From: "Benjamin F. Keil" <bkeil@indiana.edu>
Newsgroups: suso.linux-help
Subject: New UNIX user
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 01:25:52 -0500
Organization: Indiana University
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Hello "Suso,"

    I'm a new kid in town, just got my Linux box up and running this week.
TCP/IP is working great, and I'm only having a little trouble with my IPX
protocol.  This is my first experience with unix-like systems, and I have
to say that compiling a custom kernal is quite a rush...  I've got X11
running well with fvwm2, and some fun things like Netscape and Arena and
the Gimp, etc.

  As far as help I could use:

o Currently, I set up IPX by becomming the superuser, running
   ipx_configure with the automatic options and then attempt to mount a
  filesystem.  When I do this, it makes an EtherII network and an 802.2
  network.  I then turn off the automatic options and remove the 802.2
  network by hand.  How can I set up my system scripts (Slackware 3.5)
  make these steps unnecessary?  That is, I'd to login to my locker,
  etc., without becoming the super user.
 
o Also, any help you could give me with regards to setting up a netware
  printer (HP LJ 8000 N) -- and appropriate word processing, spreadsheet,
  database software to use with it -- would be very much appreciated.

Of course, please answer at your own convenience.  As a newbie, I
appreciate any hints, tips or other such that you feel is worthwhile... 

Thanks in advance,
  Ben