On 1/16/07, Theresa Kehoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 05:36 -0700, Jon Drews wrote: > > A friend is having terrible problems with an e-Machines computer that > > came with Windows Xp. We can get dial out to work but the IE browser > > will connect to no sites. I think tis is due to NetZero using a proxy. > > I am not sure though, as I can ping www.google.com. Furthermore, I > > can't get the sound to work in Xp. > > > > I would like to install Ubuntu/Kubuntu. The only sticking point is > > that Ubuntu issues lots of updates and this person uses a modem. > > The modem itself might be a sticking point. I have installed and > configured Ubuntu for four different modem users ... with only a 25% > success rate at getting the modems working under Ubuntu (although when I > put Debian on the machine the modem worked just fine). First thing > would be to identify the modem chipset, and make sure it is > Linux-supported. At ByteWorks, we have had good luck with 3Com, LT, > PC-TEL, and some Conexants (using commercial Linuxant drivers).
Thanks Theresa: I am going to use an external modem; either a 3Com or the Hawking one, which is said to work with Linux. It's the constant updates that I am concerned about. I get updates about every three days for Dapper Drake (6.06). -- Kind regards, Jonathan _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
