On 2 Jul 00, at 22:48, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> First, how do I enable XF86 4? I selected to install it (yes, with
> expert installation) when it asked, but it seems that I'm running 3.3.6
> (at least, rpm -q XFree86 reports so). I need XF86 4 for my NVidia
> drivers.
Then it prolly means that X4 is not installed. Try doing it al over
again. IIRC, XF4 has a different path than XF3.3.6. Follow the
readme files and you'll be up in no time.
> Second, how do I configure PPP? I do NOT use KDE, and never will, so
> please don't tell me what everyone else has: use KPPP. The Gnome-PPP
> that shipped with Mandrake 7.1 doesn't work (pppd dies), and the PPP
> configuration option in Linuxconf is gone. I had to manually edit some
> files, which isn't something I would expect of a distro known for
> simplicity.
Use wvdial. It is something like windows dial-up-networking and
understands a lot of protocols like, PAP, CHAP, etc...It is fairly
easy to set up as well. In addition, you'll have to edit
/etc/resolv.conf to look like:
search [your_ISP's_domain]
nameserver [ISP_nameserver1]
nameserver [ISP_nameserver2]
pppd alos dies when it does'nt find the default route. SO check if
those settngs are correct. If however you want to write your own ppp
script, do a "tknarr xmission linux" search in google, and it takes
you to a nice page where you'll find conf options for ppp, mail, etc.
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