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karen
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yes, i know there's a WIT forum(mods please leave this here for an hour or two before you move it on me), but I want everyone to see this and I know not everyone checks WIT.

I got linux mandrake 8.0 yesterday. It came on 7 cds.
I have no fucking clue what Im doing. It installed(kinda.. with errors) and refuses to connect to the internet(says the modem is busy... bullshit).
I need a nice, experienced volunteer to let me call them or to call me and coach me through a reinstall step by step.
Im lost.
I have NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT IM DOING.
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HELP!




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karen
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now im going to go lay down and wait for someone to respond.
Note: It may not be tonight that I make the call. It depends on whether or not MB and brad force me to go out with them.

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quote:
Originally posted by karen:
now im going to go lay down and wait for someone to respond.
Note: It may not be tonight that I make the call. It depends on whether or not MB and brad force me to go out with them.



email sp00ky and he will difintely help you out, this is so his thing....if you come to england hed probably install it for you....you have got his email yes?


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Im gonna need phone help.. not email... and hes in the UK.
I cant really afford the call.
Id prefer someone in the US, but if worse comes to worse..e mail it is.


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what on earth inspired you to use linux anyway? i thought about using once but i asked around and if all you use your comp for is internet and web design then you are better off with windows..........

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Karen

A list of the errors would be nice? Did it detect your modem? Are you using KPPP in KDE? IS your modem and internal one?

Need info honey before I can help.

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quote:
Originally posted by karen:
I have NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT IM DOING.


linux isnt the best OS for people who have no fucking clue what theyre doing, Windows is much better for people like that.

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quote:
Originally posted by karen:
....I have NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT IM DOING.
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I have NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT IM DOING.

HELP!


You're moving to England... remember?

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*cough*toldyouso*cough*

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Linux... It's one of those vacuum cleaners that you put water in, right?

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quote:
Originally posted by wonderaz:
Linux... It's one of those vacuum cleaners that you put water in, right?
Damn, I thought Linux was a Peanuts character...



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quote:
Originally posted by Spooky:
Karen

A list of the errors would be nice? Did it detect your modem? Are you using KPPP in KDE? IS your modem and internal one?

Need info honey before I can help.


aye. thank you.

When I get off of work tomorrow Ill write down exactly what the error messages are. Im too tired to really think right now. Maybe thats the whole problem



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quote:
Originally posted by karen:

I have no fucking clue what Im doing. It installed(kinda.. with errors) and refuses to connect to the internet(says the modem is busy... bullshit).


Okay, is the modem an internal modem? If it is, odds are you have something called a winmodem. A winmodem is a controller-less modem, or software modem. You might be able to find a driver for it at http://www.linmodems.org , but odds are you won't be able to. The drivers for winmodems aren't open source, so drivers for winmodems are being built from the ground up. Odds are, you'll need to buy an external modem (those are NEVER winmodems to my knowledge).

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I need a nice, experienced volunteer to let me call them or to call me and coach me through a reinstall step by step.
Im lost.
I have NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT IM DOING.
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When in doubt, RTFM (Read The Fine Manual). You know that big thick INSTALL GUIDE MANUAL that came with it? That explains to you, STEP BY STEP, how to install Mandrake 8.0. It goes through partitioning and everything.

If all else fails, e-mail me any questions you have with detailed descriptions of what it is you need to know. If you absolutely need to be talked through it step-by-step over the phone, I'll be more than glad to give you my phone number (I can't make long-distance calls at the moment) and I'll help you through.

BTW, it also helps to have tons of documentation on your computer on hand. The monitor manual is a GOOD piece of literature to have when you try and configure the X Window system.

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Sounds to me like you need to reroute the tertiary entrance modulator and quazzle-duplex the Linux manually through the KKAP-port. If all else fails spill some coffee on the keyboard. I heard beer is a viable alternative.

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quote:
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.... Sounds to me like you need to reroute the tertiary entrance modulator and quazzle-duplex the Linux manually through the KKAP-port.


That's exactly how my girlfriend and I fuck!

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quote:
Originally posted by Dingle:
linux isnt the best OS for people who have no fucking clue what theyre doing, Windows is much better for people like that.



I agree with this.

And what Goatboy said.

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karen, the modem you have now will not work with Linux. Linux does not like winmodems. You have two choices:

Go back to windows
Get a hardware modem (i.e controller based)

I tried to get a winmodem working with Linux
once and had no luck. Save yourself the
headache and go buy a decent modem.

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quote:
Originally posted by FlyingTurd:
karen, the modem you have now will not work with Linux. Linux does not like winmodems. You have two choices:

Go back to windows
Get a hardware modem (i.e controller based)

I tried to get a winmodem working with Linux
once and had no luck. Save yourself the
headache and go buy a decent modem.


how much would that run me? and thanks btw.
also, Im tired of the unsolicited comments about people who dont know how to use it should fuck off and die rather than try.
Thats such bullshit.
Everything Ive learned about computers I taught MYSELF. Through experience... through making mistakes and learning from them, etc.
Thats the best way for me to learn things. I jump in, I do what I know, I ask questions, I fuck things up, I ask more questions. Eventually I learn it. Thats just how it is.
The elitists can suck me.
And I VERY MUCH appreciate the help from people who have given it. Its nice that there are a few who dont cop elitist attitudes when I asked questions.
Thanks guys
*goes to buy linux for dummies*


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quote:
Originally posted by karen:
also, Im tired of the unsolicited comments about people who dont know how to use it should fuck off and die rather than try.
Thats such bullshit.


Oh hush, it's the nature of the forum and you know it damned well.

It's cool that you've taught yourself so much about computers. I admire that.


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"linux isnt the best OS for people who have no fucking clue what theyre doing, Windows is much better for people like that."
- Not that you can't learn. Welcome to the process. At some point in time, no one had a "fucking clue" what they were doing when they met linux. People are not born with linux knowledge.

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quote:
Originally posted by The Wraith:
"linux isnt the best OS for people who have no fucking clue what theyre doing, Windows is much better for people like that."
- Not that you can't learn. Welcome to the process. At some point in time, no one had a "fucking clue" what they were doing when they met linux. People are not born with linux knowledge.



thank you.
whats funny is that I had just finished typing almost the same thing(verbatim) on the front page of my webpage ( http://stateofX.net ).

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quote:
Originally posted by The Wraith:
"linux isnt the best OS for people who have no fucking clue what theyre doing, Windows is much better for people like that."
- Not that you can't learn. Welcome to the process. At some point in time, no one had a "fucking clue" what they were doing when they met linux. People are not born with linux knowledge.


agreed, i retract my statement.

btw im hardly elitist, i run win95 on one computer and win98 on the other

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quote:
Originally posted by Dingle:
agreed, i retract my statement.

btw im hardly elitist, i run win95 on one computer and win98 on the other


appreciated.
thats why it surprised me so much to hear a comment like that coming from you.
I still love you though.




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karen, I have a Zoom 56K Dual Mode PCI modem that I used for like 2 weeks while I was waiting for my RoadRunner hookup. It will work fine under Linux. I paid like 80 bucks for it. I will sell it to you for $20. You can't touch a decent hardware driven modem for under $60. Unfortunately, I know too much about modems, and the Zoom is a great modem. With subpar phone lines I connected consistently at 49.3 bps. Seeing as though the FCC regulates connections to 53.3, it's not too shabby. In plain English, this is a good modem for compensating for bad phone lines and/or distance from your local switching station. It will perform, even using the crappiest ISP. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested.

swilcox@appliedtheory.com

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