Features and limitations of ARC Firmware
- floppy disks
- backups, Backing up to floppy
- filesystems, creating on, Creating Filesystems
- support, enabling, Building the Kernel
- floppy=0,thinkpad boot option, Booting Linux
- floppy=thinkpad boot option, Booting Linux
- FM synthesis (audio), A Whirlwind Tour of Digital Audio
- FMU (flash-RAM management utility), Firmware options
- -fn option (xterm), xinit
- fo variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- font resource, The X Resource Database
- foreground color (Emacs), Emacs and Other Editors
- foreground resource, The X Resource Database
- format, printcap file, Printcap file format rules
- formatting
- LaTeX, Formatting and printing
- man pages, Formatting and installing the manual page
- tape drives, Backing up to tape
- Texinfo, Formatting Texinfo
- formatting languages, text processing, Text Processing and Word Processing
- FORTRAN language, Other Languages
- Forward button (Konqueror), Using Konqueror and Other Web Browsers
- fpic switch (gcc), Creating shared libraries
- framebuffer device, Hardware Requirements
- frames (Emacs), Emacs and Other Editors
- free command, The /proc Filesystem
- swap space, Managing Swap Space
- Free Software Foundation, A Brief History of Linux
- Free Software projects (web sites), Open Source Projects
- fsck program
- filesystem maintenance, Checking and Repairing Filesystems
- superblock copies and, Repairing Filesystems
- fstab file, configuring NFS, Configuring NFS
- ftape driver, Loadable Device Drivers
- ftformat utility, Backing up to tape
- FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
- AlphaLinux reference sites, AlphaLinux FTP sites
- obtaining Linux, Getting Linux from the Internet
- software sites, FTP Sites
- via World Wide Web, The World Wide Web
- XFree86 via, Installing XFree86
- FTP sites, Linux information resources, FTP Sites
- functions, tar command, Using tar
- Fundamental mode (Emacs), Firing It Up
- fvwm2, The X Window System
- window manager, xinit
G
- g++ shell script, Using C++
- gaming, support for, Other Applications
- garbage collector/detector, Using Valgrind
- gateways, TCP/IP Concepts, Your network configuration
- gcc, Programming Languages and Utilities
- gcc (GNU C compiler), Tracing a Program
- shared libraries, Creating shared libraries
- upgrading, Upgrading the Compiler
- gdb (GNU debugger), Programming Languages and Utilities, gcc Features
- Emacs and, Running Commands and Programming within Emacs
- shared libraries and, Creating shared libraries
- gecos field (passwd file), The passwd File
- General Public License (see GPL)
- -geometry option (xterm), xinit
- geometry resource, The X Resource Database
- getline library, Interface Building Tools
- Ghostscript, Choosing Printer Software
- configuration, Configuring Ghostscript
- gid field (passwd file), The passwd File
- GIDs (group IDs), NFS, NIS and, Configuring NFS
- GIMP application, The GIMP
- GIMP Toolkit (GTK), More Features, Interface Building Tools
- [global] section (smb.conf file), Configuring Samba
- globbing, Filename Expansion
- GNAT interpreter, Other Languages
- GNOME, KDE and GNOME
- installation, Installing and Updating GNOME
- interface features, Core Desktop Interface
- panel, The panel
- GNOME project, Customizing Your X Environment
- gnome startup file, Startup Files
- GNU Emacs text editor, The Emacs Editor
- GNU getline library, Interface Building Tools
- GNU Project, GPL (General Public License), A Brief History of Linux
- GNU utilities, characteristics of, Basic Commands and Utilities
- Gnumeric (spreadsheet application), Gnumeric Spreadsheet
- GNUS reader, Running Commands and Programming within Emacs
- gPhoto, gPhoto, the Digital Camera Tool
- GPL (General Public License), A Brief History of Linux
- overview, About Linux’s Copyright, About Linux’s Copyright
- gprof, Programming Languages and Utilities
- gradient background colors (KDE), Configuring the background
- graphical browsers on AlphaLinux, Graphical Browser Considerations
- graphics
- GIMP application, The GIMP
- ImageMagick package, Checking Print Utilities, ImageMagick
- overview, Graphics
- POVRAY program, POVRAY
- greater-than sign (>), redirecting output, Saving Your Output
- groff, Printing
- man pages, creating, Writing a manual page
- text processing, groff
- text processor, Text Processing and Word Processing
- group accounts, The Group File, The Group File
- groups
- gscd= boot option, Booting Linux
- GTK (GIMP Toolkit), More Features, Interface Building Tools
- Gtk module (Perl), More Features
- GUI (graphical user interface)
- desktop environments, KDE and GNOME
- X Window System, The X Window System
- gunzip utility, Using gzip and bzip2, Using tar with gzip and bzip2
- gzip utility, Using gzip and bzip2
- tar utility and, Using tar with gzip and bzip2
H
- hacking
- suitability of Linux, Who’s Using Linux?
- support, Building the Kernel
- handshaking (PPP), Setting up PPP
- hard drives
- boot options, Booting Linux
- detecting, troubleshooting, Problems recognizing hard drive or controller
- partitions
- overview, Repartitioning Concepts
- requirements, Linux Partition Requirements, Linux Partition Requirements
- resizing, Repartitioning Your Drives, Repartitioning Your Drives
- preparing for Linux installation, Installation Overview
- hardware
- Alpha systems, Preparing Hardware for Installation
- requirements, Minimum Hardware
- resources on, Chipsets
- boot options, Booting Linux
- detecting during Linux installation, Booting Linux, Booting Linux
- device naming, Drives and Partitions Under Linux, Drives and Partitions Under Linux
- fax devices, Checking Print Utilities
- hard drives, preparing for Linux installation, Installation Overview
- I/O addresses, checking, The /proc Filesystem
- interrupt handlers and kernel, Kernel
- ISDN, configuring, Configuring Your ISDN Hardware, Configuring Your ISDN Hardware
- printers, Checking Printer Hardware, Checking Printer Hardware
- optimization, Printer Optimization
- support and building kernel, Building the Kernel
- tape drives, making backups, Backing up to tape
- TCP/IP requirements, Hardware Requirements
- troubleshooting, Hardware Problems, Isolating hardware problems
- X Window System requirements, Hardware Requirements
- hash mark (#), Some Syntax Rules
- root account prompt, Maintaining the System
- hd= boot option, Booting Linux
- headers, Texinfo, Writing the Texinfo source
- help, Why People Like Linux
- Emacs, Tutorial and Online Help
- man pages, Manual Pages, Manual Pages
- online, Getting Online Help
- sources of, Getting Help, Getting Help
- help command, lpc utility, Controlling Printer Services with lpc
- hidden files, Listing Files
- HiSax driver (ISDN), Configuring Your ISDN Hardware
- history of Linux, Preface, A Brief History of Linux, A Brief History of Linux
- home directory and backups, Simple Backups
- homedir field (passwd file), The passwd File
- [homes] section (smb.conf file), Configuring Samba
- host address, TCP/IP Concepts
- hostname command, Setting your hostname
- hostnames
- resolving, host.conf file, /etc/host.conf
- setting, Setting your hostname
- hosts file, /etc/hosts
- hosts.conf file, /etc/host.conf
- HOWTO (Linux Distribution), Distributions of Linux
- htools, Interfacing with Windows and MS-DOS
- httpd daemon, Configuring Your Own Web Server
- httpd.conf file, httpd.conf
- hyphen (-), Multiple Commands
I
- I/O addresses, checking, The /proc Filesystem
- icons for Web documents, httpd.conf
- IDE (Integrated Development Environments), Integrated Development Environments
- IDE drives, Alpha system support, IDE/ATAPI Drive Support
- identify utility (ImageMagick), ImageMagick
- if variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- ifconfig command, The networking rc files
- troubleshooting, Trying out your network
- ImageMagick package, Checking Print Utilities, ImageMagick
- import utility (ImageMagick), ImageMagick
- include path, More Fun with Libraries
- including files in vi, Including Other Files
- incremental backups, Making Backups, Incremental Backups
- incremental search (Emacs), Searching and Replacing
- indent program, Indenting Code
- Indented Text mode (Emacs), Tailoring Emacs
- indexing, Texinfo, Writing the Texinfo source
- inetd daemon, The networking rc files
- Info system (Emacs), Tutorial and Online Help
- init command, The networking rc files
- init program, init, inittab, and rc Files
- inittab file, init, inittab, and rc Files, The networking rc files
- inserting text (vi editor), Inserting Text and Moving Around
- insmod command, Loadable Device Drivers
- installation, Linux Partition Requirements
- (see also system requirements)
- boot floppy, creating, Creating the Boot Floppy or Installing LILO
- booting installation media, Booting Linux
- detecting hardware, Booting Linux, Booting Linux
- filesystems, creating, Creating the Filesystems
- GNOME, Installing and Updating GNOME
- kernel, rebuilding, Building a New Kernel, Building a New Kernel
- LILO, Creating the Boot Floppy or Installing LILO
- live filesystems, Installing the Software
- loadable device drivers, Loadable Device Drivers, Loadable Device Drivers
- man pages, Upgrading Other Software, Formatting and installing the manual page
- methods of, Installing the Software
- mount/submount utilities (Samba), Mounting Windows Shares
- overview, Installation Overview, Installing the Linux Software
- partitions
- creating Linux partitions, Creating Linux Partitions, Creating Linux Partitions
- resizing, Repartitioning Your Drives, Repartitioning Your Drives
- recordkeeping, Installation Overview
- RPM and, Using RPM, Using RPM
- Samba, Installing Samba, Configuring Samba
- sound cards
- collecting information, Collecting hardware information
- kernel, Configuring the kernel (optional)
- kernel modules, Configuring kernel modules
- overview, Installation and Configuration
- plug and play, Configuring ISA Plug and Play (optional)
- testing, Testing the installation
- troubleshooting, Troubleshooting and common problems
- swap space, creating, Creating Swap Space
- troubleshooting, Problems Installing the Software, Problems Installing the Software
- booting install media, Problems with Booting the Installation Medium, Problems with Booting the Installation Medium
- hardware, Hardware Problems, Isolating hardware problems
- overview, Running into Trouble
- upgrading compared to reinstalling, Upgrading Software
- installing
- KDE, Installing KDE
- XFree86, Installing XFree86
- installing Linux
- Alpha systems, Firmware options, Installing Linux, General Procedure
- preparing to install, Preparations and General Procedure for Installation
- instruction-level debugging, Instruction-level debugging
- Integrated Development Environments (IDE), Integrated Development Environments
- Intel platforms, compatibility with, Kernel
- interfaces, GNOME, Core Desktop Interface
- panel, The panel
- internationalization of KDE desktop, Internationalization
- Internet
- CVS utility over, CVS over the Internet
- domain name, registering, Registering an address
- mail feed, Other Email Administrative Issues
- WWW (see World Wide Web)
- Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Sources of Linux Information
- interrupt handlers and kernel, Kernel
- IP (Internet Protocol), TCP/IP Concepts, Your network configuration
- IP addresses, TCP/IP Concepts
- hosts file, /etc/hosts
- IRC (Internet Relay Chat), Sources of Linux Information
- ISDN subsystem, enabling support, Building the Kernel
- ISDN, customizing, Where to Go from Here?
- ISDN, PPP over, PPP over ISDN
- configuring ISDN hardware, Configuring Your ISDN Hardware, Configuring Your ISDN Hardware
- synchronous PPP, Setting Up Synchronous PPP
- troubleshooting, And If It Does Not Work?
- ISO 9660 filesystem, Filesystem Types
J
- Java interpreter, The Promise of Java, or Why You Might Want to Use Java
- Java language, Programming Languages
- AWT (Abstract Window Toolkit), A Working Example of Java
- JVM (Java Virtual Machine), The Promise of Java, or Why You Might Want to Use Java
- obtaining for Linux (JDK), Getting Java for Linux
- Java, support for, Programming Languages and Utilities
- javac (Java compiler), Getting Java for Linux, A Working Example of Java
- JDK (Java Developers Kit), Getting Java for Linux
- JIT (Just-in-Time) compilers, The Promise of Java, or Why You Might Want to Use Java
- job control, cron utility, Scheduling Jobs Using cron, Scheduling Jobs Using cron
- journalling (filesystems), Filesystem Types
- jump tables, Quick Overview
- Just-in-Time (JIT) compilers, The Promise of Java, or Why You Might Want to Use Java
- JVM (Java Virtual Machine), The Promise of Java, or Why You Might Want to Use Java
K
- K Desktop Environment (see KDE)
- K menu, The KDE panel and the K menu
- KAppfinder application, The KDE panel and the K menu
- KDE (K Desktop Environment), KDE and GNOME, Customizing Your X Environment, The K Desktop Environment
- Alpha systems, Graphical Browser Considerations
- configuring desktop, The KDE Control Center
- installing, Installing KDE
- KWord word processor, Word Processors
- kde/share/config startup directory, Startup Files
- kdeadmin package, Installing KDE
- kdebase package, Installing KDE
- kdeedu package, Installing KDE
- kdegames package, Installing KDE
- kdegraphics package, Installing KDE
- kdelibs package, Installing KDE
- kdemultimedia package, Installing KDE
- kdenetwork package, Installing KDE
- kdesupport package, Installing KDE
- kdeutils package, Installing KDE
- KDevelop IDE, Integrated Development Environments
- kernel
- backing up, Simple Backups
- boot floppy and, Using a Boot Floppy
- boot messages, Kernel Boot Messages, Kernel Boot Messages
- booting multiple, The /etc/lilo.conf file
- building, Building the Kernel, Building the Kernel
- hardware support and, Building the Kernel
- loadable device drivers, Loadable Device Drivers, Loadable Device Drivers
- loading onto Alpha system, Loading the Linux Boot Kernel
- location, Using a Boot Floppy
- monolithic, Kernel
- obtaining sources for, Obtaining Kernel Sources
- overview, Kernel, Kernel
- patches for, Obtaining Kernel Sources, Applying patches
- rebuilding, Building a New Kernel, Building a New Kernel
- sound drivers, Audio Under Linux
- tuning on Alpha systems, Kernel Tuning
- version numbers, Building a New Kernel
- kernel image and boot floppy, Using a Boot Floppy
- kernel module loader option, Building the Kernel
- kernel too big error, Building the Kernel
- keyboard shortcuts, key bindings (Emacs), Tailoring Emacs
- keyword strings, Revision Control Tools — RCS
- KGhostview utility, KGhostview: Displaying PostScript
- kill ring, Emacs and Other Editors
- koffice package (KDE), Installing KDE
- Konqueror, Reading Documentation with Konqueror, Using Konqueror and Other Web Browsers
- konsole
- launching, Starting up konsole
- overview, konsole: Your Home Base
- korganizer package, Installing KDE
- Korn shell, Shells
- ksh (Korn shell), Shells
- KWord, Word Processors
L
- laddering (printing problems), Checking Printer Hardware
- LAN (local area network), NFS and NIS, NFS and NIS Configuration
- language for KDE, Internationalization
- laptop computers, support for, Laptop Support
- lastlog file, Managing System Logs
- LaTeX text processing, TEX and LATEX, Learning the ropes
- formatting and printing, Formatting and printing
- ld.so.cache file, Upgrading Libraries
- ld.so.conf file, Upgrading Libraries
- ldconfig command, Upgrading Libraries
- ldd command, Upgrading Libraries
- ldd utility, Creating shared libraries
- LDP (Linux Documentation Project), Why People Like Linux, Linux Documentation Project
- legal issues (see GPL)
- less command, Viewing Files, More or Less
- less-than sign (<), input redirection, Saving Your Output
- lf variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- libc library, upgrading, Upgrading Libraries
- libm library, upgrading, Upgrading Libraries
- libncurses library, Upgrading Libraries
- libraries
- programming, Quick Overview, More Fun with Libraries
- shared, Creating shared libraries
- corrupt links, Accessing Damaged Files
- support for, Kernel
- upgrading, Upgrading Libraries, Upgrading Libraries
- LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, Creating shared libraries
- licenses, X Window System, Installing the X Window System
- LILO
- boot time options, Specifying boot time options, Specifying boot time options
- configuration, The /etc/lilo.conf file, The /etc/lilo.conf file
- installing, Creating the Boot Floppy or Installing LILO
- overview, Using LILO
- removiong, Removing LILO
- as secondary bootloader, Using LILO as a secondary bootloader
- linefeed characters, inserting, Print Filters
- linker, Quick Overview
- Linux
- application development
- suitability for, Programming Languages and Utilities
- copying distributions
- restrictions, Getting Linux via Mail Order or Other Hard Media
- Documentation Project (see LDP)
- feature overview, A Bag of Features
- history of, Preface, A Brief History of Linux, A Brief History of Linux
- installing Alpha systems, Firmware options, Installing Linux, General Procedure
- obtaining
- Internet sources, Getting Linux from the Internet
- mail order, Getting Linux via Mail Order or Other Hard Media
- Unix knowledge, necessary level of, Hints for Unix Novices, Hints for Unix Gurus
- usefulness of, Introduction to Linux, Who’s Using Linux?
- user groups and distribution packages, Getting Linux via Mail Order or Other Hard Media
- version numbers, Building a New Kernel
- Linux Distribution HOWTO, Distributions of Linux
- Linux Documentation Project (LDP), Linux Documentation Project
- LISP language, Other Languages
- live filesystems, installing Linux, Installing the Software
- ln command, Upgrading Libraries
- loadable device drivers, Loadable Device Drivers, Loadable Device Drivers
- loadable module support, building kernel and, Building the Kernel
- lock boot option, Booting Linux
- locking files, Revision Control Tools — RCS
- login
- overview, Logging In
- passwords, setting, Setting a Password
- troubleshooting, Problems logging in
- login startup file, Startup Files
- Logitech mice, Configuring XFree86
- logs
- printer error, The rest of the printcap variables
- rotating, Managing System Logs
- system management, Managing System Logs, Managing System Logs
- loopback address, TCP/IP Concepts, Your network configuration
- Lout package (printing), Checking Print Utilities
- lp command, Printing
- lp variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- lpadmin command, Printing
- lpc utility, Print Filters, Exercising the Printer Daemon, Printing
- lpd daemon, Managing Print Services
- implementing, Exercising the Printer Daemon
- troubleshooting, Printer System Troubleshooting
- lpq command, Printing
- lpr command, Printing
- lprm command, Printing
- lpstat command, Printing
- lptest command, Exercising the Printer Daemon
- lptest file, Checking Printer Hardware
- ls command, Listing Files
- lsmod command, listing loaded drivers, Loadable Device Drivers
- Lynx browser, Using Konqueror and Other Web Browsers
- LyX word processor, Word Processors
M
- macros
- magic filters (printing), Magic Filters: APSfilter and Alternatives
- Magic-Filter, Magic Filters: APSfilter and Alternatives
- mail order, obtaining Linux, Getting Linux via Mail Order or Other Hard Media
- mailing lists, Sources of Linux Information
- AlphaLinux, AlphaLinux mailing lists
- Linux resources, Internet Mailing Lists
- main( ) method, A Working Example of Java
- make bzImage command, Building the Kernel
- make clean program, Building the Kernel
- make command, error messages, Interpreting make Messages
- make config program, Building the Kernel
- make menuconfig program, Building the Kernel
- make xconfig program, Building the Kernel
- MAKEDEV utility, Device Files
- Makefile file, Upgrading Other Software
- makefiles
- shell commands in, Multiple Commands
- syntax for, Some Syntax Rules
- makeinfo command (Textinfo), Formatting Texinfo
- man command, Getting Online Help
- man pages, Manual Pages, Manual Pages
- formatting with groff, groff
- installing, Upgrading Other Software
- locations, Formatting and installing the manual page
- mount command, Mounting Filesystems
- print services, preparing, Checking Print Utilities
- writing with groff, Writing a manual page
- marks, Global Searching and Replacing
- marks (Emacs), manipulating text, Deleting, Copying, and Moving Text
- masquerading IP addresses, TCP/IP Concepts
- math emulation and building kernel, Building the Kernel
- mattrib utility, mattrib
- mbadblocks utility, mattrib
- mc variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- mcd utility, mattrib
- mcd= boot option, Booting Linux
- mcopy command, Sharing Disks with MTools
- mcopy utility, mattrib
- mdel utility, mattrib
- mdeltree utility, mattrib
- mdir command, Sharing Disks with MTools
- mdir utility, mattrib
- mdu utility, mattrib
- mem= boot option, Booting Linux
- meminfo file, The /proc Filesystem
- memory, Why People Like Linux, Making Backups
- (see also storage space)
- address, cannot access error, Examining a Core File
- boot options, Booting Linux
- checking proc/meminfo file, The /proc Filesystem
- print jobs, The rest of the printcap variables
- utilization, overview of, Kernel
- variable storage address, Getting Information
- violations, Examining a Core File, Using Valgrind
- virtual memory, support for, Kernel
- X Window System requirements, Hardware Requirements
- menu bar (Emacs), Emacs and Other Editors
- metric option (ifconfig command), The networking rc files
- mformat command, Sharing Disks with MTools
- mformat utility, mattrib
- mice and Alpha systems, Mice and Serial Ports
- microkernel architecture, Kernel
- MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface), A Whirlwind Tour of Digital Audio
- Milo utility, Firmware options
- loading, Setting Up the System Firmware to Start the Installation
- miniloader limitations, Features and limitations of Milo Miniloader
- minfo utility, mattrib
- minicom teminal emulator, Writing a chat script
- Minix operating system, A Brief History of Linux
- mixing audio, A Whirlwind Tour of Digital Audio
- mkfs command, Creating Filesystems
- mkmanifest utility, mattrib
- mkswap command, Creating Swap Space
- mlabel utility, mattrib
- mmd utility, mattrib
- mmount utiltiy, mattrib
- mmove utility, mattrib
- modems, configuring PPP for, Basic PPP Configuration for Modems
- modprobe command, Loadable Device Drivers
- modules
- device drivers, Loadable Device Drivers
- loading automatically, Loading Modules Automatically
- modules package, Loadable Device Drivers
- mogrify utility (ImageMagick), ImageMagick
- monitors, Configuring XFree86
- monolithic kernels, Kernel
- montage utility (ImageMagick), ImageMagick
- more command, Viewing Files, More or Less
- pipes and, Saving Your Output
- Motif library, Interface Building Tools
- mount command, Mounting Filesystems, Mounting Filesystems, Sharing Partitions, Mounting Windows Shares
- mount-point busy error, Mounting Filesystems
- mounting filesystems, Mounting Filesystems, Mounting Filesystems
- mounting Windows-based partitions, Sharing Partitions
- mouse
- boot options, Booting Linux
- Emacs and, Emacs and Other Editors
- Mozilla browser, Using Konqueror and Other Web Browsers, Graphical Browser Considerations
- MP3 players, MP3 Players
- mrd utility, mattrib
- mren utility, mattrib
- MS-DOS, Interfacing with Windows and MS-DOS
- (see also DOS)
- filesystem, Filesystem Types
- filesystems/partitions
- mounting, Sharing Partitions
- msmouse= boot option, Booting Linux
- mt command, Backing up to tape
- mtools, Interfacing with Windows and MS-DOS
- MTools package, Windows compatibility, Sharing Disks with MTools, mattrib
- mtools.conf file, Sharing Disks with MTools
- mtype utility, mattrib
- multibooting, Installation Overview
- (see also booting)
- LILO, Interfacing with Windows and MS-DOS
- installing, Creating the Boot Floppy or Installing LILO
- multibooting support, A Bag of Features
- multimedia
- audio
- digital, A Whirlwind Tour of Digital Audio, A Whirlwind Tour of Digital Audio
- overview, Configuring and Using Linux Audio
- support for, Other Applications
- MP3 players, MP3 Players
- suitability of Linux, Who’s Using Linux?
- multiprocessor support, A Bag of Features
- multiuser support, A Bag of Features
- Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI), A Whirlwind Tour of Digital Audio
- mx variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- MySQL, Commercial Applications
N
- n command, fdisk, Creating Linux Partitions
- name resolver, /etc/resolv.conf
- name servers, Your network configuration
- named daemon, TCP/IP Concepts, Your network configuration, The networking rc files
- names
- printer, Printer names
- serial devices, Serial device names
- naming conventions
- Nautilus (GNOME desktop and file manager), Nautilus: your desktop and file manager, Nautilus: your desktop and file manager
- navigating
- Emacs, Simple Editing Commands
- within vi, Inserting Text and Moving Around, Moving Commands
- nenscript utility, The nenscript Filter
- NET-4, Networking with TCP/IP
- NET-4 configuration files, Configuring TCP/IP with Ethernet
- netmask option (ifconfig command), The networking rc files
- Netscape Communicator, Graphical Browser Considerations
- netstat command, TCP/IP Concepts
- testing TCP/IP configuration, Trying out your network
- network address, TCP/IP Concepts
- networking
- daemons, Programs That Serve You
- device support, Building the Kernel
- enabling support and building kernel, Building the Kernel
- installing Linux on Alpha systems, Installation Choices
- rc files, The networking rc files
- suitability of Linux, Who’s Using Linux?
- support for, A Bag of Features, Networking
- support options, Building the Kernel
- support, X Window System, The X Window System
- networks
- addresses, Your network configuration
- configuration checking, Your network configuration
- Ethernet configuration, Configuring TCP/IP with Ethernet
- file sharing with Windows computers, Mounting Windows Shares, Mounting Windows Shares
- gateways, TCP/IP Concepts
- PPP, Networking with TCP/IP, Hardware Requirements
- modems and, Dial-up PPP
- over ISDN, PPP over ISDN
- Samba, SMB shares, Using Samba to Serve SMB Shares
- SLIP, Networking with TCP/IP, Hardware Requirements, Dial-up PPP
- subnetworking, TCP/IP Concepts
- TCP/IP overview, Networking with TCP/IP
- troubleshooting routing tables, Trying out your network
- X System and (see X Window System)
- networks file, /etc/networks
- news
- readers, Running Commands and Programming within Emacs
- X Window System, Running into Trouble
- newsgroups, Sources of Linux Information
- Linux resources, Usenet Newsgroups
- newsrcstartup file, Startup Files
- next command (gdb), Tracing a Program
- nexti command (gdb), Instruction-level debugging
- NFS, Networking
- NFS (Network File System), NFS and NIS Configuration
- NIS (Network Information Service), NFS and NIS Configuration, Configuring NIS
- nmbd daemon (Samba), Starting the Samba daemons
- No such file or directoryâ error, Debugging a Running Program
- nodes, Textinfo, Writing the Texinfo source
- nonrewinding tape devices, Backing up to tape
- nosmp boot option, Booting Linux
- notebook computers (see laptop computers)
- nroff, groff
- NTFS filesystems/partitions
- mounting, Sharing Partitions
- null file, redirecting standard output, Scheduling Jobs Using cron
- NYS, Configuring NIS
O
- object files, Quick Overview, Makefiles
- of variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- offsets, superblock, Repairing Filesystems
- online documents (Linux resources), Online Documents
- online help, Getting Online Help
- open source, Open Source and the Philosophy of Linux, Open Source and the Philosophy of Linux
- Open Source web sites, Open Source Projects
- OpenOffice, Word Processors
- optcd= boot option, Booting Linux
- optimization of code, gcc Features, Optimizing, Tracing a Program
- options
- fdisk, Creating Linux Partitions
- tar command, Using tar
- OSS/Free, Audio Under Linux
- output
- cron utility, Scheduling Jobs Using cron
- redirection, Saving Your Output, Saving Your Output
- output streams, Saving Your Output
- overview, Kernel
- Overwrite mode (Emacs), Tailoring Emacs
- overwriting files
- avoiding, Saving Your Output
- recovery, Making Backups
- owners (permissions), Owners and Groups, Owners and Groups
P
- p command, fdisk, Creating Linux Partitions
- p2c translator, Other Languages
- packages, installing with RPM, Using RPM, Using RPM
- packages, Perl, More Features
- packets, TCP/IP Concepts
- packing files (see archiving files compression)
- paging (memory), Kernel
- PAM (Pluggable Authentication Methods), PAM and Other Authentication Methods
- panel (GNOME), The panel
- panic messages (kernel), Using a Boot Floppy
- PAP (Password Authentication Protocol), PAP and CHAP
- parallel computing, Other Applications
- parallel port support, enabling, Building the Kernel
- parameters, lilo.config file, The /etc/lilo.conf file
- partitions
- compressed, accessing, Filesystem Types
- creating Linux partitions, Installation Overview, Creating Linux Partitions, Creating Linux Partitions
- detecting, troubleshooting, Problems recognizing hard drive or controller
- naming, Drives and Partitions Under Linux
- overview, Repartitioning Concepts
- requirements, Linux Partition Requirements
- resizing, Repartitioning Your Drives, Repartitioning Your Drives
- swap partitions, Managing Swap Space
- Windows compatibility, Sharing Partitions, Sharing Partitions
- partitions/filesystems
- Windows partitions (shares)
- mounting, Sharing Partitions
- pas16= boot option, Booting Linux
- Pascal language, Other Languages
- passwd file, The passwd File, The passwd File
- Password Authentication Protocol (PAP), PAP and CHAP
- password field (group accounts), The Group File
- password field (passwd file), The passwd File
- passwords
- creating user accounts, Creating a User Account
- setting, Setting a Password
- shadow, Shadow Passwords
- Windows shares, Mounting Windows Shares
- pasting text, Cutting and pasting selections, Emacs and Other Editors
- patch program, Applying patches, Patching Files
- patch-level version numbers, A Note on Linux Version Numbers
- patches, Obtaining Kernel Sources
- applying, Applying patches
- patches, kernel, Obtaining Kernel Sources
- path, include, More Fun with Libraries
- patterns
- rules for (make), Suffix Rules and Pattern Rules
- search and replace (Emacs), Searching and Replacing
- search and replace (vi), Global Searching and Replacing
- PC cards. (see PCMCIA)
- PCI bus
- devices, support, enabling, Building the Kernel
- kernel boot message, Kernel Boot Messages
- PCMCIA, support for, Laptop Support
- PDL (page description language), Choosing Printer Software
- performance, Why People Like Linux
- AlphaLinux installation, Performance and Library Tuning
- Java programs, The Promise of Java, or Why You Might Want to Use Java
- printer optimization, Printer Optimization
- permissions, What Permissions Mean
- owners and groups, Owners and Groups, Owners and Groups
- print services, File, directory, and utility privileges, File, directory, and utility privileges
- troubleshooting, Printer System Troubleshooting
- system administration and, Maintaining the System
- system shutdown setting, Shutting Down the System
- phony targets, What make Does
- pipes, Saving Your Output
- pl variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- platform independence, The Promise of Java, or Why You Might Want to Use Java
- Plex86, Interfacing with Windows and MS-DOS
- plex86 project (Windows emulation software), Running MS-DOS and Windows Applications on Linux
- Pluggable Authentication Methods (PAM), PAM and Other Authentication Methods
- pointing devices and Alpha systems, Mice and Serial Ports
- port address, TCP/IP Concepts
- port numbers, httpd, httpd.conf
- portability, A Bag of Features
- PostScript, Choosing Printer Software
- KGhostview and, KGhostview: Displaying PostScript
- nenscript filter, The nenscript Filter
- POVRAY program, POVRAY
- PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol), Networking with TCP/IP, Hardware Requirements
- configuring DNS, Configuring DNS
- modems and, Dial-up PPP
- over ISDN, PPP over ISDN
- configuring ISDN hardware, Configuring Your ISDN Hardware, Configuring Your ISDN Hardware
- synchronous PPP, Setting Up Synchronous PPP
- troubleshooting, And If It Does Not Work?
- troubleshooting configuration, Troubleshooting PPP configuration
- pppd daemon, Requirements
- launching, Starting up pppd
- prefix keys, rebinding, Tailoring Emacs
- prerequisites, Makefiles
- previewing LaTeX documents, Formatting and printing
- print command (gdb), Tracing a Program, Changing and Examining Data
- print filters, Print Filters, Print Filters
- print preview, Text Processing and Word Processing
- print spool, Printing
- print utilities, Checking Print Utilities
- printcap file, Managing Print Services, Setting Up the Printcap File, Printing
- troubleshooting printing, Printer System Troubleshooting
- PRINTER environment variable, Printing
- printer ports, Managing Print Services
- printers
- documentation, obtaining, Gathering Resources
- sharing, Networking
- [printers] section (smb.conf file), Configuring Samba
- printing, Printing, Printing
- BSD elements, BSD Print System Elements: Files, Directories, and Utilities
- CUPS, CUPS
- doublesided, Checking Print Utilities
- enscript utility, nenscript and enscript
- fax devices, Checking Print Utilities
- filters, magic, Magic Filters: APSfilter and Alternatives
- Ghostscript configuration, Configuring Ghostscript
- hardware, Checking Printer Hardware, Checking Printer Hardware
- from KGhostview, KGhostview: Displaying PostScript
- LaTeX, Formatting and printing
- lpc utility, implementing, Controlling Printer Services with lpc, Controlling Printer Services with lpc
- lpd daemon, implementing, Exercising the Printer Daemon
- managing, Managing Print Services
- nenscript filter, The nenscript Filter
- page length, specifying, The rest of the printcap variables
- page width, specifying, The rest of the printcap variables
- principles of operation, How the Printing System Processes a Queued File
- printer names, Printer names
- remotely, The rest of the printcap variables
- software for, Choosing Printer Software
- system maintenance, Printer Optimization
- troubleshooting system, Printer System Troubleshooting, Printer System Troubleshooting
- printing services (Windows), Adding users
- proc directory, Important Directories
- proc filesystem, The /proc Filesystem
- proc/filesystems file, Filesystem Types
- processes, Processes, Processes
- processor-instruction level debugging, Instruction-level debugging
- processors
- building kernel and, Building the Kernel
- kernel boot messages, Kernel Boot Messages
- multiprocessor support, A Bag of Features
- SMP, nosmp boot option, Booting Linux
- programming
- within Emacs, Running Commands and Programming within Emacs
- suitability of Linux, Who’s Using Linux?
- programming languages, Programming Languages and Utilities, Programming Languages and Utilities
- Ada, Other Languages
- C, C++, Programming with gcc, Using C++
- FORTRAN, Other Languages
- Java, Programming Languages
- AWT (Abstract Window Toolkit), A Working Example of Java
- obtaining for Linux (JDK), Getting Java for Linux
- LISP, Other Languages
- Pascal, Other Languages
- Python, Other Languages
- Scheme, Other Languages
- Tcl, Interface Building Tools
- Tk, Interface Building Tools
- web resources, Programming Languages and Tools
- project trees, CVS, Revision Control Tools — CVS
- prompt, Logging In
- root account, Maintaining the System
- protected-mode processors (Intel), compatibility, Kernel
- protocols, dial-up connection support, Networking
- ps command, Processes
- lpd process, killing, Exercising the Printer Daemon
- pseudo-devices, Device Files
- ptype command (gdb), Changing and Examining Data
- published Linux resources, Books and Other Published Works
- pw variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- pwd command, Directories
- px variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- py variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- Python language, Other Languages
Q
- q command, fdisk, Creating Linux Partitions
- Qt module (Perl), More Features
- Qt package, Interface Building Tools
- queue (print), Printing
- queue, print, Printing
- quit command (gdb), Tracing a Program
R
- ramdisk= (boot time option), Specifying boot time options
- ramdisk= boot option, Booting Linux
- ranlib command, More Fun with Libraries
- RAWRITE.EXE, copying image files to disk, Getting Linux from the Internet
- ray-tracing program, POVRAY
- rc files, rc Files, rc Files, The networking rc files
- RCS (Revision Control System), Tools for Programmers, Revision Control Tools — RCS, Revision Control Tools — RCS
- rdev command, Building the Kernel
- rdev utility, creating boot floppy, Using a Boot Floppy
- read permission, What Permissions Mean
- read-only
- mounting filesystems as, Mounting Filesystems
- mounting root filesystem as, Checking and Repairing Filesystems
- README files and installing Linux, Getting Linux from the Internet
- recode utility, File Translation Utilities
- recordkeeping, installing Linux, Installation Overview
- recursive option, deleting directories, Directories
- Red Hat Linux, Alpha systems, The Linux Port and Distributions
- Red Hat Package Manager (RPM), Using RPM, Using RPM
- redirecting standard output, null file, Scheduling Jobs Using cron
- redirection, saving output, Saving Your Output, Saving Your Output
- refresh rate, Configuring XFree86
- registering domain names, Registering an address
- registers, Moving Text and Using Registers
- regular expressions, A Sample Program
- compared to filename expansions, Filename Expansion
- Emacs, Searching and Replacing
- reinstalling compared to upgrading, Upgrading Software
- reiserfs compared to ext2fs, Filesystem Types
- remote printing, The rest of the printcap variables
- repairing filesystems, Repairing Filesystems
- replacing text (see search and replace)
- report-generation mechanism, Perl, More Features
- repository, CVS, Revision Control Tools — CVS, Setting up a CVS repository
- resolv.conf file, /etc/resolv.conf
- resource classes, The X Resource Database
- resources
- applications, web directories for, Other Applications
- audio information, References
- books, Books and Other Published Works
- network filesystems, Filesystem Types
- Samba, Using Samba to Serve SMB Shares
- SLIP, Hardware Requirements
- system administration, Essential System Management
- TCP/IP, Networking with TCP/IP, TCP/IP Concepts
- TeX text processor, TEX and LATEX
- DNS, TCP/IP Concepts
- help, obtaining, Getting Help, Getting Help
- LaTeX, Further reading
- mailing lists, Internet Mailing Lists
- newsgroups, Usenet Newsgroups
- on-line, Sources of Linux Information, Miscellaneous
- online documents, Online Documents
- resources, X, The X Resource Database
- restoring files from backup, Restoring Files from Backup
- revision control
- CVS (Concurrent Version System)
- over Internet, CVS over the Internet
- RCS (Revision Control System), Tools for Programmers, Revision Control Tools — RCS, Revision Control Tools — RCS
- rg variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- rm variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- rmmod command, unloading modules, Loadable Device Drivers
- ro (boot time option), Specifying boot time options
- ro boot option, Booting Linux
- RockLinux, Polish Linux Distribution and Kondara, The Linux Port and Distributions
- ROM filesystem, Filesystem Types
- root account, Maintaining the System
- directory, The passwd File
- prompt, Maintaining the System
- root filesystem
- maintenance, Checking and Repairing Filesystems
- mounting read-only, Checking and Repairing Filesystems
- root user
- account, Creating a User Account
- dangers, Maintaining the System
- root= (boot time option), Specifying boot time options
- root= boot option, Booting Linux
- rotating log files, Managing System Logs
- route command, The networking rc files
- routed daemon, The networking rc files
- routers, TCP/IP Concepts
- routing tables, TCP/IP Concepts
- debugging, Trying out your network
- troubleshooting, Trying out your network
- rp variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- RPM (Red Hat Package Manager), Using RPM, Using RPM
- rs variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- rsh command, CVS over the Internet
- run command (gdb), Tracing a Program, Breakpoints and watchpoints
- runlevels, init, inittab, and rc Files
- rw boot option, Booting Linux
- rw variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
S
- Samba, Networking
- daemons, launching, Starting the Samba daemons
- installation, Installing Samba, Configuring Samba
- mount/submount utilities, Mounting Windows Shares
- sharing files, accessing Windows files, Mounting Windows Shares
- SMB shares, Using Samba to Serve SMB Shares
- users adding, Adding users
- samples (audio), A Whirlwind Tour of Digital Audio
- sandbox, Java, The Promise of Java, or Why You Might Want to Use Java
- saving files within vi, Saving Files and Quitting vi
- Savolainen, Hannu, Audio Under Linux
- sbpcd= boot option, Booting Linux
- sc variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- scheduling jobs with cron, Scheduling Jobs Using cron, Scheduling Jobs Using cron
- scheduling, Evolution calendar, Evolution calendar
- Scheme interpreters, Other Languages
- scientific applications, Other Applications
- ScriptAlias directive, httpd.conf
- scrollbar (Emacs), Emacs and Other Editors
- SCSI devices, Problems with SCSI controllers and devices
- boot options, Booting Linux
- naming conventions, Drives and Partitions Under Linux
- support, enabling, Building the Kernel
- SCSI HOWTO document, Problems with SCSI controllers and devices
- sd variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- search and replace
- search engines and Linux help, Getting Help
- Second Extended Filesystem (see ext2fs)
- security
- authentication, changing methods, PAM and Other Authentication Methods
- Java and, The Promise of Java, or Why You Might Want to Use Java
- passwords, setting, Setting a Password
- permissions, What Permissions Mean
- revision control
- RCS, Tools for Programmers
- RCS utility, Revision Control Tools — RCS, Revision Control Tools — RCS
- system administration, Maintaining the System
- upgrading software and, Upgrading Other Software
- serial device names, Serial device names
- serial ports
- Alpha systems and, Mice and Serial Ports
- baud rate, determining, The rest of the printcap variables
- server
- World Wide Web, Configuring Your Own Web Server
- X (see X Window System)
- Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, Mounting Windows Shares
- Server Resource Map file, srm.conf and access.conf
- servers
- inetd, The networking rc files
- name server, Your network configuration
- ServerType directive, httpd.conf
- services (Windows), supporting, Configuring Samba
- session management, General Features
- setterm program, Setting Terminal Attributes
- seyon terminal emulator, Writing a chat script
- sf variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- SGML, SGML, XML, and Docbook, SGML, XML, and Docbook
- sh (Bourne shell), Shells
- sh variable (printcap), The rest of the printcap variables
- shadow passwords, Shadow Passwords
- shared libraries, Quick Overview, Creating shared libraries
- corrupt links, Accessing Damaged Files
- distributing software, Upgrading Other Software
- upgrading, Upgrading Libraries, Upgrading Libraries
- shared switch (gcc), Creating shared libraries
- shareware, About Linux’s Copyright
- shell field (passwd file), The passwd File
- shell mode (Emacs), Running Commands and Programming within Emacs
- shell scripts, Basic Commands and Utilities, Shell Programming
- shells, Shells, Shells
- characteristics of, Basic Commands and Utilities
- command-line editing
- arrow keys and, Moving Around Among Commands
- word completion, Word Completion
- commands in makefile, Multiple Commands
- popular shells, Basic Commands and Utilities
- vi and shell commands, Running Shell Commands
- shortcuts (desktop) (see symbolic links)
- shutdown, Shutting Down the System
- shutdown procedure, Shutting Down the System
- signals, Examining a Core File
- single (boot time option), Specifying boot time options
- single-user mode, Single-User Mode
- sjcd= boot option, Booting Linux
- slash character (/) directories, Directories
- SlashApp (GNOME), The panel
- SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol), Networking with TCP/IP, Hardware Requirements, Dial-up PPP
- SMB (Server Message Block) protocol, Mounting Windows Shares
- SMB shares, serving overview, Using Samba to Serve SMB Shares
- smb.conf file, Configuring Samba, Configuring Samba
- smbclient utility, troubleshooting Windows shares, Mounting Windows Shares
- smbd daemon (Samba), Starting the Samba daemons
- smbmount command, Mounting Windows Shares
- SMP (symmetric multiprocessing)
- nosmp boot option, Booting Linux
- SMTP daemon, More Features
- software
- commercial
- copying, restrictions, Getting Linux via Mail Order or Other Hard Media
- quality assurance, Open Source and the Philosophy of Linux
- web sites, Commercial Linux Software Companies
- fax devices, Checking Print Utilities
- FTP sites for, FTP Sites
- GNOME, Ximian Evolution: Mail, Calendar, and Contacts, Additional Applications and Resources
- installing on Alpha systems, Preparing Software for Installation
- installing RPM and, Using RPM, Using RPM
- open source, Open Source and the Philosophy of Linux, Open Source and the Philosophy of Linux
- printing, Choosing Printer Software
- shareware, About Linux’s Copyright
- source distributions, Upgrading Other Software
- upgrading, Upgrading Software
- libraries, Upgrading Libraries, Upgrading Libraries
- non-RPM, Upgrading Other Software, Upgrading Other Software
- Windows emulation, Running MS-DOS and Windows Applications on Linux
- soncd535= boot option, Booting Linux
- sort command, Saving Your Output
- sound cards
- installation/configuration
- collecting information, Collecting hardware information
- kernel, Configuring the kernel (optional)
- kernel modules, Configuring kernel modules
- overview, Installation and Configuration
- plug and play, Configuring ISA Plug and Play (optional)
- testing, Testing the installation
- troubleshooting, Troubleshooting and common problems
- sound cards, support, Building the Kernel, Audio Under Linux
- sound drivers, Audio Under Linux
- source code, Quick Overview
- source files, Using Multiple Source Files
- spool (print), Printing
- spool directory (printing), The rest of the printcap variables
- spooling and print directories, Setting up printer directories
- spreadsheet (Gnumeric), Gnumeric Spreadsheet
- src directory, Upgrading Other Software
- SRM console firmware, Features and limitations of SRM
- srm.conf file, srm.conf and access.conf
- ssh program and IP addresses, TCP/IP Concepts
- st0x= boot option, Booting Linux
- stable release, A Note on Linux Version Numbers
- stack frames, Examining a Core File
- Stallman, Richard, A Brief History of Linux
- standard error, Saving Your Output
- standard output, Saving Your Output
- redirecting to null file, Scheduling Jobs Using cron
- standards
- compatibility with, A Bag of Features
- web sites, Internet RFCs and Other Standards
- StarOffice, Commercial Applications
- StarOffice v6.0, Word Processors
- start command (launching lpc), Controlling Printer Services with lpc
- startkde shell script, Installing KDE
- startup commands, rc Files, rc Files
- startup files, Startup Files, Startup Files
- startx command, xinit
- static libraries, Quick Overview
- step command (gdb), Tracing a Program
- stepi command (gdb), Instruction-level debugging
- stop command (lpc), Controlling Printer Services with lpc
- storage space, Making Backups
- (see also memory)
- log files, Managing System Logs
- requirements for backups, Making Backups
- stty command, resetting function commands, Useful Keys and How to Get Them to Work
- stub code, Quick Overview
- stub routines, Upgrading Libraries
- su command, Maintaining the System
- subnetwork address, TCP/IP Concepts, Your network configuration
- subnetwork mask, Your network configuration
- suffix rules (make), Suffix Rules and Pattern Rules
- superblock (filesystems), corrupted, Repairing Filesystems
- SuperProbe program, Hardware Requirements
- SuSE Linux, The Linux Port and Distributions
- swap partitions, Managing Swap Space
- swap space, Kernel
- creating, Creating Swap Space, Creating Swap Space
- installing Linux and, Installation Overview
- disabling, Disabling Swap Space
- enabling, Enabling the Swap Space
- managment, Managing Swap Space, Managing Swap Space
- partitioning drives and, Linux Partition Requirements
- swapoff command, Disabling Swap Space
- swapon command, Enabling the Swap Space
- SWI-Prolog, Other Languages
- Swing (Java), A Working Example of Java
- symbolic links, Symbolic Links
- symbols missing error, Loadable Device Drivers
- symmetric multiprocessing, Booting Linux
- (see also SMP)
- support, Building the Kernel
- synchronous PPP configuration, Setting Up Synchronous PPP
- Sysctl support, enabling, Building the Kernel
- syslog.conf file, Managing System Logs
- syslogd daemon, Managing System Logs, Managing System Logs, The networking rc files
- syslogd.conf file, The networking rc files
- system administration
- automounting devices, Automounting Devices, Automounting Devices
- cron utility and dummy users, Scheduling Jobs Using cron
- filesystems
- creating, Creating Filesystems
- mounting, Mounting Filesystems, Mounting Filesystems
- group accounts, The Group File, The Group File
- overview, Essential System Management
- rebuilding kernel, Building a New Kernel, Building a New Kernel
- security, Maintaining the System
- su command, Maintaining the System
- swap space, Managing Swap Space, Managing Swap Space
- system logs, Managing System Logs, Managing System Logs
- user accounts, Managing User Accounts
- creating, Creating Accounts
- deleting, Deleting and Disabling Accounts
- disabling, Deleting and Disabling Accounts
- modifying, Modifying User Accounts
- passwd file, The passwd File
- shadow passwords, Shadow Passwords
- system calls, Kernel
- Perl and, More Features
- security and, Maintaining the System
- system disk, creating, Repartitioning Your Drives
- system maintenance
- filesystems, checking and repairing, Checking and Repairing Filesystems
- printer optimization, Printer Optimization
- system management
- filesystems, Managing Filesystems
- swap space
- creating, Creating Swap Space
- disabling, Disabling Swap Space
- enabling, Enabling the Swap Space
- system requirements, Linux Partition Requirements
- (see also installation)
- hard disk space, Linux Partition Requirements
- system shutdown, Shutting Down the System
- System V IPC support, enabling, Building the Kernel
T
- t command, fdisk, Creating Linux Partitions
- t128= boot option, Booting Linux
- Tab character, Some Syntax Rules
- Tanenbaum, Andrew, A Brief History of Linux
- tape drives, backups, Backing up to tape
- tar backups and compression, Backing up to floppy
- tar utility, Using tar
- backups, Simple Backups
- examples, tar Tricks
- gzip utility and, Using tar with gzip and bzip2
- targets, Makefiles, What make Does
- taskbar, KDE, The KDE panel and the K menu
- Tcl language, Interface Building Tools
- TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), TCP/IP Concepts
- TCP/IP
- configuration, Ethernet, Configuring TCP/IP with Ethernet
- overview, Networking with TCP/IP
- support for, Networking
- tcsh (enhanced C shell), Shells
- terminal window (KDE), The KDE panel and the K menu
- terminal, emulating, Writing a chat script
- terminals, setterm program, Setting Terminal Attributes
- testing
- printer connections, Checking Printer Hardware
- TCP/IP configuration, Trying out your network
- testparm utility, Configuring Samba
- TeX formatting package, Checking Print Utilities
- TeX text processor, Text Processing and Word Processing, TEX and LATEX
- Texinfo, Texinfo
- Texinfo text processor, Text Processing and Word Processing
- text cutting and pasting in konsole, Cutting and pasting selections
- text editors, availability, Basic Commands and Utilities
- text processing, Text and Document Processing
- groff, groff
- LaTeX, TEX and LATEX, Learning the ropes
- formatting and printing, Formatting and printing
- overview, Text Processing and Word Processing, Text Processing and Word Processing
- SGML/XML/Docbook, SGML, XML, and Docbook, SGML, XML, and Docbook
- TeX, TEX and LATEX
- threads, support for, Kernel
- tilde (~) directories, Directories
- tilde (~) in vi editor, Starting vi
- Tk module (Perl), More Features
- Tk programming extension, Interface Building Tools
- tmc8xx= boot option, Booting Linux
- tmp directory and cron, Scheduling Jobs Using cron
- Torvalds, Linus, A Brief History of Linux
- kernel releases and, Building a New Kernel
- tracing programs, Tracing a Program, Tracing a Program
- translation utilities (Windows shares), File Translation Utilities
- Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), TCP/IP Concepts
- trigger command, launching automounter, Automounting Devices
- troff, groff, Indenting Code
- troubleshooting, Problems with SCSI controllers and devices, Examining a Core File
- boot disk, Problems booting Linux from floppy
- booting, Problems booting Linux from the hard drive
- filesystems, Repairing Filesystems
- hardware, Hardware Problems, Isolating hardware problems
- installation, Problems Installing the Software
- booting install media, Problems with Booting the Installation Medium, Problems with Booting the Installation Medium
- overview, Running into Trouble
- login, Problems logging in
- mkfs command, Creating Filesystems
- networks, Trying out your network
- PPP configuration, Troubleshooting PPP configuration
- printer system, Printer System Troubleshooting, Printer System Troubleshooting
- printing, laddering, Checking Printer Hardware
- SCSI devices, Problems with SCSI controllers and devices
- sound installation, Troubleshooting and common problems
- synchronous PPP, And If It Does Not Work?
- system emergencies, What to Do in an Emergency
- system functioning, Problems using the system
- system log files and, Managing System Logs
- Windows shares, Mounting Windows Shares
- X Window Server, Running into Trouble
- tunelp command, troubleshooting printing, Printer System Troubleshooting
- tunelp utility, Printer Optimization
- tutorials, Emacs, Tutorial and Online Help
- typesetting languages, Text Processing and Word Processing
- typing shortcuts, key bindings (Emacs), Tailoring Emacs
U
- UDP (User Datagram Protocol), TCP/IP Concepts
- uid field (passwd file), The passwd File
- UIDs (user IDs), NFS, NIS and, Configuring NFS
- umount command, Mounting Filesystems
- UMSDOS filesystem, Filesystem Types
- uname command, Building a New Kernel
- uncompress program, Using gzip and bzip2
- uncompressing files, Using gzip and bzip2
- undo command (Emacs), Emacs and Other Editors
- undoing edits (vi editor), Deleting Text and Undoing Changes
- Unicode filesystem compatibility, Filesystem Types
- Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), The World Wide Web
- Unix, history of, A Brief History of Linux
- up command (lpc), Controlling Printer Services with lpc
- update program, Shutting Down the System
- upgrading
- compiler, Upgrading the Compiler
- general procedure, General Upgrade Procedure
- kernel patches, Applying patches
- libraries, Upgrading Libraries, Upgrading Libraries
- software
- non-RPM, Upgrading Other Software, Upgrading Other Software
- overview, Upgrading Software
- URLs (Uniform Resource Locators), The World Wide Web
- USB devices, support, Windows Compatibility and Samba
- user accounts
- creating, Creating a User Account, Creating Accounts
- deleting, Deleting and Disabling Accounts
- disabling, Deleting and Disabling Accounts
- management, Managing User Accounts
- passwd file, The passwd File
- shadow passwords, Shadow Passwords
- modifying, Modifying User Accounts
- user groups, The Group File, The Group File
- User Datagram Protocol (UDP), TCP/IP Concepts
- user groups and distribution packages, Getting Linux via Mail Order or Other Hard Media
- user interfaces
- desktop environments, KDE and GNOME
- X Window System, The X Window System
- UserDir directive, httpd.conf
- username field (passwd file), The passwd File
- users
- dummy and cron, Scheduling Jobs Using cron
- home directories, backups, Simple Backups
- logged in, logs, Managing System Logs
- Samba, adding, Adding users
- /usr directory
- /usr/lib directory, More Fun with Libraries
- /usr/X11R6 directory, Installing XFree86
- usr/bin directory, Important Directories
- usr/include directory, Important Directories
- usr/lib directory, Important Directories
- backups and, Simple Backups
- usr/lib/X11 directory, Important Directories
- usr/local directory, Important Directories
- usr/sbin directory, Important Directories
- usr/src directory, Important Directories
- source distributions, Upgrading Other Software
- usr/src/linux directory, Building a New Kernel
- kernel sources and backups, Simple Backups
- utilities, Basic Commands and Utilities, Directories
- (see also commands)
- archiving and compressing files, Archive and Compression Utilities, tar Tricks
- fdisk, Repartitioning Your Drives
- laptop computer support, Laptop Support
- MTools, Sharing Disks with MTools
- networking, Networking
- overview, Basic Commands and Utilities
- printing, Checking Print Utilities
- programming, Programming Languages and Utilities
- text-processing, Text Processing and Word Processing
- tunelp, Printer Optimization
- user accounts, creating, Creating a User Account
- Windows/MS-DOS compatibility, Interfacing with Windows and MS-DOS
- utmp file, Managing System Logs
V
- Valgrind package, Examining a Core File
- var directory, Important Directories
- var/log/lastlog file, Managing System Logs
- var/log/utmp file, Managing System Logs
- var/log/wtmp file, Managing System Logs
- var/spool directory, Important Directories, The rest of the printcap variables, Setting up printer directories
- var/spool/cron/crontabs directory, Scheduling Jobs Using cron
- var/spool/lpd directory, Printing
- variable storage address, Getting Information
- version numbers, Building a New Kernel
- versions
- early version descriptions, A Brief History of Linux
- Linux, researching, Upgrading Software
- modules and building kernel, Building the Kernel
- numbering system, A Note on Linux Version Numbers
- VFAT filesystems/partitions, mounting, Sharing Partitions
- vga= (boot time option), Specifying boot time options
- vi editor
- clones, Editing Files Using vi
- extending, Extending vi
- launching, Starting vi
- overview, Editing Files Using vi
- video cards, Hardware Requirements
- virtual console support, A Bag of Features
- virtual consoles, Virtual Consoles
- setterm utility, Setting Terminal Attributes
- virtual devices, linking to actual devices, Exercising the Printer Daemon
- virtual machines and Windows compatibility, Interfacing with Windows and MS-DOS
- virtual memory, support for, Kernel
- viruses, Upgrading Other Software
- VMWare, Interfacing with Windows and MS-DOS
- VMware, Running MS-DOS and Windows Applications on Linux
W
- w command, fdisk, Creating Linux Partitions
- watch command (gdb), Tracing a Program, Breakpoints and watchpoints
- watchpoints, Tracing a Program, Breakpoints and watchpoints
- web sites
- AbiWord, Word Processors
- Abiword word processor, Abiword Word Processor
- application directories, Other Applications
- Blender, POVRAY
- CUPS, CUPS
- ftformat utility, Backing up to tape
- GNOME, Installing and Updating GNOME
- GNOME software, Additional Applications and Resources
- GPL, About Linux’s Copyright
- KDE documentation, The KDE panel and the K menu
- kernel version history, Building a New Kernel
- KWord, Word Processors
- Linux Documentation Project, SGML, XML, and Docbook
- Linux, obtaining, Getting Linux from the Internet
- OpenOffice, Word Processors
- PAM information, PAM and Other Authentication Methods
- Plex86, Interfacing with Windows and MS-DOS
- print services information, Managing Print Services
- RAWRITE.EXE, Getting Linux from the Internet
- standards, Internet RFCs and Other Standards
- USB devices, Windows Compatibility and Samba
- VMWare, Interfacing with Windows and MS-DOS
- Windows emulation software, Running MS-DOS and Windows Applications on Linux
- Wine project, Interfacing with Windows and MS-DOS
- Ximian Evolution, Ximian Evolution: Mail, Calendar, and Contacts
- what command, Revision Control Tools — RCS
- whitespace, Indenting Code
- Win4Lin, Running MS-DOS and Windows Applications on Linux
- window
- history, Using Konqueror and Other Web Browsers
- konsole (see konsole)
- management, X Concepts
- Window List (GNOME), The panel
- window managers, The X Window System, xinit
- Windows
- compatibilities, utilities for, Interfacing with Windows and MS-DOS
- compatibility
- document format support, Other document formats
- MTools and, Sharing Disks with MTools, mattrib
- partitions, Sharing Partitions, Sharing Partitions
- device driver support, Windows Compatibility and Samba
- emulation software, Running MS-DOS and Windows Applications on Linux
- file and printer sharing, Networking
- file sharing, Mounting Windows Shares, Mounting Windows Shares
- translation utilities, File Translation Utilities
- Windows operating systems
- Windows 95, style for KDE, Configuring window styles and colors
- Windows partitions (shares) mounting, Sharing Partitions
- Wine (Windows emulation software), Running MS-DOS and Windows Applications on Linux
- Wine project (Windows emulation), Interfacing with Windows and MS-DOS
- Winmodem modem, Requirements
- word processing, Word Processors
- WordPerfect Office 2000, Commercial Applications
- workspace switcher (GNOME), The panel
- workspaces, KDE, The KDE panel and the K menu
- World Wide Web, The World Wide Web
- configuring server, Configuring Your Own Web Server
- write permission, What Permissions Mean
- wtmp file, Managing System Logs
- WYSIWYG word processing, Text Processing and Word Processing
- WYSIWYG word processors, Word Processors
X
- x command (gdb), Changing and Examining Data
- X resources, The X Resource Database, The X Resource Database
- X Window System, Installing the X Window System
- applications, KDE Applications
- compatibility with KDE, The KDE panel and the K menu
- clock, Clocks
- Emacs and, The Emacs Editor, Emacs and Other Editors
- make xconfig program, Building the Kernel
- overview, The X Window System
- previewing LaTeX documents, Formatting and printing
- processes, Processes
- resources, The X Resource Database
- servers, X Concepts, Installing XFree86
- troubleshooting, Running into Trouble
- X11R6, Installing the X Window System
- Xaw3D toolkit, Interface Building Tools
- Xdefaults startup file, Startup Files
- xdm, The X Window System
- xdvi utility, Checking Print Utilities
- XEmacs text editor, The Emacs Editor
- xf86config program, Configuring XFree86
- XF86Setup program, Configuring XFree86
- XFree86, The X Window System, Installing the X Window System, Running XFree86
- configuring, Configuring XFree86
- installing, Installing XFree86
- Ximian Evolution (GNOME software), Ximian Evolution: Mail, Calendar, and Contacts
- xinit program, Running XFree86, xinit
- .xinitrc file, Running XFree86
- X resources, The X Resource Database
- xinitrc startup file, Startup Files
- xman, The X Window System
- XML text processing, SGML, XML, and Docbook, SGML, XML, and Docbook
- Xmms (MP3 players), MP3 Players
- xmodmap command, Tailoring Emacs
- XT bus system
- parallel port printer addressing, troubleshooting, Printer System Troubleshooting
- XT disk controllers, enabling support, Building the Kernel
- xterm, The X Window System
- xtp utility (ImageMagick), ImageMagick
- xvidtune program, Configuring XFree86
- XView interface, Interface Building Tools
- xxgdb debugger, Debuggers
Y
- yanking text, Deleting, Copying, and Moving Text
- yast2 program, The networking rc files
- yp.conf file, Configuring NIS
- ypwhich command, Configuring NIS
Z
- Z shell, Shells
- zcat command, Using gzip and bzip2
- zsh (Z shell), Shells
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