[arachne] Re: D*** BasicLinux

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On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:40:49 +1100, Ron Clarke wrote:

> All the better to teach you with !    :)

Teach me not to meddle with things I know nothing about :-((((((

>> ppp-on refused to work the first time I tried after a boot but
>> worked after I ran pppsetup and quit it without any changes.

> Thats the way !  You run pppsetup to load all the modules required.
> And then you run ppp-on.

That's bloody stupid! Why should I have to do the setup every time I
want to connect? Can't it be stored somewhere?

In fact it must be as my settings are there when i openb it.

>> When I had logged in to the ISP, I typed Links2 at the command
>> prompt and it crashed straight back to the prompt. Tried again
>> and it worked.... but it looks just like ordinary Links. Isn't it
>> supposed to be a graphical browser?

> Yes, but it will also run as text only if you do not tell it to be graphical.

But now it won't run at all.

>> "find gzip" and "find gunzip" each gave a not found message.

> That's probably because it is there as a symbolic link, maybe in busybox.  
> You 
> would need to ask on the BasicLinux mailing list to get a definative answer.

Trying to gunzip that file, I get an error message that there is no room
left on my HDD.

That is bullsh*t! There is over 300 megs free, according to DOS!

>> I connected again and googled for it. Out the twenty or so sites
>> I tried, only one offered a download, but it was a .gz file.

> Don't Google for add-ons for BasicLinux - it is based on Slackware 4, so you 
> should be getting your extras from there - see the BasicLinux website for 
> Slackware4 repositories.

I was googling for gzip/gunzip, not for addons.

The only place I have tried for add-ons is the "add-ons for BL3" site,
which is linked from where i downloaded BL4.40 in the first place.

>> The only reason I keep trying is because other people say they
>> have used it, so I assume that it SHOULD work for me.

> And it will.

At present it is just getting worse. After I run pppsetup and ppp-on,
links won't run now. It says there is no room left on the drive.

> Ask the BL list why something doesn't work, and you will be able to learn 
> more 
> and more about Linux.

Yes, I have written a message to them. It will go off in the upload with
this reply.


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