At 02:19 PM 12/9/1998 -0500, you wrote: >Thanks for this material.... I understand that the best thing for me is to >have access to the Internet and download all the files i need. It means I >have to make my PCMCIA card work... I have no idea how to do it. I thought >it was done through the installation process... What do I have to do >exactly? >My computer is a laptop (Winbook) with a standard PCMCIA card modem. >Everything works when I use Windows 95 (which is installed on a different >and removable HDD). My Linux partitions are : > dev/hda1 boot > dev/hda2 swap > dev/hda3 usr > dev/hda4 home > >What do I have to do to make my modem work? If you don't mind, can you >describe all the steps >(something like : to write a letter you need : 1)a sheet of paper 2)a >pencil 3)you have to take the pencil in your right - or left hand - hand >4)Don't hold the pencil upside down, etc...) >Thanks. If you dont' have time, dont' bother. PB > >-----Original Message----- >From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Patrice Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>; >recipient.list.not.shown : ; <recipient.list.not.shown : ;> >Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 3:03 AM >Subject: Re: dselect-help!!!!!!! > > >>On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Patrice Bertrand wrote: >> >>> I have installed Linux on my laptop and i have now to use 'dselect' >>> to install X and others packages. Problem : i can't find my way and >>>i'm stuck with dselect from the beginning. I've downloaded the file >>>'Dselect documentation for beginners' from debian.org but it's not >>>very helpful. (e.g. : when I go to select i can't understand anything >>>from the different menus and the differents options. For instance, >>>what's the difference between 'Install from a hard disk partition >>>partion (NOT YET MOUNTED)' and 'Install from a filesystem which is >>>already mounted'. Which one should I pick up since i've just installed >>>Debian from floppies?) >>> Basically, I'm looking for : >>> - a manual which explains carefully and with examples what to do >>>when using dselect. >>> - if this is not available, is it possible to have a few >>>directions about how to install X Windows with dselect, notably the very >>>first steps -something in plain english for idiots or retardos. (What i >>>have now on my lap-top computer is plain Linux. I can't use a CD ROM and >>>can't yet get access to the Internet since I don't know how to setup my >>>PCMCIA card. For now my priority is to install X Windows, the Mouse and >>>have some graphical interface to navigate through Linux). >>> Thanks for your help! >>> >> >>I don't know of any good documentation, but I might can give you a couple >>of pointers. >> >>dselect is a "front-end" to dpkg. dpkg is the real installer/uninstaller. >>Apt is the next generation front-end to replace dselect, but it's not >>quite ready for prime-time. >> >>You're right; dselect is not easy to use. >> >>In case you don't understand it, you can't use dselect to install software >>unless it's pointed to a repository of that software. Accordingly, you >>need to use the Access option to tell dselect how to access that software. >> >>When you choose to install from a hardrive (not yet mounted), I believe >>you'll be given the option to "mount" the hard drive so it can be read by >>the system. Then that drive has become "an already-mounted file system". >> >>Unless you've downloaded .deb files (maybe from a Windows partition, etc) >>to your local harddrive, these two options probably don't apply to you. >> >>However, I see that you can't use a CD or the network, so you're kind of >>up a tree without a paddle (or whatever the idiom is). >> >>Without the appropriate .debs, you can't install X-Windows, etc, just like >>you can't install Doom or Wordperfect on a Windows machine without the >>appropriate installation software. >> >>You really need to get a CD working and use a Debian CD, or better >>yet, get your network access up. Maybe someone more knowledgeable on >>the list can help you with that. >> >> -- >>Kent West >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails. >>Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC! >>"Life is an ongoing classroom." - Capt. James T. Kirk, "Dreadnought"
I'd like to be able to help, but I'm afraid I'm too much of a newbie to really know how to get your PCMCIA modem working. I got mine working, but that was several weeks ago. So I'm CC:ing this reply to the list in hopes that someone else can help out. If I remember correctly, I didn't have to do anything special to get my PCCard modem to work. When you insert/remove your PCCard modem, do you hear the beep-beep indicating that a PCCard has been inserted/removed? If so, that's three-quarters of the battle. The rest I can probably help out with. Let us (me and the list) know, and maybe we can go from there.
