Re: Trying to get on the web with wvdial.

2008-01-28 Thread Geosand
John Hasler wrote: Install pppconfig. Run it as root and answer the questions. You can add yourself as a ppp user in the Advanced menu. You will then be able to start ppp with pon and stop it with poff. That's what I usually do, but for a newbie, wvdial is a handy app. I think it needs

Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-28 Thread Geosand
Jimmy Wu wrote: On Jan 25, 2008 9:26 PM, Jimmy Wu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I will go with the nvidia installer. I'll post back with results of how that goes. Well, an update: I just ran the nvidia script today (169.09) and it worked. I told it to not look for a precompiled

Re: random mouse hangs

2008-01-28 Thread Geosand
michael wrote: On 28 Jan 2008, at 22:37, David Palmer wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:20:37 -0500 Tom Vier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running etch on amd64. The last few weeks, my mouse would stop responding for a few seconds. I switched to another mouse - same thing. Now i have to unplug

Re: Trying to get on the web with wvdial.

2008-01-28 Thread Geosand
John Hasler wrote: David Palmer writes: That's what I usually do [us pppconfig], but for a newbie, wvdial is a handy app. Why? Because it does all the config for you. I used it for the first time the other day - installing a modem for fax. It did it all in the install procedure,