Re: [SLUG] Two queries on installation.
Bill Bennett wrote: Right. Well, quite a lot of this Linux installation is going to be given the heavus. Are the same problems to be encountered? So long as you uninstall stuff using the rpm -e command you shouldn't have any problems. which has a built in modem. I'd like to contact work at night, but I've been told that it will not be via the on-board modem, because this was dedicated to the dreaded Microsoft products and any attempt to use it will result in galloping leprosy. To my discredit, I'm inclined to think this not to be so. No, to your credit: IBM have actually released a GPLed driver for this modem http://oss.software.ibm.com/developer/opensource/linux/projects/mwave/. I've heard a couple of reports on the linmodems.org mailing list of people successfully using this driver, so it should work for you. You're probably better off ignoring the RPM's of the driver and getting the source tar ball, currently at http://oss.software.ibm.com/developer/opensource/linux/projects/mwave/mwavem-20010206n.tar.gz. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Two queries on installation.
I've just installed Mandrake on my laptop. Because I wanted to dedicate the entire machine to Linux, I accepted advice and installed *everything*, on the supposition that, since a lot of the stuff installed will be superfluous to requirements, I can start my Linux education by (a) looking at what's available and (b) deleting what's of no use. All well and good so far. However, in days of yore, uninstalling summat was risky. Just deleting the "main programme" wasn't enough; there were links to other programmes which, for a complete uninstallation had to be ferreted out. If you didn't do this the hard disk gradually filled up... An interim measure was the ubiquitious DEFRAG that putted and shoved and convinced you that efficiency was on the up and up. Right. Well, quite a lot of this Linux installation is going to be given the heavus. Are the same problems to be encountered? Second Problem: the laptop is an IBM Thinkpad 600e which has a built in modem. I'd like to contact work at night, but I've been told that it will not be via the on-board modem, because this was dedicated to the dreaded Microsoft products and any attempt to use it will result in galloping leprosy. To my discredit, I'm inclined to think this not to be so. However, I don't know how to fiddle it so that it will work when I connect to the phone line. Can anyone advise me, please, whether it's possible? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Two queries on installation.
However, in days of yore, uninstalling summat was risky. Just deleting the "main programme" wasn't enough; there were links to other programmes which, for a complete uninstallation had to be ferreted out. If you didn't do this the hard disk gradually filled up... RPM keeps track of what each package puts into your filesystem... so if you install/uninstall things using rpm then you should be able to stay on top of things... which has a built in modem. I'd like to contact work at night, but I've been told that it will not be via the on-board modem, because this was dedicated to the dreaded Microsoft products and any attempt to use it will result in galloping leprosy. have a look a http://www.linmodems.org and see if you can't get some assistance... actually it looks like IBM has provided a driver for it (http://oss.software.ibm.com/developer/opensource/linux/projects/mwave/) later marty -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Two queries on installation.
On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Bill Bennett wrote: Second Problem: the laptop is an IBM Thinkpad 600e which has a built in modem. I'd like to contact work at night, but I've been told that it will not be via the on-board modem, because this was dedicated to the dreaded Microsoft products and any attempt to use it will result in galloping leprosy. To my discredit, I'm inclined to think this not to be so. However, I don't know how to fiddle it so that it will work when I connect to the phone line. Can anyone advise me, please, whether it's possible? http://www.linux-laptop.net According to the 600E pages there, the modem is, in fact, a Winmodem which will not work under Linux. I was unable to get it to work on my 600E, and gave up as my LAN card had a 56k modem in it anyway, which worked fine under Linux. So you're shit outa luck on that one, unfortunately. Everything else in it works - sound, X, trackpoint mouse etc - just the modem doesn't. DaZZa -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
