Modem problem
I just got a new computer and loaded Debian on it. I've managed to switch modems (it came with a winmodem) and after about a week of struggle managed to get it to log on to my ISP...and now I know why it was so difficult. My modem/computer only seems to be getting the first 10-20 characters of whatever gets sent by the ISP and then hangs. I can force it to go on by pressing/sending a return (which is how I finally managed to log on), but I can't get it to start PPP or get anything to run on a shell account. Any ideas? Hilary Hilary L. Hertzoff From here to there, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a bunny go where a bunny must. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Little Bunny on the Move by Peter McCarty
Questions from a new debian user
I've looked in through the documentation until my eyes blurred and I haven't been able to find the answers to these rather basic questions. 1. Is there a way to exit X without halting the computer? The methods I've tried have either shut down the computer correctly or brought me back to the X login prompts. 2. I downloaded a file from the internet through lynx for the browser I used to use in Windoze. Now I can't find the file. Where would lynx have dropped it. 3. When I find the file how do I install it? It's in .tar.gz format rather than .deb and the explanations I've found are a bit confusing and assume a little more Linux knowledge than I've acquired yet (three weeks and counting)... I've found the list very helpful and have been saving messages explaining things I expect to need in the future. Thanks, Hilary Hilary L. Hertzoff From here to there, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a bunny goes where a bunny must. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Little Bunny on the Move by Peter McCarty
Re: Questions from a new debian user
Thanks everyone. Eventually I'm going to remove xdm from the startup script, but I'm finding it handy while I'm learning the system to use the windows until I feel comfortable using other ways to get around the system. The reason I asked about leaving it was because I read somewhere that it was better not to upgrade with X running. The browser I'd been using is Opera and if I had been able to find a .deb version I would have used it. I'm not sure what I'll find when I unzip it; the Opera website was unhelpful and I haven't gotten a newsreader set up yet to read the Opera/Linux newsgroup for tips. And thanks again for answering my questions so quickly. I've just read so much documentation lately that if I never see another man page or HOWTO it will be way too soon. Hilary Hilary L. Hertzoff From here to there, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a bunny goes where a bunny must. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Little Bunny on the Move by Peter McCarty
Looking for a good mail program
As a rule I'm very happy reading my mail in Pine through a shell account. However occasionally I receive an attachment that I need to use another program to view. Can somebody recommend a good mail program similar to pine that can handle attachments? I don't want anything too fancy. Also do I need a separate program to fetch my mail off the server and if so which do you recommend? Having all of the software available in the Debian distribution is lovely but I'm finding it difficult to choose from several different programs that do the same thing, especially since the names don't usually mean anything to me. Thanks, Hilary Hilary L. Hertzoff From here to there, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a bunny goes where a bunny must. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Little Bunny on the Move by Peter McCarty
