On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 05:20:02AM +0300, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Thank you very much! > I have another question, maybe a little complicated. > I would like to install my internal modem on the Linux machine. > I guess I will need Linux drivers for it and I will search for it, but: > 1. If I won't have a readme file about how to install the driver, how should > I do it? Internal modem is treated as a modem connected to serial port assuming it's not winmodem. Winmodems are a beast of special breed that causes problems to most linux users. > 2. If I won't find a driver, can I make something to be able to use the > modem, to install something like a standard driver that could work with more > modems, etc? You won't need special driver since Linux uses generic drivers for serial port connection. Depending on your PC configuration, modem is one of the 4 serial ports. In linux world all devices have to have an entry under directory /dev. Serail ports are named ttyS0, ttyS1, etc. There are other names also but this should work in most cases. Most of the time you will have a link named modem to a serial port device. I used to have a modem with IRQ 15 as a serial port 3 in old days so I had to make a link between /dev/ttyS2 to /dev/modem. It's possible that the default link for modem is to ttyS0. To test the connection I used programs minicom and kermit. Kermit is not completely free like other open source software so you won't find it on Redhat CDs. There is also a tool for serial port manipulation and configuration called setserial. It allows you to change serial port parameters like speed, parity, stop bits, etc. > 3. If I can't do anything to make it work, is it possible to use the > internet if I have 2 computers in a network, one with Linux and one with > Windows 2k, and the computer with Win 2k has a modem installed? That's possible but most of us would rather do it the other way around. As said before, if it's not winmodem you are better off using linux for modem connection to the net. It's possible to set it up so that it redials if the connection is lost for some reason. Good luck, > I want to connect from Windows, if it is not possible from Linux but the web > server I want to test (Apache) is under Linux. > > Thank you! > > > Teddy, > orasnita@home.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rafael Skodlar" <raffi@linwin.com> > To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 12:15 AM > Subject: Re: Installing lynx > > > On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 10:40:38AM -0400, lobap@adaptech.net wrote: > > Hi: > > Hane a look at your first cd under RedHat/RPMS. > > The command: > > rpm -Uvh lynx*.* > > should work. > > > > Another suggestion will be to join blinux-newbie mailing list, guys on > > this list don't like too simple question. :-) > > Not true. I do not mind newbie questions, just don't like spam or > completely unrelated questions. > > The file under Redhat 7.2 you are looking for is lynx-2.8.4-17.i386.rpm. > It's on a second disk. Assuming you mounted cdrom under /mnt/cdrom you > need to do the following > > rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/lynx-2.8.4-17.i386.rpm > > to install the application. If it's an upgrade then you follow the > instruction mentioned previously. Also, there is a program called rpmfind > which helps you find rpms over the net. You may want to install that one > too, rpmfind-1.7-2.i386.rpm. > > If there are problems with dependencies then you need to install whatever > else is needed. For new Linux users I strongly recommend to install > everything to prevent from problems with chasing files and their > dependencies. That's much easier in Debian but that one has other problems > which make it just as bad as Redhat or any other distribution. Too much > automation can hurt you too. > > > > > Hope it helps, > > Pawel. > > On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, > > Octavian Rasnita wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Please tell me how to install lynx. > > > I think it should be on my Red Hat 7.2 CD's. > > > If it is not there, where can I download it? > > > > > > Thank you. > > Good luck, > > -- > Rafael > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Rafael *** Microsoft is to free computer use *** *** as Teleban is to the freedom of women. ***