Re: CD drive [was [newbie] PPP, sound, CD drive, and modem}

1998-12-30 Thread Idris S Hamid
Once again, thanks for everyone's help. Fabio Coatti wrote: 1) under KDE, when you are unable to open the try, do a mount to check wich drives are mounted [root@localhost /root]# mount /dev/hdb5 on / type ext2 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) /dev/hdb7 on /home type ext2 (rw) /dev/hdb10 on

Re: Modem problems [was[newbie] PPP, sound, CD drive, and modem]

1998-12-30 Thread Idris S Hamid
Fabio Coatti wrote: On Tue, Dec 29, 1998 at 07:35:19PM -0500, Idris S Hamid wrote: DOS). From KPPP I did ``Query Modem''. In response I got the following message: ``Sorry, the modem is busy''. However, the modem was NOT busy at all (I could still use my phone). This is related to a

Re: PPP problems [was Re: [newbie] PPP, sound, CD drive, and modem]

1998-12-30 Thread Idris S Hamid
I thank everyone for their help. So, to solve your problems, try the following (please do it from command line) pppd (this should, at least, load the module "ppp", check with lsmod) if the module is loaded, your kernel/module system is working fine. to kill the pppd process, "killall

Re: [newbie] PPP, sound, CD drive, and modem

1998-12-29 Thread Fabio Coatti
On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 08:30:21PM -0500, Idris S Hamid wrote: /usr/src/linux] make xconfig /usr/src/linux] make: No rule to make target `xconfig'. Stop. Similarly for commands `make config' and `make menuconfig'. What is wrong? Are you sure to have installed the full source tree of

Re: [newbie] PPP, sound, CD drive, and modem

1998-12-28 Thread Khalid J. Shahen
Hi there, I've read your message, and all I can say is ..."Dear Friend Drop this LINUX Shit" and switch to FreeBSDdon't waste your time??? Khalid Idris S Hamid wrote: Dear folks: I originally sent this message on Christmas Day so I guess nobody had the time to pay any attention to it.

Re: [newbie] PPP, sound, CD drive, and modem

1998-12-28 Thread RĂ©mi LETOT
make xconfig; make config; make menuconfig; make mrproper. When I try to run these commands I get complaints about some target not being found; Can you tell us whitch targets? Always give the full error message. 2) How do I go about configuring sound? Do I have to compile that into the

Re: [newbie] PPP, sound, CD drive, and modem

1998-12-28 Thread Idris S Hamid
Thanks for the response. I just got Fabio's message (my ISP's mail delivery service has been down) as I was sending this off and I will try his ideas as well. RXmi LETOT wrote: make xconfig; make config; make menuconfig; make mrproper. When I try to run these commands I get

[newbie] PPP, sound, CD drive, and modem

1998-12-27 Thread Idris S Hamid
Dear folks: I originally sent this message on Christmas Day so I guess nobody had the time to pay any attention to it. Another Mandrake user ("ndk {Ralph}" [EMAIL PROTECTED]) indicated that he was having similar problems to my own. I hope that someone can take a look at these questions now (I