On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 12:28:07AM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Should a 56K modem be (with pppconfig) > configured with 115200 speed?It > seems the default option.The modem device > (with pppconfig) is ttyS0 or ttyS1? > For an external modem that depends on where you attach it. ttyS0 => COM1 in Windows-speak and ttyS1 => COM2. For an internal modem, my experience is that it is seen as ttyS2 (if you have two serial ports). wvdialconf from the wvdial package has so far done a good job for me in automatically detecting modems - it scans all ports. > > How many time of Internet connection takes the > upgrading of libc6-2.3.2ds1-21 to libc6-2.3.2.ds1-22 > with a modem of 56k speed? > Does the complete library need to be downloaded? > Are there other packages to download for > ensuring compatibility(or due to proximity of > the versions it?s not necessary.)? apt-get update apt-get install libc6
should show you the size of the package plus all others apt pulls in as well. > > > Is there a program in Debian,which permits > to erase files securely(using sophisticated > patterns)?In PGP7 for Windows/Mac I think is > there an utility to do so. > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Your Site for Swiss Maps: http://www.swissinfo-geo.org/ > > > Hth -- Andreas Rippl -- GPG messages preferred Key-ID: 0x81073379
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