Thank you, I already installed the modem. The instructions that came with the .tar.gz file were very good. Now I have the problem of adding myself to the dialing group, I haven't found the way to do it. I was told to go to the /etc/group file and add myself in the entry:
dialing:1004:user1,user2....., but I do not have that entry in my group file. I haven't tried to enter it by hand, I feel it is rather unusual. I can't find in Gnome where to do it, and I was told in KDE it is easy. I added a .xinitrc file to my home directory with the line: "exec kde", but the damn system refuses to start with a non default X. Any suggestions? Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Who ate my sandwich? > Teilhard Knight wrote: > > >>>I guess you are right. I tried today to install as a root using > >>>rpm, and I got the reply you say: "database doesn't exist". Is > >>>alien in the distribution of Debian or should I grab it apart? I > >>>think I'll have a look. > >>> > >>> > Leo Spalteholz wrote: > > >>I've never had much luck installing anything with alien. Unless it's > >>something trivial, it will usually be broken in some way after > >>install.. > >> > Tielhard Knight wrote: > > >>Any suggestions, then? I have been able to get the drivers in a .tar.gz > >>compressed file they say generically is for Linux, not what distribution. > >>Guess I'll have to find what to do with them. Thanks. > >> > >> > > There's no harm in trying alien; if it doesn't work, you can fall back > to using the tarball'ed version. > > apt-get install alien > alien --to-deb foo.rpm > dpkg -i foo.deb > > Kent > > >> > >> > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]