Hi, I'm an almost newbie: I managed to get Mandrake installed and that's about it. I did post here a while back [I think about six months ago,] and I received some really helpful advice to get Mandrake and WIN2KPRO on the same HDD but past that I found it all a bit hard and I really don't have time to stuff around much just to make things work; I need to just get things done. So I haven't used Linux for anything much in all that time.
But last night I got a bunch of weird stuff install itself on my machine like some damn get-rich-quick crap and that plus the usual endless virus updates and email worms and so on - - I finally want to switch over to Linux to access the net - I'm told it's safer:) But the surprise is: Linux doesn't think there's a Modem in my machine! When I click on "connect to the internet" [from the "what to do" menu] it either hangs on the "initialising modem" stage, or sometimes it says "sorry, the modem doesn't respond". [at least it's polite :) ] I looked in the Mandrake Control Center and the modem is not listed at all. I know there's a modem in there - WIN2K sees it fine - but past knowing it's a PCI card I don't know any more about it. I looked in the "documentation" on the desktop, but it seems to only tell about KDE itself - not about the system or it's parts. I *think* Mandrake was supposed to install a bunch of HOWTOs and such, but I don't know where to find them. Could you please tell me where to look, to find out the first steps in making Mandrake acknowledge there's a modem there, and then how to make it connect? Thank you very much in advance for your help... -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Pattaya Thailand http://www.merlinzener.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.514 / Virus Database: 312 - Release Date: 28/08/2003
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