hey there i had a toshiba notebooks modem working with linux. It was a winmodem that might help you find what you are looking for on google
----- Original Message ----- From: "James Gregory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "dac692" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:57 AM Subject: Re: Re: [SLUG] newbie needs some help please..:-) > On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 11:14, dac692 wrote: > > Hello, James Gregory, > > > > Thankyou for the information that you have provided me so far, much appreciated. > > > > I have attached the output file from the command "lspcidrake". Your feedback would be appreciated. > > I had a quick look over it. Couldn't see anything obvious. I'd suggest > googling for other people who have got such a laptop's modem to work. If > you find something and can't understand that then perhaps ask the list > to help you with that. > > > > > I tried using the command "cd/mnt/cdrom/setup" without success. > > ok. First of all, were you root when you ran that? You need to either > login as root or run "su -" to make yourself root. > > Next thing is that there is a space between "cd" and "/mnt..." and that > "./setup" was a completely separate command. So, where I have newlines > in the following, press enter and see if you get any further > > su - > cd /mnt/cdrom > ./setup > > HTH > > James. > > > > > ======= At 2002-11-25, 05:17:00 you wrote: ======= > > > > >On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 01:47:19PM +1100, David wrote: > > >> I have 3 questions which I hope someone can assist me with?: > > >> > > >> 1. How do I install a program from a download or CD? > > > > > >Ok, the short answer is that it depends what you're installing. > > > > > >Third party software (like staroffice, at least the last time I played with > > >it) tend to have their own installer or rpm files. In the former case you > > >need to run the installer. So, something like: > > > > > >cd /mnt/cdrom > > >../setup > > > > > >(assuming you're using supermount... which may cause other problems, but let > > >us know if there are issues with mounted disks). doing "cd /mnt/cdrom" and then > > >running ls will show you what programs you can run on the disk. Mandrake > > >will colour the files which are flagged as executables (programs - things you > > >can run) green. The installer (if there is one) will be one of these files. > > > > > >Alternatively if they have an rpm file, then you use the rpm command to install > > >it. Basic process is this: > > > > > >cd /mnt/cdrom > > >rpm -ivh rpmfile.rpm > > > > > >and of course substitute the name of the rpm file. RPM files are also coloured > > >IIRC. Red perhaps. Anyway, they'll have an rpm extension so they're easy enough > > >to find. > > > > > >There is another path, which I always forget about because I never use it. > > >If you use KDE (I don't know about GNOME. It probably does this too. Jeff?), > > >you can click around until you find the rpm on your cd-rom drive (there will > > >be an icon for it on your desktop), then right click on it - one of the options > > >there will let you install the rpm. I kinda didn't believe it when I saw that > > >but I tried it and it does indeed work. It will prompt for the superuser > > >password. > > > > > >Now, the more general question - how do you install stuff. If it's source code > > >you follow the instructions in the tarball. They will probably say to untar the > > >source somewhere and run these commands: > > > > > >../configure > > >make > > >make install > > > > > >If you want to install something from Mandrake's RPMs, the PLF RPMs, or a > > >number of other places which support "urpmi", you can run "urpmi programname" > > >as root and it will download and install it for you, or you can run mandrake > > >control center, which should be in menus everywhere (or mcc from console - > > >I discovered the other day that you can also use if from a console), go to > > >software management, and there is a thing there for searching stuff it knows > > >how to install and installing it. > > > > > >I can't remember the link for info on cooker (which is experimental mandrake > > >stuff). The default install will set it up so it knows about all of your > > >installation CDs and will prompt for them if it needs them to install > > >something. Also check out > > > > > >http://plf.zarb.org > > > > > >(which I remember only because it has "zarb" as its domain name. I think that's > > >cool) > > > > > >they have 1337 l1nuz w4r3z. > > > > > >And, attend the slug meeting this month where I intend to elucidate upon all > > >of this in about 5 minutes. It will be EXTREME. > > > > > >> > > >> I know this seems soooo simple, but I am very confused atm. For > > >> example: > > >> I am attempting to install SatOffice 5.? from CD. But don't know how to > > >> get it going so it installs. Another example: trying to download a file > > >> and install it? How do I? > > > > > >Have you figured out downloading? See above for installation, post if you want > > >help downloading stuff. > > > > > >> 2. My second question is: I have a USB flash drive. How do I get it to > > >> be > > >> read in Linux? Do I mount it, and how? > > > > > >this seems to have been answered already, but I thought I'd just say that > > >the last time I played with usb storage devices on mandrake I just plugged it > > >in and mounted it and it worked straight off. I couldn't get it to play nice > > >with supermount and mount itself automatically though. > > > > > >> > > >> 3. I installed Linux onto a Toshiba Satellite 1400. It went well (dual > > >> partition and all that stuff) but I cant seem to get the modem to go. > > >> Have tried various laptop-u > > >> linux websites but are very confused. Is there someone that can guide > > >> me > > >> through the process (if there is one? ) that is non Linux speak. All > > >> the > > >> information I got was baffling! > > > > > >hmmm. Depends on the modem. I don't know about toshiba notebooks because I > > >only have a compaq one. Run "lspcidrake" as root and send us the output - we > > >can probably help more then. Alternatively I think mandrake control center > > >has a clicky hardware installing thing. Harddrake or something. It used to > > >ship with a thing called "kudzu" as well which wasn't too bad (in moderation). > > >If it's simple, harddrake will probably know how to do it. > > > > > >HTH, > > > > > >James. > > > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > > > > Best regards. > > dac692 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 2002-11-25 > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
