This weekend I finally convinced friends of mine that a Linux installation on their computer was a good idea and installed 9.1 for them. (First time I'd done this as I'm still using 9.) The actual installation went well but connecting to the internet doesn't work as this particular computer has 2 modems: an internal one possibly a winmodem, possibly just broken, and an external Hayes V90 voicemodem which usually works well with Linux (I know because it used to be mine).
When I tried to set up the internet connection in Mandrake Control Centre, there was no response from either modem but harddrake appears only to have detected the internal card (hp56 I think). Would I be right in thinking that creating a symbolic link from /dev/ttyS0 (to which the external Hayes is connected) to /dev/modem would enable the system to find the correct modem and hopefully solve the problem?
The other problem was that Open Office Writer wouldn't start - the splash screen came up and the hourglass on the toolbar turned for a bit, but then ..... nothing. Anybody know what the command would be to start it from the command line so error messages can be seen , or which log might contain info about this?
Your views and any suggestions would be appreciated. It's the first time I've managed to convince someone else to run a Linux box and I'd hate to see them turned off the idea because of these basic problems.
Cheers, -- Graham Watkins
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