Thanks Bill
I had tried to use the Control Center (sic). but found it wouldn't work because of some peculiarity with Alcatel and BT. I had to edit the adsl file in peers. I managed by the advice of using kedit. Thanks again. Nick >From: Bill Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] Manually editing a file >Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 12:04:36 -0400 > >On Thu, 01 Aug 2002 14:10:24 +0000 >"Nick Page" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > OK guys and gals get this straight, no flaming please because I am a > > user not a computer fan. > > I am a complete newbie and to connect to the dreaded British Telecom > > Openworld I have been told I need to edit /etc/ppp/peers/adsl > > Right. > > I've found it. > > How do I edit it? > >You could, as user root, issue vim /etc/ppp/peers/adsl in a console. But >you could use Mandrake Control Center to set up your internet >connection. If you're usind kde, click on the Control Center icon, give >you're root password, and click on Network/Internet. Then set up your >connection. > >Bill > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
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