[COMP] Re: Dancing paul!

On Wednesday 28 February 2001 17:00, you wrote:
> Thank you for dancing Paul, as well as the many other tips I pick up
> through the years by keeping my subscription going here.  Maybe you or
> someone can give me advice on the issue contained in the following:
> I have an old Gateway 486-based machine, with 16M RAM, on which I have
> both DOS/Win 95 and Slakware 7.1 Linux coexisting peacefully.  I long
> ago tried experimenting around with Linux, crashing this machine with
> earlier versions of Slakware, then installing/uninstalling S.U.S.E. 6.0
> (6.2 wouldn't install because of the extinct Phillips 2X CD-ROM in the
> machine), RedHat 5.0 & 6.0 (same problem)...and now have a full version
> of the 2.2 kernel with this Slakware release and all of its pretty array
> of window managers and desktops.  It is good for learning the arcane
> UNIX-based commands, playing around with files/directories, and
> fancifully daydreaming about networking with the other machines
> accumulating around here,  but ultimately it needs to do two things
> which DOS/Wintel have always been able to do for me without too much
> giref, and that is (a) print word-processed documents & graphics and (b)
> connect to the net.   The former problem I feel I can eventually muddle
> through with interfaces such as Gostscript and downloadable "fixes", but
> the latter problem has been complicated by the ISP's I have abandoning
> the old login scripts and making their servers less accessible  except
> by the more comlicated Windows-based interface programs.  I have had to
> pull off my trusty 14.4 kps modem and put in something that at least
> advertises up to 56K in the ISA slot; it works fine through DOS/Win95,
> and on booting up Linux I see it swirl by on the startup screen --- but
> I am pulling out what remains of my hair on simply getting the thing to
> work, "be seen", by Minicom, Seyon or the KDE or GNOME desktop icons.  
> My problem is that I know just enough to get myself into trouble, but
> not enough to glean a sloution to the problem.  So I am throwing this
> out to see if any interested or sympathetic guru might reply by pointing
> me in a direction as to where to go next.  Any and all helpful replies
> gratefully appreciated, and I listen to the the not-so-charitable ones
> as well.

Oh hey, nothing "arcane" about those UNIX commands -- "elegant," I feel, 
is more accurate. ;)

Anyway, if you haven't read the PPP-HOWTO, I suggest you hit that first.  
It's been a couple of years since I've used a modem, but all you really 
need is PPP support, either through the PPP module ("modprobe ppp") or 
through building it into your kernel (much cooler).  

Let's see if that gets you any further.

John




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