First, let me say that I've thoroughly enjoyed the recent threads regarding minimalist Linux distros!
I've downloaded & tried several of the minimalist distros that are listed on the linux.org distro page, but I've also got a couple of distros installed on the computer. I've got a homebrew P120 w/256MB & an 8GB hard drive. The drive is divided in half with the first 4GB partition devoted to a myriad of DOS, win98 & Slackware zipslack. The second 4GB is devoted to Red Hat 5.2 I tried 7.2 several times, but it's just way too sluggish using KDE or gnome, so I went back to 5.2 (a 2.0.36 kernel). Here's my dilemma; I've had ppp working with 5.2 previously by loading it at boot. Now I can't remember how to get the silly thing to work at all! I've specified the dialup phone # for my ISP, the primary & secondary DNS addresses & the modem device to use (there's only one), and it will dialup & handshake, but apparently I'm not getting logged in because it drops the carrier soon after connecting. I know it's got to be something really simple and I'll feel really stupid once I determine the problem. Any suggestions? Also, I've used Net-Tamer in the past for mail, newsgroups, & sometimes text browsing. My problem now is that I can connect, get newsgroups & browse, but I'm unable to send or collect mail, even though I've entered the correct pop & smtp server names & passwords. My ISP is no help at all, so does anyone have any suggestions? Regards, Steve To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
