This is the periodic posting of one of the new reader questions of the
alt.os.linux.slackware FAQ-O-Matic. The full FAQ is available at
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If you are a new reader of the newsgroup, you are strongly encouraged
to read this entire document and the full FAQ before posting.

I still need help! What other docs exist on the internet?

* Moderator: kkeller@speakeasy.net (inherited from parent)

* First of all read the posts on the alt.os.linux.slackware newsgroup!

You can also search using google, previous posts that your newsserver
may not have, at http://groups.google.com the Google USENet search
engine.

The alt.os.linux.slackware FAQ
http://wombat.san-francisco.ca.us/cgi-bin/fom

The Official Slackware Book
http://www.slackware.com/book/

Other Slackware Documents to be found
http://www.slackware.com
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/ (go to the directory containing
your version, and check out the .txt files)
http://linuxtipps.sourceforge.net/

The Linux Documentation Project
http://www.tldp.org

Some general linux help sites
http://www.linuxguruz.org
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/index.html
http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html

Program specific documentation
http://www.freshmeat.net "use the search engine to find the program"
Then go to the programs homepage and see if you can find info there.

Slackware Packages for some programs can be found at
http://www.linuxpackages.net/

X Window System for XFree86
http://www.xfree86.org
Driver status for Xfree86: http://www.xfree.org/4.1.0/Status.html
"listings are by chipset not your card"

The kernel
http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/kernel.html
http://www.kernelnewbies.org

Where to get the kernel
http://www.kernel.org

Firewalls
http://www.linuxguruz.org/iptables/

And finally in the net section the most powerful of all tools the search
engine. Most people on the newsgroup use Google.
http://www.google.com

Some basic tips on using google
http://www.google.com/help/basics.html

The trick with using a search engine is twofold

(1) giving it the right info.
Try giving it the name of the thing you are having problems with such as
kernel, ipchains, vim, dcron. Then next add a little about your problem
such as loopback bug, setup, error 3147, timing. If you get too many
hits you might want to filter by typing something that is more
particular about your problem : linux, slackware, fix, patch, howto, or
any other info you can think of. So in the end you might end up with
searches like.

kernel loopback bug patch
ipchains setup howto
vim errors slackware
dcron timing slackware

Now the last two didn't give good results so you'd have to change the
search query a bit. So trying

"vim errors"

and a lot of fiddleing gets me

dcron -index -distributions -package

(2) Is not getting the right web page as that is obvious when you read
it. The problem is not looking deep enough into a page. Some pages have
links that you might want to try. Some pages are newsgroup listings see
if there is a followup thread link. Try clicking at least three or more
links deep, even if they go to another site.

Other keywords, try and use plurals so try both bug and bugs. Watch out:
google doesn't like common words like "about" they need to be prefixed
with a +: manual, help, bug, usage, use, setup, +about, settings.

Also with google it has a cached page option so if the page you want to
look at no longer exists click on the cached link under the page
description.



* 2003-Jan-04 11:22