[plug] Debian type question

[Adrian Woodley]

Little bit more information needed before I comment:-
    Are you using an internal modem or external?
    Are you sure the serial port works.
    Have you install the ThinkPad kernel modules and corresponding software?

    When I first got my ThinkPad 600E the serial port was faulty. However, I
managed to find a guide on the internet describing how to get the serial working
along side the IR port. Unfortunately I've lost the link, but google or similar
should be able to turn it up.
    To test your serial port, put a null modem between your laptop and another
computer and see if you can send and receive stuff.

    As far as the internal modem goes, my understanding is that most of the
modems supplied by IBM are not supported under linux. However, I haven't
followed up on this so I may be wrong.

Regards,
Adrian Woodley
Diskworld Computer & IT
www.Diskworld.com.au

Australian Linux Conference, Perth 2003
http://conf.linux.org.au


Quoting marks <marks at omninet.net.au>:

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> 
> I have installed Debian (woody) for the first time on a old IBM Think 
> Pad 760. It was less pain full than I expected.
> I gave up on full screen  console but since it runs X quite nicely even 
> that turned out to be no big deal. I really only needed a few tools for 
> testing phone lines picking up mail and so on.
> 
> I have really got to like apt-get its brilliant.
> 
> I figured since I used apt-get to build my system I would already
> have a working dialup.  Not so.   I have been thrashing about trying
> to configure pppd for a user but just cant get it right.
> 
> I have added user to the appropriate groups and poured over the config 
> files.  Used pppdconfig tools to try different set ups all with the same 
> result .User initiated pppd dials up fine but no network.  I've been 
> using Mandrake for a while and must be out of practice.
> 
> Does apt-get call pon in the same way as  $ pppd call isp.
> 
> I notice while apt-get is running user can access the network 
> (web,mail,ftp) fine.  I figure there may be a permissions issue some
> where but I'm stuffed if I can find it.
> 
> Any one recognize this? What's up.
> 
> Apologies for the ramble
> 
> Mark
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