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| 379029 | 2005-08-09 23:11:00 | My experiment with Ubuntu and dialup internet was hopeless, I could find no easy modem dialer program, it was asumed that you connected by network card /router or similar. I did find this though... http://ubuntuguide.org/ I find a distro with kde much easier for dialup, at the moment I am using Vector Linux Soho 5. |
rmcb (164) | ||
| 379030 | 2005-08-09 23:14:00 | ok im lost. how do i get into the terminal thing you talked about? also i have the driver disc and it has linux drivers on it, how do i use them? ive heard a lot about the terminal and the commands look very confusing . Poor guy and I (and I would think many others can sympathise)I have been running Linux for a fair few years and I get confused when I see "simple" explanations and directions for Linux things.I get a bit now and again from forum help but found it a huge heap of "try it and see".One only has to see the archives from PRESS F1 and you will see the number of dissolusioned people who have had problems with winmodems.I would think this would be near the top of problems that have lead to people giving up on Linux and going back to the other OS. Sorry all you linux people. |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 379031 | 2005-08-10 00:23:00 | Here's comething to try. Your modem drivers need to be configured and the drivers themselves loaded to run at start up as what's called kernel modules. To do this there is most always a config programme - for conexant controllerless modems you type hsfconfig from the console. My suggestion is to rind a read me in the files you downloaded for the drivers *.zip or *.ta or what ever they were. Ubuntu uses gnome as it's window manager so to get a console you'll need to look in your menu for something along the lines of "gnome term", "xterm" or "terminal" when you have the console open you'll need to be super user (root) to run the config programme: type: su <press enter> <type your root password and press enter> |
apparition (3207) | ||
| 379032 | 2005-08-10 01:50:00 | Good One. You have probably made it even more confusing for the poor guy and he has gone back to the other OS.I am sure the best way to get in to linux is to have NO access EVER again to Windows,after all is that not how most of us got in to windows in the first place. | kjaada (253) | ||
| 379033 | 2005-08-10 02:06:00 | To the point and relavant is what most linux newbies want. I know because in some was I still am one. | apparition (3207) | ||
| 379034 | 2005-08-10 02:10:00 | MAC H8ER If you could post a reply as to how you are feeling now after all the "advice" I am sure one of the experts will help you out without all the linux language. There are good linux people on this forum but for some reason they seem to have gone to ground.I am no expert but I do use Linux as my No1 OS and I enjoy it. |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 379035 | 2005-08-10 05:26:00 | Linux is an operating system . :eek: Unfortunately, there are a lot of distrubutions, and with the growth of GUIs, each has a different 'intuitive user-fiendly user experience", many of them trying to be "like Windows" . I find all such efforts distinctly unintuitive to me . It is essential to use precise terms when discussing OS problems . Sometimes enthusiasts can forget that even they didn't know anything once . :waughh: I do understand that it takes a while for new users to get to grips with some of the concepts . I had been using operating systems for over 15 years before Windows was foisted on the world . I booted a live Ubuntu disk once; didn't like it, and therefore don't know what's intuitive to them . I use "black screen command line" by preference, anyway because it's quickest . :cool: Try to find the equivalent to the Windows "Start" button, for system things (including terminal sessions) as well as all the available applications . KDE and Gnome have an icon at the bottom left hand corner of the screen . . . other GUIs sometimes just let you click (left or right) on a blank area of the GUI screen . Mandrake and Red Hat have a toolbar at the top of the screen as well . Explore all these things . Don't be frightened of breaking it . A quick way to get a terminal session is to do Ctrl/Alt/F2 . That will let you log in on one of the "pseudo terminals" -- you are already using the . . . F1 one but they go up to . . . F6) . The GUI uses an extra one at . . . F7) . You can get back to the GUI with Ctrl/Alt/F7 (or just Alt/F7 in some setups) . Have a look at that ubuntu . org site . They should know about Ubuntu . :thumbs; |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 379036 | 2005-08-10 06:21:00 | Thanks Graham,I hoped you would reply.I would also like to add: I have been on puters since well before Windows with DOS and Lotus etc and have had many reloads of that other OS and found that even reloading from the same disc does not always produce the beast you had before.The same goes for Linux and although I can not understand it I would venture to say there are not many,as loaded,operating systems that are identical but users seem to get the impression that ALL puters and systems are the same as theirs. I rest my case and I think we have lost another potential linux user. |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 379037 | 2005-08-10 09:44:00 | but users seem to get the impression that ALL puters and systems are the same as theirs . I rest my case and I think we have lost another potential linux user . Excuse me but what a steaming load . I'm a support tech and see different machines every day . My post that you seem so intent on being snitty, short and rude about was made after reading all the posts of this thread and was generic to any of the many linux flavours running gnome . Before my post everything said had been too generic to be of much use . Linux isn't windows and help requires some detail . |
apparition (3207) | ||
| 379038 | 2005-08-10 20:01:00 | Please don't take it personal but for a long time now I have been on the "receiving"end of Linux advice and the language used by those who know is almost never down to the level of expertise on the receiving end.It only takes one mention of a tar,gz or consol to still make me shudder even tho I now know what they are. |
kjaada (253) | ||
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