1. To get your PPP link to work, you'll need to find out what the exchange
of information between you and the ISP looks like. PPP disler scripts sre
usually set up to handle one of the more common exchanges -- userid/password
authentication with the ISP sending the prompts login: and password: -- but
while common, this authentication method isn't universal. So I'd suggest you
run a terminal emulator (minicom or seyon) and dial the ISP by hand, then
note what the exchange looks like before the ppp connection itself starts
(the ppp connection won't *work* this way -- it needs pppd running on your
end -- but it will *start* and look like a screenful of line noise).
2. The slowness you are seeing is probably from swapping; you don't say what
you are running, but it's not hard these days to fill 32 megs of RAM (X, a
big window manager, and Netscape will usually do the trick). Open an xterm
window before you see the slowness and run "top" (or run it on a VT). When
things get slow, take a look at the "top" output, and see if you've just
started using swap.
If so, you are right that a trimmer window manager will help. WindowMaker
has beeen recommended to me as a good balance between size and quality, but
I haven't used it enough to recomend it myself.
At 05:44 PM 8/2/99 +0200, Muzi wrote:
>my #1 message here :)
>
>hi all,
>
>i'm trying to get confidence with linux. after the third installation (had
problems with the swap
>partition) i think it's okay now and ready to get on the internet via modem
and phone line.
>i'm using redhat 6.0 with gnome, so after a while spent searching i found
how to configure a ppp
>connection in the linuxconf. i tried logging in and everything looks work
fine, except that
>connection hangs off after a little time, just some seconds. as gnome
provides a graphic interface
>to linuxconf, i found easily how to modify a script. the script provided
expects and sends my login
>and password, then expects "TIMEOUT", sends "5" and expect "~--". i tried
removing these three
>things but with no success. what should i do to fix it? remember i'm
totally new to linux so some
>refers to gnome interface would be great.
>
>
>another and more general question. my system appears to be sloooooow. i run
linux on a cyrix 200 MHz
>with mmx, 32 Megs of ram. the hard disk where i installed linux (500 Megs)
is already full and
>there's a 64 Megs swap partition. boot runs about as fast as win95's one
(and this doesn't sound so
>good :)), but the environment looks instable. sometimes it hangs for
minutes while the hard disk
>keeps working and all i can do is to hard-reboot the machine (!). i know my
system isn't so powerful
>but win95 runs even faster with lots of huge apps installed (like office,
delphi, c++ builder,
>visual basic, communicator....) while gnome forces me to wait even to start
a terminal...
>i disabled many startups features (like network and others i don't need)
and some enlightment ones
>(likes sounds) but performances don't better appreciately... what is the
solution? someone suggested
>me that another window manager would help, but i don't want to spend time
trying many of them. i
>thought i could try kde but actually i don't have space enough to install
the rpm's :))
>
>
>thanx in advance :)
>
>
>
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA 94303-3603 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----------------------------------------------------------------
