Re: turning your computer off

1999-10-17 Thread Samuel Varghese
you can turn it off by merely typing in the word "halt" when you are logged in as root. wait for the words "power down" to appear and then turn off your computer. sam On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Dean wrote: > Hi Jeff, > I'm rather new also, but in order to use you will > have to > enter that into so

Re: ppp not working

1999-10-16 Thread Samuel Varghese
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, John Hasler wrote: > Samuel Varghese writes: > > i am new to debian but have managed to get a working set-up using 2.1. > > however, i am unable to connect to the net. when i try to invoke ppp, i > > get a message saying that there is no pppd module.

Re: ppp not working

1999-10-16 Thread Samuel Varghese
the daemon. > As root, issue the command: updatedb > then enter : locate pppd > and see what comes up. > > "Keith G. Murphy" wrote: > > > > Samuel Varghese wrote: > > > > > > i am new to debian but have managed to get a working set-up using 2.

Re: ppp not working

1999-10-16 Thread Samuel Varghese
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > Samuel Varghese wrote: > > > > i am new to debian but have managed to get a working set-up using 2.1. > > however, i am unable to connect to the net. when i try to invoke ppp, i get > > a > > message saying that ther

Re: ppp not working

1999-10-16 Thread Samuel Varghese
the answer to both your questions is yes. sam On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, W. Paul Mills wrote: > Make sure "ppp" is in your "/etc/modules" file. > Also make sure the module exists -- "/lib/modules/2.?.??/net/ppp.o" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Samuel Varghese)

ppp not working

1999-10-15 Thread Samuel Varghese
i am new to debian but have managed to get a working set-up using 2.1. however, i am unable to connect to the net. when i try to invoke ppp, i get a message saying that there is no pppd module. what do i do? at what stage in the install is the ppp module loaded? i thought that this was an integral