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post #41 of 62
10/13/03 at 1:49am
have you tried wvdial? maybe the symlinks are bad?
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post #42 of 62
10/13/03 at 2:02am

wvdial

no i have not...and im not familiar with simlinks..
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post #43 of 62
10/13/03 at 2:10am

also

I should have no prob with Kppp. Gs, what are you using? this is sooo frustrating. I believe it has something to do with my modem. And no, its not a winmodem (i have a 5660) and everyone else seems to be getting on the net with no problems...this is sooo frustrating...it should be a very simple process. everythings filled in, dynamic ip, dns, phone number (to call pc), the thing is, i dont even get to this point, it just says "modem initializing". What the hell?????
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post #44 of 62
10/13/03 at 3:54am

CRAZY!!!

This is insane...

I just reboot my system into Redhat and without warning the damn touchpad starts working!!!!????!!!!

Its not working very well mind...sorta jumps around...but its working!!!! And the best thing is...I didnt do anything about it...didnt even care about it...didnt want it to work..annoyingest piece of **** hardware these touchpads...
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post #45 of 62
10/13/03 at 12:22pm

well

I guess we just have to wait untill laclasse comes back....i just want to get on the net..WITH my mandrake...
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post #46 of 62
10/13/03 at 2:08pm
Symlinks are basically shortcuts, but rather than just being a redirection, they pretend they are the actual file, i.e. you couldn't open a shortbut in notepad, you would just get the shortcuts info, but if you opened a symlink in Linux it would open as if it was the actual file it was symlinked too.

Useful when you need the same file in multiple places, as it doesn't take up any space.

NS
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post #47 of 62
10/13/03 at 3:45pm

im

going to try kwvdial..now...i have it downloaded, and are there any dependencies or is that it? i hope it is..
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post #48 of 62
10/13/03 at 3:54pm
Have you tried minicom? It'll let you talk directly to the modem...
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post #49 of 62
10/13/03 at 4:10pm

no i havent

umm...not yet. Ill prolly get it. Ill frist need to check to see if its already installed.

whats the command?

Rpm -q minicom?

or is it even in an rpm form?
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post #50 of 62
10/13/03 at 4:23pm
locate minicom

The 'locate' command is your friend! I'll bet it's already installed...
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post #51 of 62
10/13/03 at 5:11pm
Type

updatedb

before you run locate otherwise the search database may be a bit old.

NS
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post #52 of 62
10/13/03 at 5:54pm

thanx

for the commands...the whereis command is one i use too
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post #53 of 62
10/15/03 at 12:37pm
Thread Starter 

Modem

Icefluxx : Modem on the 5660 isn't a winmodem ? I thought it was. Haven't looked at all into making the modem work on my 5660, but hey if ya still desperate for it, post a note here and i'll have a look for ya.

Hope that helps.
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post #54 of 62
10/15/03 at 12:58pm

Oh HELL YEAH PLEASE!!

Yeah man, im friggin desperate. I can double check, but it may be, i may be wrong. All i can say is it stays in the "modem initializing" when i use kppp. And its frustrating cuz i set it up properly. Name pass, dial number, dns servers....
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post #55 of 62
10/16/03 at 9:48am
Thread Starter 

lspci

IceFluxx, please post here the ouput of lspci as root for me, thks.

# lspci [enter]
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post #56 of 62
10/17/03 at 1:27am

here it is

[root@localhost icefluxx]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 11)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 11)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 42)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM SMBus (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4c66 (rev 01)
02:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394 Controller (PHY/Link) 1394a-2000
02:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C (rev 10)
02:07.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc: Unknown device 1410
02:0a.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 50)
02:0a.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 50)
02:0a.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51)
[root@localhost icefluxx]#

and i do have minicom
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post #57 of 62
10/17/03 at 1:55am
ok do you have the smart link driver I linked to earlier.
That matches my lspci for the modem. I checked my /dev and I am using ttySL0 as the modem. minicom works fine.
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post #58 of 62
10/17/03 at 4:19pm

okay

ill work with the minicom then. ill do some searches on it since im not familiar with its capabilities and how to actually connect.
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post #59 of 62
10/17/03 at 10:36pm
just check your dialer and make sure that it is pointing at ttySL0 and that you have the modem drivers compiled in.
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post #60 of 62
10/18/03 at 3:11pm

modem drivers

modem drivers? Ummm...would they be in by default (drake nine)?
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