Hello!
Right.
I'm using Debian SID with a 2.4.17-r5 (Gentoo low latency patch) on an old
Compaq Professional Workstation 5000 (2xPentium Pro 250kb, 128 MB EDO PARITY
RAM, 2x 2.2 SCSI drives). For everyday stuff I have a celeron 333 system
with a GeForce and shed loads of SDRAM running Windows98 [tweaked to fook].
Just lately I've been seperated from my broadband connection (graduated uni
now alas) and have all but given up on debian using 56k dialup. Bah! Without
access to ISO's and/or net-installation and facing the prospect of waiting
2hrs to download 10 meg from US mirrors (European SID mirrors being a waste
of time entirely in my experience) Debian and the likes of KDE 3 are fast
becommming distant memories.
Anyway .. I recently discovered an old Toshiba T2130CT laptop (80486 75mhz,
8mb ram, 500meg HD)with a smashed screen. Using an old 17" monitor I have
been able to get output and its fast become an obsession - can I get LINUX
on this old thing, will X run, will it even do PPP using a PCMCIA device
etc.
Only 7 months since I first started the LINUX adventure I'm just not
technically skilled enough to resolve the problems I'm having on my own ...
On one hand I have managed to succesfully install Debian potato from 17
floppies .. on the other .. I'm having terrible problems with PPP trying to
get a connection to my Freeserve dial-up account.
I'm posting in the hope that someone on this list can help me get up and
running.
As things stand I have entered all the correct into pppconfig, loaded all
PCMCIA modules and PPP modules .. and run
# PON.
The box then blasts out a dial-tone .. and does absolutely no dialing before
the tone goes into replace reciever whine.
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong - having never tried PPP in LINUX before.
Nobody on IRC gives a shit and I'm consistently ignored or patronized on the
#debian channel. All those Americans to whom dialup is an ancient memory. :)
I thought after reading a post that I was entering the wrong command .. that
I needed to specify the 'provider' as I had titled it during pppconfig:
#pon Freeserve
That didnt even pick up the phone (so to speak) but bombed with the
following PLOG error:
'Connect script failed'
'Exit'
I'm guessing thats something to do with my config/setup. Perhaps I'm
inadvertedly pointing the connect script at my serial mouse or something.
Anyway there is no modem activity at all with the provider specified ...
Which leads me back to the defaults. Which at least pick up the phone.
I appreciate the need for more detailed technical info if I'm to get this
solved so please if you can help me just ask and I'll supply!
Anyway, new to the list. Look forward to meeting some of you at the next
meet.
Lorc.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nottingham@lists.lug.org.uk
[mailto:owner-nottingham@lists.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Andy Davidson
Sent: 15 June 2002 21:17
To: nottingham@lists.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [nottingham] Xinit Boxes
Replying to a mail sent almost a month ago...
On Wednesday 22 May 2002 13:19, Paul Sladen wrote:
> > I have been reviewing a Mako cluster from Xinit Systems. Overall I was
> > pretty inpressed with the unit but would be interested to hear from
> > others using them in a commercial setting, environment, what-have-you.
> I've never brought a cluster off them, but I did a rather natty and quite
> neat T-Shirt-in-a-soapbar that you chuck into water in a emergency and it
> springs out into a full (it not rather wet) item of clothing.
It's Xinit which have donated the hardware for the new lug.org.uk box, so if
you do buy anything from them, make sure you give the LUGs a mention. ;-)
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