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Re: HELP ME WITH LINUX

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From: Dirk van Tonder
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 00:00
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For your MODEM:

I think that your modem are not detecting the dial tone.  Just add X3 to the end
of your int string to stop your modem from trying to detect the dial tone.

hope it works.

Dirk van Tonder
mielie@lantic.net

CZ wrote:

> For the CDROM:
>         I had the same problem two days ago (I just installed RedHat 5.1).
> Although I installed it from the CD-ROM, the "default" kernel doesn't
> recognize the iso9660 filesystem.  The way I solved the problem was to
> recompile the kernel.  The easiest way to do this was to make xconfig -
> if you have X Window running (else use 'make menuconfig' or 'make
> config').  Be sure to specify that you want iso9660 "support".  Anyway,
> you really should read the Kernel-HOWTO (which should be with your other
> docs or see http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html ) before
> recompilling it.  The same may apply to the other OS disks...
>
> For the screen resolution under X:
>         Have you tried running XF86Setup?  Just make sure to backup the
> XF86Config file, 'cause it took me a while to get any kind of resolution
> at all to function under X.
>
> Have fun.
>
> George wrote:
> >
> >    Hello everyone
> >
> >        Before one month i  installed  to my pc ( pii 333mhz  64mb ram) the
> >     REDHAT linux 5.1.
> >     I have some problems
> >         The kernel doesn't recognize the cd-rom (iso9660) the flopy disk
> >     when i insert a disk which is formated in another os  , and i cannot
> > mount
> >   the rest disk whitch is  formated unter win . I mounted the cdrom flopy
> > hard disk but nothing
> >       When i start xwindows my monitor works in 380 pixels resolution.
> > My  graphics card is the intel 740 AGP . I configure the xconfig but
> > nothing happens. Also i cannot  mount my sound card SB 64 PCI awe
> >  When i try to connect to internet i unix with minicom and i dial my
> >provider's number the modem hears the fist dial tone and then hungs up
> >   Please if you can help me  even   in one of my problems please
> > contact with me
> >   in my email              gmantzios@ioa.forthnet.gr
> >
> > >       sorry for my bad english
> > >                                George Mantzios
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From: Dirk van Tonder <mielie@lantic.net>
Subject: Re: HELP ME WITH LINUX
Date: 1999/06/01
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