On Sunday 16 June 2002 21:38, John Gavin wrote:
> 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.
I don't like using 486s ever. That's why there are two under this desk which
aren't plugged in. On the other hand, they are useful for some jobs, perhaps
hosting mail accounts for four or five people who live together ? I just
think trying to use X on them will be more frustrating than anything.
I can think of a few people on this list who will string me up for saying
this. Skipdivers.
> 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.
You say this is a Debian box -- run in one vt :
tail -f /var/log/syslog
then in another VT run pon. Read the syslog -- what does it say before the
phone hangs up ? I am guessing that it isn't detecting the dial tone,
insanely...
If it is, the /etc/chatscripts/provider file will have a line starting ABORT.
Take out of that line, where it says 'NO DIALTONE'. If you can hear a dial
tone, then there clearly is one.
If it's dying for another reason, tell us what it is. ;-)
> #pon Freeserve
> That didnt even pick up the phone (so to speak) but bombed with the
> following PLOG error:
> 'Connect script failed'
> 'Exit'
Is the connection script called 'Freeserve' or 'freeserve' ? It *is* case
sensitive, and what you're seeing is broadly in line with what you will see
if you type the wrong case (basically, it'll mean the incorrectly capitalised
file is not found)
Again, because this is a Debian box, I can help you with a shortcut -- did
you create the files using the 'pppconfig' tool ? It's a lot easier than
handling the files manually. 'apt-get install pppconfig' and then just run
'pppconfig'. It will create the pppd configuration files for you, based on
your responses to a few questions.
Hope this makes sense. Proofreading before sending will be pointless, thanks
to an indulgence this evening in some Australian Chardonnay.
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