Alan McConnell composed on 2016-09-15 13:36 (UTC-0400): > Felix Miata composed: > Alan McConnell composed on 2016-09-14 17:11 (UTC-0400): >>> My final problem is: how to get my Jessie to get on line. I don't think >>> this is >>> anything anyone here can help me with, since I live in a retirement >>> community >>> which has a huge contract with Comcast. >> Is it a cable account, or is it a DSL account? Appropriate help from here, >> should you choose to accept any, depends on your answer.
> It certainly isn't DSL. I have an Ethernet cable running from my machine > to a Comcast provided "modem" -- except that it is called a router. Quite Called a "router" by whom, and where? Maybe help could better be forthcoming if you announced its brand name and a model number. From the description so far in this thread, yours seems to be one of those boxes that combine modem, router, switch and firewall. Does it also provide wireless? > obviously it works well from my Windoze side(I am using MS Edge the M$ new > browser) to dial into mail.his.com, which uses the afore-mentioned Zimbra > Any suggestions you can give me would be welcome, especially since I know > you know your stuff<g>. I know some stuff. Virturally no Comcast-specific connectivity is included. OTOH, Tony Baldwin and Jude DaShiell have offered Comcast-specific clues in this thread. > Also: although ALSA and pulse-audio are installed on the Jessie side, I get > no sound there... Different and new problem belongs in a virgin thread. > And if Brian is reading this, I remind him that he is going to tell me how > to use Jessie to copy to and from my Windows 10. But he may have given up > with his efforts to "help" me. This too belongs in a separate thread, but I'll provide a seed for you to try to fix on your own. This is from Jessie on a multiboot Dell that includes Windows 10: # grep ntfs /etc/fstab /dev/sda6 /win/C ntfs-3g nofail,users,gid=100,fmask=0111,dmask=0000,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0 # mount | grep eblk /dev/sda6 on /win/C type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096) # ls -gG /win/C total 3313985 -rw-rw-rw- 1 400228 Oct 30 2015 bootmgr -rw-rw-rw- 1 1 Oct 30 2015 BOOTNXT lrwxrwxrwx 2 60 Jul 27 06:06 Documents and Settings -> /win/C/Users -rw-rw-rw- 1 1648193536 Aug 5 03:52 hiberfil.sys drwxrwxrwx 1 49152 Apr 27 02:35 Logs -rw-rw-rw- 1 1476395008 Aug 5 03:52 pagefile.sys drwxrwxrwx 1 0 Oct 30 2015 PerfLogs drwxrwxrwx 1 4096 Jul 27 06:06 ProgramData drwxrwxrwx 1 4096 Apr 27 02:34 Program Files drwxrwxrwx 1 4096 Oct 30 2015 Program Files (x86) drwxrwxrwx 1 0 Jul 27 06:05 Recovery drwxrwxrwx 1 0 Aug 4 05:58 $Recycle.Bin -rw-rw-rw- 1 268435456 Aug 5 03:52 swapfile.sys drwxrwxrwx 1 4096 Jul 27 04:37 System Volume Information drwxrwxrwx 1 4096 Jul 27 04:55 Users drwxrwxrwx 1 24576 Jul 27 03:07 Windows If the above not enough help to get you where you want to be and you want more, start a separate thread with an appropriate subject line please. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
