Hi, Thanks for the wvdial tip. I've successfully been using pon and poff so far (like three hours) but I'll keep this note around for future reference.
And, yes, I know all about the "man" and "info" docs as well as the HOWTO stuff. The problem is figuring out what to look up. Like I've been using Linux (first Slackware and then RH) for over five years now but have never used or even heard of 'pon' 'poff' or 'wvdial' prior to my move to Debian (the day before yesterday). What in the world would make me enter "info pon" if I had never heard of 'pon?' I did see a brief reference somewhere (the Debian Installation Guide? some script during the installation process? wherever?) which said to read the diald HOWTO and I haven't yet done that, but I'll be amazed if it suggests 'pon' 'poff' or 'wvdial.' (I'll be glad to publicly apologize to the author[s] if it does, if that's what s/he wants.) btw, I've got most everything working just fine, and I thank everyone who helped me and also all who encouraged me to move to Debian. Maury w trillich wrote: > Maury Merkin wrote: > > [3] What command will I use to dial-in to my ISP? Ditto for hang up? > > How do I set it up so that my user (again, not "root") can dial and > > disconnect? > > once my ppp/isp connection was set up i use > (i can smell the flames a-comin'): > > wvdial & > > it lovingly redials if the link goes down. > > to bring the link down and keep it down, i > > fg # bring wvdial back to the foreground > ^C # control-C to organizedly cut the link > > check the manpage for info. > > (i.e. i had plenty-o-conniptions with pon and poff, but no trouble > at all with wvdial.) > > there's more than one way, right, folks? > > ==== > > you'll find, if you haven't already, that debian stuff is > documented heavily using "info"; there's also lots under > /usr/share/doc including .../HOTWO and .../HTML. > > not that any of that makes the answers to the question-at-hand > easier to find... > > :)
