[ILUG] misc. Linux problems

[Conor Wynne]

> Virus protection... Is it necessary?  someone recommended Bitdefender
> but seems a bit expensive.

Not really, except for windows clients.

> For some reason the browser take a very very long time to access some
> sites, like Google (which it seems to go to directly when I type another
> address )  The browser in general seems to be slower than Windows and
> occasionally hangs up.

How much ram do you have?

>
> When I shut down now the Linux system hangs up just befor the end of the
> process ( something to do with  the hotplug deactivation process, I
> think)

I think you need to use mdkupdate, there are many bugfixes, hotplug being
one of them

> so I just have to press the off button and all is well, but I
> would like to correct whatever I have mis-configured, creating the
> problem.
>
> My DVD player is not working (Totem Media Player) and I have to switch
> to Windows....again, perhaps something is misconfigured.

Totem is a bit hit and miss for me, try using xine, mplayer or ogle

> Sean

Conor Wynne
Dublin
Irlande.