Hi SLUGgers! WOW ! Okay - so, I've managed (well, my SWEETHEART managed) to make a functioning computer out of a bunch of old stuff, I got a monitor off FREESHARE, I've installed UBUNTU 5.10 - the one they are currently giving away in the smart, inviting packaging (picked it up from PC Medic in Paisley - nice shop btw) -
- and it seems to WORK ! ! ! Perseverance pays off ! (some of you may recall my first attempts w/Linux about 3 years ago - the Suse "Home edition" (NOTHING worked - except Chess at ONE level only!) - and then an earlier edition of Ubuntu...grrrrrrr..... - but no more, I sense! Okay! Here's my question. We have BT Total Broadband - (but I DON'T have the new TOTAL Broadband router - I have a BT VOYAGER ADSL modem - which I also got on FREESHARE. Works good!) There is a CD which has the modem driver for Windows XP - it's what I'm using to access the internet on the other computer... (bless it). What do I need to do to make my UBUNTU computer recognise the ADSL modem and vice versa? Does BT do a CD for installation with Linux? Is there one of you SLUGgers who HAS the drivers that will work in Linux and recognise the BT VOYAGER ADSL modem? I currently don't have a CD or DVD re-writer, only CD-ROM (on both the XP and the UBUNTU machines) so I don't think I'll be able to download and burn a version of the driver even if I were to find it on a Linux web driver repository..... I hope one of you will be able to help and advise me on this, as I'd REALLY like to be able to get online with the Ubuntu machine..... I REALLY like this new-ish Ubuntu, by the way - it's fun! (and it seems to WORK ! ) Yours in hope, and with THANKS in advance, - Paul Birchard _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
