Have you tried pppd? Are you using a win modem with Linux drivers, or a hardware modem? Let us know some more, and maybe we can help. Also, Scott and I have said this many a time on the list. Read the using the samba book if you really want to learn about samba and if you have time to read once in a while. The book is some what enjoyable, and it is an easy read. If you're interested, e-mail me privately, And I'll send you the 5 mb zip file (if you can recieve attachments that big). If you can't recieve files that big, I can tell you where to get it from. Greg P.S. You will never get to understand and dare I say appreciate the buty of Linux as a real os until You've decided to fully plung into it. I used to feel about it just like you, until I decided to try not to use windows for a week, and find Linux solutions for my everday tasks. That choice did wonders for me in the end, and I have never regretted it. The only things Ireboot into Windows for is openbook ruby and weatherbug. Once you get used to Linux, you will dread every reboot into windows. Someone please correct me on the last statement if I'm at all wrong. P.S.2 Is there a weatherbug console application for Linux? If so, then please let me know where I can get it from. I've looked on their sight, but the only thing they have is the windows binary. On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 08:22:41PM -0400, Thomas D. Ward wrote: > Hi, Janina and all. Well, I wasn't going to get into this, but I'll explain > why my Linux computer wasn't networked, and also had the modem taken out. > I've never mastered the operating system, and have never gotten the OS > completely working to my satisfaction. > I've tried just about every dialer and none have been able to get me on the > net. One I've been working with is wvdial, and it will dial, run ppp, and > then freeze solid. > I have tried getting Samba going, butTCIP and home networking can be > extremely confusing. > Thus I keep Linux around to fool with, but I have never intended making it > my primary operating system until X-Windows is accessable, I can scan books, > and actually get my ISP to work. I've tried two ISP's and neither would work > properly. > So I have to solve many problems before I can even aquire the CVS patches. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
