Control Center is like start in windoze, I guess. Mandrake Control Center is Control Center then Configuration then Mandrake Control Center.

quatsch: Some installs start out with the "administrator" menu. Kppp will not show up with that setting. It may not be installed or it may just not be showing up, is hidden. I have to do this everytime I install on any machine. Don't know why though, it just does it.

Back later.

click on the K on your bar at the bottom and then go to configuration -> mandrake control center. Don't confuse it with 'control center' which is also there - that's the KDE control center which is useful but not the same thing as the mandrake control center.

dalek:
I never had that problem before. I just have to install kpp and then it's under networking->remote access -> kppp. Maybe it's some security level thing?

If kppp is installed, you'll be able to start it by opening a terminal window and using the command
kppp

When I scroll up to configuration, all it shows is the following:

*Hardware
*KDE
*Other
*Packaging
*Configure your computer
*Configure your desk-top,

That's all it shows,

There is nothing there that says control center?

??????

d-1

Dalek, how do I open a terminal window in Mandrake?

Thanks,

d-1

I am in something called Mandrake Control Center, I scrolled to KDE.

It's open up this window that has the follwing to chose from:

Boot
Hardware
Mount Points
Network & Internet
Security
System
Software Management

I tried Network & Internet and tried pluging things i but that didn't work.

I feel defeated and beat, damn this is hard!

d-1

Control Center, or the K with a gear behind it, then terminals then Konsole. You may want to try it as a regular user first then 'super user' if it grips about permissions. Some desktops spell it "Console". It's a Kde thing I guess.

I suspect that you using the admin menu though. It seems to be hiding the ones that it hid from me.

If you get "bash: command not found", it ain't installed. Post back.

quatsch, got it installed (kppp), now how do I open it? Do I need to reboot 1st, if so where do I find it?

Thiz-Linux was easier (or to find) to use IMO.

d-1

The K thing then Networking then Remote Access then Kppp. Should be there.

I'm assuming you are in x or windows part. If not, type in "kppp" all lower case.

Later

I was able to finally find the KPPP settings however when I go to dial it says can't detect modem, after I inserted all the right entires? Do know why?

Any idea?

d-1

Click setup and check the device tab. If you have a internal modem it is usually /dev/ttyS2, S3, S4, S5 etc. External is /dev/ttyS0 or S1. You may have to play with them till you find it. You can try /dev/modem but it usually won't work the first time. After it connect though it links the files together so it will next time.

If you know it is, for example, com3 in windows then it will be /dev/ttyS2 in Linux. It's always ttyS and one number less than windoze. Linux starts with 0 while windoze starts with 1. Make sense?

You're getting closer.

The message I get is that the modem does not respond, I tried the others you mentioned but it gave me some excuse that it was not configured correctly. It's only when I use the /dev/modem is when it says the modem does not respond.

When I try the others (as in /dev/ttySO and so on) it says it's not configured correctly?

Make sense?

d-1

Do you have one of those software modems? Please say you don't. They are always internal and require windoze to work. Manufacturer and model if you are not sure. I'll go search and see what I can find.



Oh, yep. It made sense.

When I go to the Mandrake Control Center and I click on hardware, I see a question mark with unknown/others on it, when I clcik on the left arrow or pointer is shows HSP MicroModem 56, when I highlight it it shows the specifics of it.

Vendor: Pctel PCI

Bus: PCI


BUS ID: 134d:7891:134d:1

Location on the bus:0:c:0

Module: unknown (it's highlighted in red.)

Media Class: Communication Modem

During installation it asked if I had a winmodem or regular modem and I clicked just modem. I notcie a little ways up on the detected hardware list that it shows what appears to be another 'modem', but when I highlight it, it does not reveal any information on it.

What do you think?

I'm getting tired

Let me know...

d-1

Actually, it's a Best Data 56K modem card that is internal.

d-1