Linux n00b wants to use Linux

Hey, you is hi jacking my thread now!

Seriously, can someone help this guy?
 
10i if you have a oldish pc with little ram in it you can also try puppy linux. It's 98Megs in size and runs faster on my p3 256meg memory laptop than anything else.
 
Ok, so I have now installed linux. My next mission is to update the installed apps and find out if I can connect to the internet using my phone as a modem.
 
calvincoetzee:

Yes, you can use local bandwidth to update ubuntu. If you selected "South Africa" during the install, it should have auto-configured your repositories for you. If not, you can use one of the following:
Code: 
ftp://ftp.is.co.za/ubuntu/
http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
ftp://ubuntu.mirror.ac.za/
rsync://mirror.ac.za/Ubuntu/
ftp://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/ubuntu/ (i386 and amd64, limited bandwidth)
rsync://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/ubuntu/ (i386 and amd64, limited bandwidth)
ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/ftp/ubuntu/ (limited bandwidth)
 
So pclinuxos is happily running on my laptop now.

Anyone got advice to get my cellphone to work as a modem?

Loaded a few GB OF MP3s and played with amarok. I am beginning to understand how it works.

Will try to connect to the internet at the local internet cafe. Wish me luck.
 
10i said:
So pclinuxos is happily running on my laptop now.

Anyone got advice to get my cellphone to work as a modem?

Loaded a few GB OF MP3s and played with amarok. I am beginning to understand how it works.

Will try to connect to the internet at the local internet cafe. Wish me luck.
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How are you planning to connect the two? Bluetooth? Cable?
 
sn3rd said:
calvincoetzee:

Yes, you can use local bandwidth to update ubuntu. If you selected "South Africa" during the install, it should have auto-configured your repositories for you. If not, you can use one of the following:
Code: 
ftp://ftp.is.co.za/ubuntu/
http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
ftp://ubuntu.mirror.ac.za/
rsync://mirror.ac.za/Ubuntu/
ftp://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/ubuntu/ (i386 and amd64, limited bandwidth)
rsync://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/ubuntu/ (i386 and amd64, limited bandwidth)
ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/ftp/ubuntu/ (limited bandwidth)
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Thanks I will try that sometime, I use windows as my OS though, but have had plenty linux experience, I used to use it :)

It's very kind of you to include such a long list of mirrors.
 
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Will a chat script help?

I found:

ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT VOICE ABORT 'NO DIALTONE' ABORT 'NO DIAL TON
# modeminit
'' ATZ

OK 'ATE1'
OK 'AT&F'
OK 'AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet2.voicestream.com"'

# dial
ABORT 'NO CARRIER'
SAY "Dialing...\n"
OK 'ATD*99#'

# connected?
CONNECT

on http://www.blisted.org/wiki/tutorials/setup/gprs although it is for Ubuntu, would something like this work in PCLinuxOs?
 
With the phone plugged in, give us the output of
Code: 
lspci

and

Code: 
lsusb

This will tell us if your phone is even being detected, and whether a driver is present for it to work.
 
Ok this might make me sound even dumber, but where should the output display?

Plugged my phone in and did not see anything?
 
PClinuxOS is based on Mandriva, it should find your phone in control center under network connections ?
 
Sorry, open a console, then type those commands, and each time copy the output of the command for us (which will appear after you type the command)
 
web said:
PClinuxOS is based on Mandriva, it should find your phone in control center under network connections ?
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Ok, in Internet and Network (Control Centre) I have the following options:

Connection preferences
Desktop Sharing
File Sharing
Local Network Browsing
Proxy
Samba
Service discovery
Web browser


I don't see a network connections? am I at the right place?
 
sn3rd said:
With the phone plugged in, give us the output of
Code: 
lspci

and

Code: 
lsusb

This will tell us if your phone is even being detected, and whether a driver is present for it to work.
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The first one gives me:


•bash: lspci: command not found
[[email protected] —]$ lsusb
bash: lsusb: command not found
[tienie@localhost —]$ lspci
00:00.0 I-lost bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS200/RS200M AGP Bridge [IGP 340M1 (re v 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc PCI Bridge [IGP 340M1
00:02.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link ControUe r Audio Device (rev 02)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/ v+1
00:08.0 Modem: ALi Corporation M5457 AC’97 Modem Controller
00:Oa.0 CardBus bridge: 02 Micro, Inc. 0Z601/6912/711E0 CardBus/SmartCardBus Con troUer
00:Oc.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Contro ller (PHY/Link)
00:10.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4)
00:11.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMUJ
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyt er) Ethernet Controller
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350
[tienie@localhost —]$ •

and the second one gives me:


[tienie@locathost —]$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1004:6000 LG E1ectronics, Inc. VX4400/VX6000 CeUphone Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
[tienieØl.ocalhost —]$ •

(I did a screen capture with Ksnap, then saved it as a tiff file, then used Ms Office's OCR to recognize and export instead of retyping it all, this resulted in some spelling errors).

So if I am correct, Linux knows that my laptop has firewire and a network card and also recognizes my LG phone. Great, what's next?
 
10i said:
Ok, in Internet and Network (Control Centre) I have the following options:

Connection preferences
Desktop Sharing
File Sharing
Local Network Browsing
Proxy
Samba
Service discovery
Web browser


I don't see a network connections? am I at the right place?
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Close in control centre you have icons on the left the one below hardware should be Network & Internet (click on this I think you are currently in Network sharing ) once you have clicked Network & Internet the second icons on the top row should be "Setup new network Interface" click that. It will ask you what type of interface you want to set up click the one that says GPRS. Let me know.
 
Hi, under Configure Your Computer - Control Centre, sorry I went to the normal one (they are next to each other on the task bar after all).

Linux tries to connect to the Internet to download packages, then says cannot install the packages (comgt, ppp)!

Strange how you need a working Internet connection to make a new Internet connection ...
 
10i said:
Hi, under Configure Your Computer - Control Centre, sorry I went to the normal one (they are next to each other on the task bar after all).

Linux tries to connect to the Internet to download packages, then says cannot install the packages (comgt, ppp)!

Strange how you need a working Internet connection to make a new Internet connection ...
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Typical I know can't you connect some otherway first to install those two packages ?
 
I will ask a friend with adsl if we can plug my laptop in tonight and give it a try...

Here's hoping!
 
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