Re: [gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-08 Thread Joshua Banks
Thanks for the info Mike. JBanks --- Mike Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 08 September 2003 11:54, Joshua Banks wrote: > > Mine is totally empty. I wonder if this is because I'm using KPPP? > > Yep, it will be. KPPP just calls p

Re: [gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-08 Thread Steven Elling
On Sunday 07 September 2003 20:35, Andrew Gaffney wrote: > Ted Satcher wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm still in the 20th century here in Alabama > > and I don't have a high speed internet connection. > > Can the gentoo distribution realistically be maintained > > with a slow connection? I do have ac

Re: [gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-08 Thread Mike Williams
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 08 September 2003 11:54, Joshua Banks wrote: > Mine is totally empty. I wonder if this is because I'm using KPPP? Yep, it will be. KPPP just calls pppd with the required options. > Anyways, I would like to use ppp from the command line beca

Re: [gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-08 Thread Joshua Banks
Hummm.. Mine is totally empty. I wonder if this is because I'm using KPPP? Anyways, I would like to use ppp from the command line because it looks as though when KDE uses kppp that it demands a crap load of resources. I just found an awesome link that will hopefully help me out here. http://w

Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-08 Thread Robo Cernansky
On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 10:59:34 +0100 Mike Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: MW> On Monday 08 September 2003 10:35, Joshua Banks wrote: MW> > Which config file? MW> MW> /etc/ppp/options Or in /etc/conf.d/net.ppp0 if you start ppp as a service (/etc/init.d/net.ppp0 start). Robo. -- Robo Cernans

Re: [gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-08 Thread Mike Williams
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 08 September 2003 10:35, Joshua Banks wrote: > Which config file? /etc/ppp/options Or on a per peer basis. This is mine: redshat root # cat /etc/ppp/peers/fs asyncmap 0 crtscts demand idle 7200 noipdefault noauth defaultroute ipcp-accept-re

Re: [gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-08 Thread Joshua Banks
Which config file? JBanks --- Mike Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 08 September 2003 05:06, Joshua Banks wrote: > > What do you mean having your ppp setup to go up on demand? > > You specify 'demand' in the config file. > > > H

Re: [gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-08 Thread Mike Williams
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 08 September 2003 05:06, Joshua Banks wrote: > What do you mean having your ppp setup to go up on demand? You specify 'demand' in the config file. > How do you do get your modem to dial back up if the connection is dropped > for what ever r

Re: [gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-07 Thread Andrew Gaffney
Joshua Banks wrote: When you specify "&&" in your string is that a way of specifying two commands in one? When you specify emerge sync && emerge -upDf world (correct where I'm wrong) It executes command 1 fist (emerge sync) and then command 2 (emerge -upDf world)? I don't understand why you would

Re: [gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-07 Thread Joshua Banks
--- Andrew Farmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course, having your PPP set to go up on demand helps a bunch. If the > connection drops while something's downloading, it'll often be able to > continue without even restarting (if I get the same address I was > dropped from). What do you mean hav

Re: [gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-07 Thread Andrew Farmer
At 07 September, 2003 Ted Satcher wrote: > Hi all, > I'm still in the 20th century here in Alabama > and I don't have a high speed internet connection. > Can the gentoo distribution realistically be maintained > with a slow connection? Indeed it can! I've still just got a 56K modem and I can sti

Re: [gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-07 Thread Joshua Banks
When you specify "&&" in your string is that a way of specifying two commands in one? When you specify emerge sync && emerge -upDf world (correct where I'm wrong) It executes command 1 fist (emerge sync) and then command 2 (emerge -upDf world)? I don't understand why you would do both of these at

Re: [gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-07 Thread Ted Satcher
Thanks Andrew. -Bubba Andrew Gaffney wrote: Ted Satcher wrote: Hi all, I'm still in the 20th century here in Alabama and I don't have a high speed internet connection. Can the gentoo distribution realistically be maintained with a slow connection? I do have access to a high speed connection w

Re: [gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-07 Thread Andrew Gaffney
Ted Satcher wrote: Hi all, I'm still in the 20th century here in Alabama and I don't have a high speed internet connection. Can the gentoo distribution realistically be maintained with a slow connection? I do have access to a high speed connection with a cd burner, but it's a 40 minute round tr

[gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-07 Thread Ted Satcher
Hi all, I'm still in the 20th century here in Alabama and I don't have a high speed internet connection. Can the gentoo distribution realistically be maintained with a slow connection? I do have access to a high speed connection with a cd burner, but it's a 40 minute round trip. Any input from