Re: gui for broadband

2005-01-03 Thread Stephen Cormier
On January 3, 2005 11:05 pm, jianan wrote: > Hi, > > Just after sending you the last msg, I discovered that I had keyed in > mpq instead of mpg. Due to my choice of font, the curve of the 'g' > disappears after being underlined. I'm so sorry. > > Upon re-trying 'apt-get install' I now have a depend

Re: Re: gui for broadband

2005-01-03 Thread jianan
Hi, Just after sending you the last msg, I discovered that I had keyed in mpq instead of mpg. Due to my choice of font, the curve of the 'g' disappears after being underlined. I'm so sorry. Upon re-trying 'apt-get install' I now have a dependency problem as follows: The following packages hav

Re: Re: gui for broadband

2005-01-03 Thread jianan
Forgot to mention that I have also tried the dpkg approach i.e. go to the site to download the latest version .deb file and do 'dpkg -i' but ran into dependencies problems. 'apt-get install' is still the best method. I have checked through Debian list of non-US mirror sites but the one you re

Re: Re: gui for broadband

2005-01-03 Thread jianan
Hi, I too find Mr. Johnson unreasonable. I don't knowhis motive. He expects users to be technically precise and accurate on questions raised. I don't have to be an expert in broadband services and devices to ask a question about the availability of a gui for a broadband connection. Most users a

Re: Re: gui for broadband

2005-01-03 Thread jianan
Hi, No luck here. I've checked and re-checked my source list entry to the dot. I am able to access www.mpe.mpq.de with my browser. It's the Max-Planck-Institut. But 'apt-get' just cannot resolve that address. I'll put a question to the debian-user list on this. Thanks, you have been most help.

Re: gui for broadband

2005-01-03 Thread Achim Woessner
On Monday 03 January 2005 14:53, jianan wrote: > Hi, > I was able to access the webpage but it's address was not accepted as a > valid source list by 'apt-get install'. It could not resolve > 'www.mpe.mpq.de'. Is there other site to try? I've scanned through the > relevant Debian site but knemo

Re: gui for broadband

2005-01-03 Thread Ruth A. Kramer
Paul Johnson wrote: > On Saturday 01 January 2005 07:31 pm, jianan wrote: > > Is there a gui for broadband user to connect, monitor bytes > > transferred, duration of connection, disconnection, etc. ? > > No. Broadband isn't a kind of network interface. Hmm, don

Re: Re: gui for broadband

2005-01-03 Thread jianan
Hi, I was able to access the webpage but it's address was not accepted as a valid source list by 'apt-get install'. It could not resolve 'www.mpe.mpq.de'. Is there other site to try? I've scanned through the relevant Debian site but knemo is not there. Cheers Jiianan

Re: gui for broadband

2005-01-03 Thread Achim Woessner
On Monday 03 January 2005 02:55, jianan wrote: > Thanks for the info. Unfortunately there's only a download for SID and I'm > running SARGE. Hi. You maybe just want to add deb http://www.mpe.mpg.de/~ach/debian/sarge ./ into your /etc/apt/sources.list and apt-get install knemo. After you have r

Re: gui for broadband

2005-01-03 Thread Caveman
Very interesting, I never knew about this app. Caveman On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 22:55:36 -0800, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 01 January 2005 07:31 pm, jianan wrote: > > Is there a gui for broadband user to connect, monitor bytes > > transferred, d

Re: gui for broadband

2005-01-03 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 01 January 2005 07:31 pm, jianan wrote: > Is there a gui for broadband user to connect, monitor bytes > transferred, duration of connection, disconnection, etc. ? No. Broadband isn't a kind of network interface. Ask smarter questions, get smarter answers. -- Paul Joh

Re: Re: gui for broadband

2005-01-02 Thread jianan
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately there's only a download for SID and I'm running SARGE. Jianan

Re: gui for broadband

2005-01-02 Thread Achim Woessner
On Sunday 02 January 2005 04:31, jianan wrote: > Is there a gui for broadband user to connect, monitor bytes transferred, > duration of connection, disconnection, etc. ? Hi. Yes there is such a tool. You could have a look on http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=12956. It do

gui for broadband

2005-01-01 Thread jianan
Is there a gui for broadband user to connect, monitor bytes transferred, duration of connection, disconnection, etc. ?