[JoeTheOdd]

I recently installed Slackware 10.0 on this computer on a second harddrive partition. I like it a lot, except I cannot configure PPP, and since I use dial up, I can't connect to the internet.

I've been trying to set it up using pppsetup from both the command line and xterm. I'm not sure if I got the nameserver IP address right, but that wouldn't matter until I try to resolve a domain name, right?

Could someone point me to an easier utility (I can download something in Windows and access it from /fat-c, no problem), or give me an easy walkthrough for setting up Netscape.net internet service with Slackware?

Thanks ahead of time.

[horndude]

whats it doing or not doing, what kind of issues is it having?

does your modem work?

KDE and Gnome both have setup utilities, KDE's is kppp, dont remember what gnome's is

[JoeTheOdd]

Ah, it always just says something about the ppp script failing. Thank you so much for the fast reply. I didn't expect one until tomorrow, this being so late at night. I'll reboot to linux right now and try.

EDIT: I'm not sure of your stance on double posting, but I figured I should edit because you probably don't want double posts.

I got kppp configured, but when it came time to dial up, it said that my modem was busy. I was just wondering.. how does a modem get busy with absolutely nothing using it? An after thought was that one of my daemon's was holding it hostage, so how exactly can I disable these (Slackware setup, configuration step?) to see if its them?

[horndude]

well here's a quick overview
dial up script needs:
isp phone number
username
password
modem device(usually a com port-->/dev/cua0 for example

modem itself needs to work and have appropriate drivers if needed
some modems also need an initialization code to dial up, often its "atdt", and thats often part of the script

once a connection is established a daemon called pppd starts and maintains the connection

as I recall the pppsetup script usually works ok in slackware,some isp's need specific things, have no clue what netscape wants, check their website

slackware has a manual at slackware.com, and there may be docs in your /usr/docs directory

also, http://www.tldp.org has how to's, without more info about exactly whats is or isnt happening I cant help you much

[horndude]

ok, if modem is busy are you using the right init code?Are you having the right device being used?----->does script point to correct device?

Does the modem make any noise--->can you hear it pick up and dial at all, is it recognized by your hardware?

[JoeTheOdd]

I don't have any drivers installed for anything, but aparently Slackware doesn't require any (IIRC, their website didn't mention any).

My modem is on COM3 in Windows. Whats the Linux equivalent?

The modem doesn't make any noise when I try to use it in Slackware, but it does in Windows.

The modem works just fine in Windows, and its what I'm using right now.

The Netscape website left me in the dust, because they only support Windows. (Lazy people!)

Thanks for all your help in getting my computer working. I've wanted to switch to Linux and I have a feeling I'm gonna get it working real soon. Its probably me being stupid and setting the modem to something incredibly dumb. Again, its on COM3, but I don't know Slack's equivalance.

[horndude]

you can use a terminal or console and find out some things:
ps x will show running processes, like if pppd is running for example
lspci will show pci hardware so you can make sure youve got the modem recognized by the kernel
lsmod will show any modules present if it uses one

modem has to work, thats the first step
getting it to dial out is the next

[horndude]

try /dev/ttyS2

[horndude]

as root in a terminal type pkgtool
then select the set modem option

then redo your kppp setup

[JoeTheOdd]

Thanks again. I'll go try that stuff right now.