Linux-Misc Digest #396, Volume #18 Tue, 29 Dec 98 17:13:12 EST
Contents:
Quake Server (chica)
Re: pppd permissions (Andrew Comech)
Re: Can not play music cd's (Mike Thoreson)
Re: Anti-Linux FUD (Mark Evans)
Re: Anti-Linux FUD (Mark Evans)
Re: Anti-Linux FUD (Mark Evans)
Re: Anti-Linux FUD (Mark Evans)
Re: Anti-Linux FUD (Mark Evans)
Re: Anti-Linux FUD (Mark Evans)
Re: Anti-Linux FUD (Martin Skj�ldebrand)
Re: RPM files : installing under $HOME (Jim Nicholson)
Re: gnome & windows manager (David M. Cook)
How to use a scanner with RedHat 5.1? (Vesa Keto)
Re: patch for kernel ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Which Version: Cutting your Teeth on Linux (Mike Werner)
Re: SuSE or RedHat ? (Marco Anglesio)
Re: NOSPAM in addresses.. (Troutman)
Re: modem dialing (Darren Littlejohn)
Re: RPM files : installing under $HOME (Ian Hay)
Re: 3 button Mouse not working under X (Darren Littlejohn)
Re: Modem Software (Matthias Warkus)
Re: Netscape 4.5 problem (John Edstrom)
Backing up a Linux Network ("Jeff P. Koon")
Re: BIG PROBLEM WITH PPP SOLVED (HANGUP AFTER LOGGING IN) (Don Diamant)
Re: AOL as ISP? (Dustin Puryear)
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From: chica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Quake Server
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:39:25 +0100
Looking into setting up a games server on using Linux starting of with
quakell
any info usefull any pointers and problems to watch out for.
Thanks
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From: Andrew Comech
Subject: Re: pppd permissions
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: 29 Dec 1998 11:34:15 -0500
Could someone post the RIGHT way to allow users to dial out?
I thought I did the right thing having added myself to
dialout and dip groups (now I can initialize ppp connection
when not being a root), but the newsgroup is full of other answers.
Honestly, I did not like the suggestion to change something in pppd's
configuration so that ALL users can start/stop ppp connection,
and some other suggestions seem kind of too specific/technical,
from my point of view..
Thanks,
Andrew
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From: Mike Thoreson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can not play music cd's
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 01:43:49 +0900
Eric Hesselberg wrote:
> When I run cdp I do not get any sound. It shows it is playing. I have run
> sndconfig and it does play the test sound. Have not tried to play any other
> type of sounds yet. I have tried this as root and a normal user. What might
> be causing this problem?
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Eric Hesselberg
1 The CD is muted in the mixer.
2. The internal Cable from the CD player to the soundcard has come loose.
3. There is something wrong with the CD player.
4. You haven't said what Linux package, kernel, soundcard you're using.
Someone with the same setup as you would be able to give you the best advice.
Since you can play the test sound my first guess would be that the CD port is
muted in the mixer.
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From: Mark Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Anti-Linux FUD
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:29:06 +0000
Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Peter Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Rich Grise wrote:
>>
>>> /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:.
>>>
>>> what else do you need?
>>
>>/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
>>
> It probably should be mentioned that normal users do not
> need the sbin directories in their PATH.
So what you want is something like
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:$HOME/bin;export PATH
in /etc/profile
and
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:\
/usr/X11R6/bin;export PATH
in ~root/.profile
--
Mark Evans
St. Peter's CofE High School
Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
Fax: +44 1392 204763
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From: Mark Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Anti-Linux FUD
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:34:01 +0000
David Damerell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>John Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>Which programs in the sbin directories would "normal" users want
>>>>in their path?
>>>traceroute can be very useful.
>>It belongs in /usr/bin.
> Agreed; but there are a number of commands in sbin directories that normal
> but technically oriented users might want to use occasionally, and if you
> moved them all to bin directories, it would make the arrangement of things
> very confusing. (Obviously, traceroute is felt to be one of these - I
> disagree.)
In this case "ln -fs" is your friend.
--
Mark Evans
St. Peter's CofE High School
Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
Fax: +44 1392 204763
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From: Mark Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Anti-Linux FUD
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:30:15 +0000
Hoyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Floyd Davidson wrote in message <7600c7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>
>>Peter Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>Rich Grise wrote:
>>>
>>>> /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:.
>>>>
>>>> what else do you need?
>>>
>>>/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
>>>
>>
>>It probably should be mentioned that normal users do not
>>need the sbin directories in their PATH.
> As more and more users migrate to Linux using it as a stand-alone desktop
> OS, the more you'll see requests like this and the braoder the definition of
> "normal user" will become.
> Perhaps the solution would be for the unorthodox programs to install a link
> in a directory that would already be in the path.
Or create/edit ~<user>/.profile (or equivalent) maybe...
--
Mark Evans
St. Peter's CofE High School
Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
Fax: +44 1392 204763
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From: Mark Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Anti-Linux FUD
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:32:13 +0000
Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hoyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Which programs in the sbin directories would "normal" users want
> in their path?
> Generally speaking, only root needs (or can use) programs that are
> installed in the sbin directories.
And if there are programs which a normal user might want to use they
should be (or be symlinked) to /bin, /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin
--
Mark Evans
St. Peter's CofE High School
Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
Fax: +44 1392 204763
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From: Mark Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Anti-Linux FUD
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:38:34 +0000
Victor Danilchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why is it disgusting? This is, for my CS department, the method of
> choice for keeping everything orderly. You don't want to answer endless
> questions like "uhhh, duh, I can't run app blah-blah-blah" by telling
> them "prepend /export/share/blah/bin to your path". Much easier for all
Maybe you should install some shells which have a global initilisation file :)
> parties involved to simply put all the symlinks into one directory, and
> maintain them via scripts. Less pain for tech support, less pain for
> users, and everything is still nice and orderly.
--
Mark Evans
St. Peter's CofE High School
Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
Fax: +44 1392 204763
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From: Mark Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Anti-Linux FUD
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:41:23 +0000
Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Victor Danilchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Why is it disgusting? This is, for my CS department, the method of
>>choice for keeping everything orderly. You don't want to answer endless
>>questions like "uhhh, duh, I can't run app blah-blah-blah" by telling
>>them "prepend /export/share/blah/bin to your path". Much easier for all
>>parties involved to simply put all the symlinks into one directory, and
>>maintain them via scripts. Less pain for tech support, less pain for
>>users, and everything is still nice and orderly.
> You aren't seriously linking the X11R6 bin progs that way are you?
> The right way is to prepend it to the PATH variable defined in
> /etc/profile.
> BTW, what would a "share" directory be doing in a PATH statement?
Good point the last time I saw something of the form /export/share/foo
it was the root directory for a diskless machine.
--
Mark Evans
St. Peter's CofE High School
Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
Fax: +44 1392 204763
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Skj�ldebrand)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Anti-Linux FUD
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 17:06:46 GMT
On Tue, 29 Dec 1998 14:39:28 +0000, Jason Clifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Martin Skj�ldebrand wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to write my own clean uninstall utility. I'm not very
>> familiar with Unix (have done Visual Basic before) so it's very
>> slow...
>
>Red Hat, SuSE and Caldera (using RPM) and Debian (using DEB) both offer
>package management that already offers these facilities.
Neither support tar.gzipped files, which was what at least I was
discussing. Besides, glint is pretty awful in my humble opinion.
M.
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Subject: Re: RPM files : installing under $HOME
From: Jim Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 29 Dec 1998 20:00:00 +0000
Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello,
>
> Do I have to be root to install RPM packages? I am not root.
> All I want to do is install some source files under $HOME.
>
Yes, you do.
> I want to look at the source code for Red Hat's control-panel, preferably
> version 3.7. Can someone mail me a .tar.gz copy of the source code?
>
There is a utility called "alien" that will convert between RedHat
.rpm, Debian .deb, Stampede .slp, Slackware .tgz, and generic .tar.gz
formats.
> Thanks,
>
> Neil
HTH, Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: gnome & windows manager
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 15:54:27 GMT
On Tue, 29 Dec 1998 09:57:38 -0400, Mat�as Orchard V.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> why does GNome have not incorporated a windows manager?
Because most everybody already has a window manager they like, and people
tend to be fiercly loyal to the window manager they use.
> why can't I have folders on my desktop like under KDE?
You can, though not everyone thinks it's a good idea.
> which windows manager do you recommend to use under gnome?
I think icewm is the furthest along in GNOME support.
Dave Cook
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From: Vesa Keto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to use a scanner with RedHat 5.1?
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 21:19:20 +0200
I have a Mustek Scanexpress 12000P -scanner which works fine under
windows95, but is there any software/drivers available to access and use
the scanner under RedHat 5.1? It really is frustrating to reboot only
for scanning.
The scanner uses parallel-port.
---== "To get nowhere, follow the crowd" -- http://www.netti.fi/~vesak
==---
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: patch for kernel
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:40:43 GMT
Ceccarini wrote:
> I got a Patch for my 2.0.31 kernel. Now how do I compile it?
>
> Stephen
RTFM! pico /usr/src/linux/README
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From: Mike Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which Version: Cutting your Teeth on Linux
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 15:20:36 -0500
Omegaman wrote:
> I used & learned Linux on Slackware for two years. Slackware had one
> huge disadvantage: the lack of sophisticated package management.
What's wrong with pkgtool? Or for that matter, just using the standard
*.tar.gz files? Works fine here.
--
Mike Werner
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From: Marco Anglesio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE or RedHat ?
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:54:55 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 08:54:55 PDT
Don Grbac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The last I heard, the official name of Debian was Debian GNU/Linux.
> Was there another falling out between Debian and FSF?
It still is, and I don't think there's been a falling-out so much as a
clarification. I'll try to sum up the rationale for calling it GNU/Linux
from memory: Linux is the free operating system kernel, which is not
usable on its own; GNU (well, the FSF and its contributors) provides the
basic free operating system applications, etcetera, which makes it an
equal partner.
Debian GNU/Linux, however, isn't endorsed by the FSF, I don't think - it's
the GNU part is merely recognition of the FSF's role in developing the
Linux OS.
marco
--
Marco Anglesio Like Captain Idiot
mpa at the-wire dot com in Astounding Science comics
http://www.the-wire.com/~mpa (The Manchurian Candidate)
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From: Troutman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: NOSPAM in addresses..
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 11:58:36 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dennis McGrath wrote:
>
> Michael Lee Yohe wrote in message ...
> >Gee, guys - I guess it's not really a known fact that common email gatherer
> >programs know to strip out "nospam" "antispam" and other "spam" references
> >from your addresses. Be a little creative or just lay out your email
> >address plain n' simple.
>
> Amen! I can't tell you how many times I'll email a reply to a request for
> help on a NG and have it bounce back 'cause I didn't take the time to see
> what the hell the actual email address.
Dont reply to people - reply to the NG. Most of the spammers dont seem
to be smart enough to remove NOSPAM. Regardless of what Mr. Yohe says.
My inbound spam is next to nothing with the altered return address.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darren Littlejohn)
Subject: Re: modem dialing
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:54:32 GMT
I used Wvdial to solve the problem. It sets everything up for you. You can then
go in and examine the PPP settings to see how it worked.
On Fri, 25 Dec 1998 13:46:41 -0600, The Chameleon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Can anyone suggest a way to connect to an ISP using the modem?
>I'm running Debian 2.0 and can't seem to get the thing working.
>I use minicom and it connects to my ISP fine.
>I enter my login name and password and it tells e some info such as mMTU
>is.... such and such.
>then it sits there.
>quietly sitting.....
>if I hit enter I get garbage.
>It eventually disconnects.
>I tried quitting minicom without reset and using arena but that didn't
>work either.
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>Casey.
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From: Ian Hay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM files : installing under $HOME
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 15:53:03 -0500
Neil Zanella wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Do I have to be root to install RPM packages? I am not root.
> All I want to do is install some source files under $HOME.
>
> I want to look at the source code for Red Hat's control-panel, preferably
> version 3.7. Can someone mail me a .tar.gz copy of the source code?
src.rpm packages install by default in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES. You
need to be root to write to that directory.
What you -can- do, is use "mc" to wander inside the rpm within your
directory, and grab the tar.gz file that contains the source. Extract
it, and you can then untar it within your home directory.
I.
--
========================================================
Ian R. Hay <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Toronto, Canada <http://www3.sympatico.ca/ian.hay/>
*** Update -- visit my swanky, re-designed webpage ***
Linuxing about since June 21, 1998 <Redhat 5.1 - 2.0.35>
========================================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darren Littlejohn)
Subject: Re: 3 button Mouse not working under X
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:56:23 GMT
Has anyone been able to get the Intellimouse wheel to work under X?
-d-
On Mon, 28 Dec 1998 02:06:27 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
wrote:
>It was the Sun, 27 Dec 1998 15:13:54 -0800, Fisch...
>..and <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> >It was the Sat, 26 Dec 1998 16:52:50 -0800, Fisch...
>> >..and <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> I can't get the middle button of my mouse to work under X.
>> >> When I'm not in X, the middle button works (will past what has been
>> highlited).
>> >> But when I start X, the middle button does nothing.
>> >>
>> >> I've tried two different (9 pin serial) mice.
>> >> One is circular with 3 rectangular buttons on the front.
>> >> The other looks like the curved microsoft mouse, with the very
>> >> narrow button with the bump in the middle. It has a switch on the underside
>> >> that switches between MS or PC.
>> >>
>> >> In my XF86Config file I have specified:
>> >> Protocol "Microsoft"
>> >> Device "/dev/mouse"
>> >> Buttons 3
>> >>
>> >> I tried running XF86Setup, and none of the other protocols seem to give
>> >> me the third button either. I'm sure the mouse works. Why doesn't the
>> >> 3rd (middle) button work though?
>> >
>> >I don't think the Microsoft mouse protocol supports three buttons. Switch
>> >that mouse to PC mode and try it again, with a different protocol setting.
>>
>> Thanks for the help. It seems that switching to PC and trying the
>> MouseSystems protocol solved my problem, even though pointer movement
>> doesn't seem to be
>> as fluid as it was. Having that middle button is more important.
>>
>> I'm not sure why it didn't work before. I was using the XF86Setup application
>> to try different mouse protocols and it didn't work before. Well,
>> works now.
>>
>> thanks for the help,
>
>You're welcome.
>Feels good to have hypothesisised the right way...
>
>mawa
>--
>Matthias Warkus | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Dyson Spheres for sale!
>My Geek Code is no longer in my .signature. It's available on e-mail request.
>It's sad to live in a world where knowing how to program your VCR actually
>lowers your social status...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Subject: Re: Modem Software
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 14:03:58 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the Tue, 29 Dec 1998 03:10:57 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
..and <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there any software be it commercial or freeware that you can run under
> Linux to use the modem as an answering machine, recieve faxes, forward
> messages, call into to retrieve messages etc?? Thanks.. gkg
Hylafax can handle faxes.
With some mgetty hacking, the rest should be possible, too.
mawa
--
Matthias Warkus | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Dyson Spheres for sale!
My Geek Code is no longer in my .signature. It's available on e-mail request.
It's sad to live in a world where knowing how to program your VCR actually
lowers your social status...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Edstrom)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.5 problem
Date: 29 Dec 1998 16:53:15 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andreas Micklei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello,
>
> In comp.os.linux.development.apps John Edstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: My pet weirdness is that Netscape Communicator dies when I click on a
>: mailto anchor.
>
> I have seen this to, so just a question: Have you entered your e-mail
> address and all the other stuff about your identity in the preferences?
> That cured the problem for me.
I thought I did. I went back and looked again and lo and behold! My
signature file was missing. With a signature file it works fine now.
Thanks for the clue, I have so few.
> Andreas Micklei
>
je
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From: "Jeff P. Koon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux
Subject: Backing up a Linux Network
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:15:21 -0600
Howdy,
I recently posted a question about backups, and someone suggested I try
Arkeia, by Knox Software. We are in the process of downloading and
installing the trial version. My questions are:
Has anyone else used Arkeia in an "enterprise" environment (more than 10
servers...)
Are there any issues about Arkeia that I should keep in mind
(installation, tech support, etc.)
So far, the process is going well. we hooked up with a tech at knkox,
and he has provided some great support. If Arkeia works out, we'll have
saved tens of thousands of dollars, and provided a piece of software
that actually supports Linux, which seems to be unheard of in this
market.
--
====================================
Jeff P. Koon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
System Administrator
Q4i.com, Inc.
(formerly Corp. Executive Solutions)
====================================
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From: Don Diamant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: Re: BIG PROBLEM WITH PPP SOLVED (HANGUP AFTER LOGGING IN)
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:44:22 -0500
ezppp requires the qt libraries or it will never install.
Don Diamant
PG wrote:
> Hmmm... I still have this problem after two weeks. There *must* be a
> damn simple solution to this but every Linux resource seems to say:
> "Ask the next guy..."
>
> In the meantime, I've installed Win98 on the other half of the hard
> time. Dailing in took all of 1 minute but Win98 has already crashed
> innumerable times (and I mean innumerable). It will be nice if my
> Linux ever works (the ppp part of it, that is). It's never once
> crashed.
>
> I tried wvdial but it also ended with the dreaded "PPPDeamon quit". I
> tried EZPPP but still haven't managed to install it correctly (or it
> has failed to install itself correctly...) I'll try KPPP.
>
> I printed out the PPP HOWTO. What exactly is an LCP. The HOWTO states
> that using the PASSIVE switch prevents the PPPD from exiting if it
> does not recieve a valid LCP from the peer. Could this be the problem?
>
> On Mon, 28 Dec 1998 09:48:25 -0500, "Sergei Gerasenko"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >To everybody who read my previous message with the subject "Am I stupid or
> >am I stupid" and who experienced the same program. it's 2 a.m. right now and
> >I finally connected to my ISP. Thrilled? O.K., I still don't know why I
> >couldn't connect with the scrips, but I downloaded a program called WVdial
> >from http://worldvisions.ca/wvdial/ and wow!!! it worked. The program is
> >very simple to use and doesn't seem to do anything fancy, but it works. So,
> >try it. I wonder what command line the program issued. Best of luck.
> >P.S. I still want my scripts to work, 'cause otherwise I don't have the
> >sweet taste of victory.
> >Sergei
> >
> >
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From: Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: AOL as ISP?
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 14:54:36 -0600
Matthias Warkus wrote:
>
> It was the 28 Dec 1998 04:09:01 GMT, Rod Brick...
> > Does anyone know if it's possible to connect to the internet via AOL as
> > the ISP? If so, can you point me in the direction of any relevant
> > documentation to accomplish this. Thanks much.
>
> It's not possible with Linux. AOL use a proprietary protocol, and AOL
> software that makes use of that protocol is so far only available for Windows.
>
> Perhaps they will see the light after the years, just like T-Online (kind of
> a German AOL ;) did, and offer normal PPP.
Worse yet, they don't offer POP mailboxes. So, you are stuck with their
horrible mail system.
Regards, Dustin (who used his aol membership to download telix from the
file section and then ditched the account)
--
Dustin Puryear * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ICQ 6644253
Help Crack Government Encryption: http://www.distributed.net
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