Good suggestion. I prefer an external modem myself. I think I can navigate to kppp but just in case, since I am so newbieish, how do I get there. I have an 8.2 boxed edition here waiting a new home with two hard drives. I got it in case I dld 10.0. It sounds to me that a console would be like a dos mode box in windows. I noticed It was a little difficult for me to read. This is an excellent second hand monitor with just one failing, It is just a shade on the dark side at full brightness. I did find though, that I could highlight the info and read it quite easily. Which leads to another question. Is there a way to change the colors used for the console that could make reading have better contrast. I believe there is in windows , so it must be possible in linux. Thanks for the help so far. On 9 Jan 2005 at 1:23, Erylon Hines wrote:
> On Saturday 08 January 2005 05:24 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > | Can a live cd of mandrake move be used to access the net? > | I was exploring this evening and, actually using the manual for > | lin 8.2, I sent the command "cat/proc/pci" as root. It was supposed > | to return an io port and irq number for my pci modem. What it did > | do, was tell me there was no such file or directory. Maybe I should > | have entered cat /proc,pci. Cat being the command then space and > | /proc/pci being the arguments. I was try to get linux to recognize > | my pci modem so I could try to go online. I have never tried > | anything like using a console so any suggestions as to what I should > | would need to start from scratch. > > First--is your pci modem a hardware or a software modem? If it is a soft > (Winmodem) you are out-of-luck. Most Lucent chipped modems (and some > Conexant), have LinModem drivers, but you wouldn't be able to install them if > you are "running from disk". Any hardware modem and any Serial modem would > be auto-setup and all you need to do is open and configure the kppp dialer. > Even Lucents are a PITA on an installed system, because they must be > recompiled every time you upgrade your kernel. I'm going through that with a > Debian install right now. My modem worked fine until I upgraded my kernel, > and my recompile of the driver seems to install, but crashes my system > whenever the modem is brought up. AARGH! Don't do as I do, spend $20 on > e-bay and get a Serial modem. > > >
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