[CLUE-Tech] Re:"getting insanely frustrated"

[Mike Benavides]

Jed S. Baer wrote:

>On Fri, 24 May 2002 14:14:57 -0600
>David Anselmi <anselmi at americanisp.net> wrote:
>
>>Mike Staver wrote:
>>
>>>Yeah, I would read a man page... but for what?  I tried apm, and that
>>>didn't help, so I'm at a loss.
>>>
>>The man page would be for modules.conf, since the apm we're talking
>>about is a kernel module.  There are also module docs in
>>linux/Documentation in the kernel source tree (which may be somewhere on
>>your system even if you don't have the source).  You could also look at
>>apmd, but that seems not to be the problem.
>>
>
>At least with RedHat, you do indeed get /usr/src/linux/Documentation. Some
>good reading in there too. In fact, you do get the kernel source.
>
>>You can use man -k apm to get a list of man pages that have apm in their
>>descriptions.  And of course there is always "man man". :-)
>>
>
>And let's not forget "info info" <G>.
>
Jed:

 Mandrake 8.2 has /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/Documentation. Excellent 
reading in there
also.  When in lost in the woods man pages works for me...