[wellylug] A real newbie needs help - internet connection

[Damon Lynch]

Hi Kadim,

A couple of suggestions from a fellow Mandrake user ;-)

     1. When folks who are using less advanced distributions than
        Mandrake tell you to use the command rpm -i example.rpm, use the
        command urpmi example.rpm instead.  urpmi is a more helpful
        version of rpm, in that it tells you what other RPMs you may
        have to install at the same time.  See also a graphical version
        of the program, rpmdrake.
     2. If you are a member of Mandrake Club, you can get the Mandrake
        packaged RPMs for the modem you are running.  See
        http://www.mandrakeclub.com for details on how to join it.
     3. http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/ is a very handy site for setting
        urpmi's list of package repositories
     4. Likewise, Mandrake Club has a very comprehensive listing of
        mirrors for Mandrake packages, with many more listings than can
        be found at http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/
     5. You can also get help from fellow Mandrake users at Mandrake
        Club, in the forums sections.

Best wishes,
Damon

On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 12:53, kadim martana wrote:
> I've just went through Mr. Carr suggestion:
>  
> 1. Checking the modem: it is a HSF 56k HSFi Modem; the kernel of
> mandrake is 2.4.21-0.13mdk. Downloaded the hsflinmodem driver from
> linuxant for the corespond kernel.
>  
> 2. I renamed the driver into "hsflinmodem.rpm" burned into cd (doing
> that under windows).
>  
> Try to install the driver ;Turn on my mandrake; Going to Mandrake
> Control Center
>  
> 3 Open the Console (Is it similar as the terminal? )
>  
> 4.On the localhost...  type su -
> it says local host/root (forget..) and try to type .. 
> cd rpm -i hsfmodem driver etc.  ...finally all failed..
>  
> I'm wandering whether:
>  
> 1. Steps 1 or 2 is wrong 
> 2. Mr Carr (or anyone else), please provide me with more details on
> step 4
>  
> 3. Regarding this..."Buy a proper 56K hardware external modem - you'll
> remember the quality long after the price...!", what sort of modem
> suggested?
>  
> Many thanks,
> Kadim
> 
>  
> Jonathan Harker <jharker at massey.ac.nz> wrote:
>         Jethro Carr wrote:
>         
>         > On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 22:38, kadim martana wrote:
>         > 
>         >> /Just joined the list and needs help on internet connection
>         with 
>         >> mandrake 9.1.
>         >> My modem is Puretek PT 3525 voice modem (internal modem)
>         v92 conexant 
>         >> chipset, data fax voice, vice speakerphone function,
>         internal PCI 
>         >> modem card (it says so on the box)./ 
>         > 
>         > Did you install the conexant winmodem drivers?
>         > If not use the command lspci to find out if your modem is
>         HSF or HCF.
>         > You can then go to:
>         > http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/
>         > to download a rpm for mandrake 9.1.
>         
>         Buy a proper 56K hardware external modem - you'll remember the
>         quality long 
>         after the price...!
>         
>         Cheers,
>         Jonathan
>         
>         
>         
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