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Linux Gazette 85: The Answer Gang
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The Answer Gang
By Jim Dennis, Ben Okopnik, Dan Wilder, Breen, Chris, and...
(meet the Gang) ...
the Editors of Linux Gazette...
and You!
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We have guidelines for asking and answering questions. Linux questions only, please.
We make no guarantees about answers, but you can be anonymous on request.
See also: The Answer Gang's
Knowledge Base
and the LG
Search Engine
Contents:
- ¶: Greetings From Heather Stern
 Triple booting
- code safety
- PC-MOS
 restoring broken X connections
 Greetings from Heather Stern
Welcome once more folks, to the world of The Answer Gang. We haven't
decided where to hang the stockings; Tux goes out on Geek Cruises all
the time, so he's rarely found at the South Pole anymore. Perhaps I
should create a /hearth in my home directory, and give it a /chimney,
some /stockings, and what the heck, /menorah, /presents, and
/peace.on.earth. Top things off with a /var/log/yule we can burn in
January, and...
Oh, you didn't want to hear all this silliness. You wanted to get
to the presents. Well, I can tell you this little nerdette is still
looking for LCD monitor prices to come down. I guess my New Year's
Resolution will have to be running past a nice scanner.
If you can't think of anything for the geek in your life, I recommend
a good uninterruptible power supply (UPS). We can always use more...
For those who are wondering, the top reason for anyone not getting
answered this month is: insufficient detail! Folks, we're pretty
smart, and might even be accused of telepathy, but we are not there
in the room with you, so we can't see that machine. We really need
those error messages, any bleeps it's making, how it worked before
and what you were expecting of it. With these things, we can provide
answers you probably had no idea were available ... beyond just how
to do the thing you think will work. WIthout these hints, we're
as blind and as stumped as you are to what's going on.
To all the tiny elves, Kris Kringles and Gnomes in our computers,
enjoy your extra trons and blinkylights this season.
Copyright © 2002
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Published in Issue 85 of Linux Gazette, December 2002
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