Having finally got what I thought was a working box, I can't dial out. Whichever method I use, I either can't connect to my ISP or the connection is refused by my box. I type 'pon', having set up ppp in the normal Debian way. Nothing happens. I'll go back into it to try to find the log message. I can dial out with kppp, but as soon as I'm connected pppd dies, with the message 'cannot obtain a password for this IP address'. Obviously I can't get a password from my ISP and I've searched everywhere to try to find out which file it's in.
I attempted to add a pppuser account, in the hope that would solve the problem. But I got a segmentation fault so that didn't work. Finally, I have Woody with the vanilla kernel. I installed from DVD, seemed easier than seven cds. But when I try to add packages using dselect it exits with a 'unknown fs type' error. IsO is supported, I can read from the drive. Would the compact kernel provide better support for a cd-writer and a dvd drive? The DVD was recognised and added to fstab automatically, although I did have to specify it was on /dev/hdd first, but the cd-rw drive I had to manually enter in fstab. As cd-writers use scsi emulation, could I have problems there. I apologise for showering this list with questions. I'm not coming straight from a microsoft environment, but I have become accustomed to Mandrake, which does most configurations automatically and normally detects hardware and adds kernel modules with no problems. I haven't had a linux box that didn't 'run out of the box' since Mandrake 7.0 which had so many problems with my then graphics card I became an x windows set-up expert. Oh well, solving problems is the best way to learn. I've only installed Woody three times so far, and didn't get it to run until the last installation. But without being able to reach my ISP (plain modem dial-up, nothing else available) it's not much use. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
