On Thursday 01 April 2004 0706, somebody named Dave Turner inscribed this message: > It has been hard work but I now have a Rev A iMac dual-booting MacOS9 > and Debian 3.0r2. I am using the 2.4.18-newpmac kernel. I have not > installed X windows. I have searched the mail archives and read many > emails, some helped (which is why I have a working system), and some > went right over my head... > > The current list of problems is:- (snip) > 2) no modem. > Can the internal iMac modem work under Debian?
Should, though I haven't set one up myself. You did google for something like <"rev. a" imac modem debian>, right? IIRC, the modem may be on /dev/ttyS0, try it and see. :^) > 4) how do I set up "sudo" so I can login as me and install stuff without > logging out and going back in as root? I usually just use 'su', I'm too lazy to bother with sudo and su is installed by default. Depends on your preference. :^) NRH -- You can do anything if you want it bad enough. That is why we see so many people who can fly. - Elden Carnahan
