On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Marvin Stodolsky wrote:
RE: bash: $: command not found
Linux puts much more power in the User's hands than is available under
the rigidity of Microsoft. But there are few very elementary thinks
one must learn, to use the command console. These are provided in
the first chapter of any book on Linux such as:
http://www.dsl.org/cookbook/
Looks like a path isn't set. The 'path' is where you find your commands, that
is, programs and utilities. You can try entering at the command prompt:
export PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin"
Here looks like a good beginning guide for Linux:
http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/
You also might want to look at http://www.linuxquestions.org/ There are alot
of forums there: new users, distro specific, networking, wireless, kernel,
etc. They have a large user base.
Unfortunately, setting up a modem and PPP connection is one of the hardest
things a new user is likely to have to do in Linux and it is often one of the
first things that must be done.
Check if any modem is detected by:
# vwdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
I suspect there will be a failure.
Because the modem that is recognized is a
Communication controller: Conexant
with a PCI ID 14f1:2f12, an HSF type
even though it may carry a US Robotics label.
I think I saw those in a parts computer I picked up. It's a PCI modem with "US
Robotics" written on the metal part you plug the phone line into.
ID 0951:1603 Kingston Technology Data Traveler 1GB/2GB Pen Drive
If you have to move files from a computer that is Internet connected to one
that is not, you can use this to load files from the connected computer then
transer them to the unconnected one. I have one of these, and do that to make
use of my friend's fast cable modem connection.
hsfmodem-7.68.00.12full-1.i386.rpm.zip
and i dont know how to compile using
gcc-4.3
make
kernel-source-2.6.25.5-1.1-pae
Once you have those things installed (if I remember correctly from when I did
this on my other machine), I think you just install the
hsfmodem-7.68.00.12full-1.i386.rpm.zip file and it does the rest. You don't
actually need to start the compiler itself, nor the make utility itself.
Something like:
(set the PATH first, as above. You can check it with 'echo $PATH')
cd /place/you/put/the/file
unzip hsfmodem-7.68.00.12full-1.i386.rpm.zip
rpm --nodeps --install hsfmodem-7.68.00.12full-1.i386.rpm
i will test and adsl modem and if i could not get answer i am gonna forget
about linux and suse11
it can recognize my old TVM itself and con not recognize the modem!
That is because what is usually called a "modem" isn't really a full, working
modem at all, but a short cut to a modem with the equivilant of the brain
removed. They are made *specifically* for Windows, and not intended to be used
on Linux. Windows provides the missing parts. On Linux, you have to find those
missing parts, if you wish to make something work that isn't meant to work
under Linux.
the windows with viruses and internet is better than suse 11 without viruses
and internet!
For some it may be. It depends on what you want to do with and get out of your
computer.
About 6 years ago, I was on Windows ME and I got really very fustrated and
tired of blue screens, lock-ups, crashes when I used more than a couple
programs at once, Microsoft rooting through my machine when it wanted to via
WindowsUpdate, viruses, spyware, adware, and other people being able to
control & run whatever they wanted to on my computer, since all Windows is
binaries that you have no real idea what they are doing. I was sick of having
my nose twisted by some EULA that said I didn't own even what I just paid for
and installed on my own computer, and that they could, at any time and over
the Internet, change, "update" (read: install adware), or disable it
altogether. Programs that had no business networking quietly opened Internet
connections to who-knows-where when they were started.
So I used Star Downloader and downloaded (what I thought) was a complete
Slackware install of Linux. Window's desktop locked after about the first day,
but the program kept downloading. It took over a week at dial-up speeds. Then
I burned it to CD, Format C:, and hoped for the best. The install did not go
well, and I had to learn 'vi' on the spot, as well as what was an 'fstab', and
how to write out basic files in /etc/*. Then I found I had a Windows-only
modem like we all talk about here. With no way to get it working with no
files, I was forced to re-install Windows ME, download more stuff, the
rest of Slackware, then Format C:, re-install Slackware again.
Setting up a PPP link was hard, and I was very much a newbie. I went to Usenet
for help, and for the most part they were not nice - no where near as helpful
as this group here. (Check my old Usenet posts for a real laugh). No dual
boot, because I wanted to be forced to learn Linux and ditch Windows once and
for all. It took about a month before I was at basic skill level. After a few
years I parted ways with Slackware over a few issues and now
build/upgrade/maintain my own Linux: built from sources like I want it. So,
from complete know-nothing to own Linux...
Sorry to take up so much space, but the point I wanted to make is, everyone
starts off at the bottom. If you want to get to a higher level, you have to
climb upwards. Now I can do things that were difficult or impossible under
Windows, not to mention the thousands of dollars in software that I'd have had
to pay for if it was Windows. When some virus, trojan, or 'latest threat'
comes along, I don't have to worry.
