On Dec 28, 2007 8:38 AM, Kenneth E Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't say you shouldn't make suggestions. > A weakness in our present set up is that only Robet knows how to set up DSL. > He tried to show me, but my lack of DEBIAN SKILLS IS LIMITED.
The two stumbling blocks are: 1) registering with AT&T/SBC 2) preserving the PPPoE settings in the modem The first task isn't hard, but rather tedious. That is, there are a lot of little steps that are easy to do individually, but one little misstep and the whole thing doesn't work. The second step is just annoying: the modem won't save the settings unless it is hooked up to a phone line with DSL. Suggestions on how to simplify the process would be greatly welcome. Another option would be to train volunteers to make house calls to setup DSL. > Some of the kids don't know how to save files to mem sticks or floppies > either, In other words KDE under Debian doesn't automount removable storage. In Ubuntu there's an option one can change: System > Preferences > Removable Drives and Media > Storage. Does something similar exist for KDE? > This became obvious when an older child couldn't do it. She knew how to > save it in MS Word format however. Do any of the classes cover various ways to save a file (floppy, USB stick, desktop, e-mail)? If they do, maybe we need to measure competency in the task (e.g. swap floppies, e-mail the file to the instructor, other)? Regards, - Robert
