On 22-Apr-98 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have read this thread with some dismay. I am a home user, retired on a
> fixed income and have just bought the RH5.0 cd. My main OS is OS/2 which
> I
> have been using since v2.0. I need a non windross alternative OS since
> IBM
> are not interested in SOHO users.
<SNIP>
> Now I find that not only is my version about to be out of date but that
> it
> appears to be full of bugs which I need to download fixes for. Since we
> have to pay for local calls in the UK this could be an fairly expensive
> project.
>
> I appreciate that unix is primarily a network oriented system and much of
> the discussion on this group seems to involve the problems of getting
> things working on mixed networks of Macs, NT and unix kit. As a home user
> with dial-up access to the Internet a lot of this is (probably)
> irrelevant
> to my needs. What I want is a simple means of setting up access to my ISP
> from Linux. In OS/2 I use a dialler and a mail reader. Each of these has
> a
> simple setup with tabbed pages for inputting the relatively few details
> need to dial and provide login/password details. The dialler loads
> Netscape and my mail reader once a connection is established.
>
> Is it impossible to have a simple setup like this in unix? Or can it only
> be done by using a complicated sytem of config files. Do I need sendmail,
> fetchmail, pine, minicom etc etc. I started using computers with CP/M and
> Dos so am not averse to using the command line and textual pgms but would
> prefer to use X. I like the 'look and feel' of KDE.
>
> So what it comes down to is:
>
> 1. What are the essential bug fixes I need for RH5.0. running as a
> stand-alone system
>
> 2. Will I need to recompile the kernal as I have not installed GCC or the
> source code needed for re-compilation.
>
> 3. Is there a simple installation of an Internet connection using just a
> dialler/newsreader/NS combination. I have read the various Howto's and
> have not yet been able to get a connection working.
Most of what you need here can be handled by:
1. EzPPP or XISP (dialer)
2. Netscape Communicator (browser, mailer) or Netscape Navigator
(browser) and something like XFmail (mail)
The Communicator and Navigator are both on the RH5.0 CD. XFmail can be
found easily, possibly even an RPM in the /contrib directory at
ftp.redhat.com.
> 4. If I do have to configure the various pgms 'by hand' can someone
> advise
> me what initialisation strings are need for my USR Sportster Voice 33600
> modem (it is NOT the similar WinModem) In OS/2 the first init string is
> AT&F and the second is AT&D2&C1X4V1Q0S7=70&M4&H1&B1&R2. Does this convert
> directly into unix-speak?
Can't answer all of this one but, you will need to set a few permissions to
set a user (a requirement to send mail to this ML and a wise thing to do
anyway) in order to use XISP or EzPPP and possibly XFmail (don't recall
here). An easy prospect to perform as long as you're careful not to set the
wrong permissions on the wrong files.
The init string is not within my realm.
> 5. When connecting to my ISP I have a login ID in the format a00b0000,
> but
> my email name is different to this. Do I have to set up a user on my
> system as a00b000 rather than my email name and use some sort of aliasing
> to get my email name used?
No. I have 2 users (both me) and root, all of which can use the same email
address, mailer, browser, dialers, etc. Only one is the same name as the
email and login name.
> Lots of questions I know but I do want to get a fully functionind Linux
> systems set up so that I do not have to switch back to OS/2 in order to
> browse the web or email. I can set up a different email address for Linux
> so as to separate my OS/2 mail from Linux mail.
Not a problem. As I regularly say, if I can learn this esoteric stuff
anybody who can read and think should be able to.
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