what a dumbass i am.
my internet connection knowledge goes as far as the M$ internet connection wizard (sheepish
)!
You fill in the 'phone number of yr isp, and yr login username, then when you connect, you type in yr password. the wizard dials the isp, checks the login and the password, and then any internet using app can go through the isp's connection.
Simple!
how do i do it in linux?
does it suffice to know the phone number, the login and the password?
I have a suspicion that linux' internet capabilities weigh about 20 stone to windows' 3lbs and 6 ounces, am i right? if so, how does it all work. i have actually looked in /usr/doc and not found much to enlighten me.
Also i thought if i asked here that the helpful phrasing you guys usually give would save a lot of time spent decrypting complicated technojargon in those readme howtos even if i did track one down!
Don't get me wrong, i'm off to search next for stuff about it but i thought i'd ask here first.
Also, just an aside, i just got a nameless generic 3 button mouse, and installed it on the windows side using a logitech 3 button mouse driver (windows didn't autodetect, or plug and play it), the middle button doesn't work, but hey, no big deal. so now my ps/2 glidepad, and my serial mouse work simultaneously.
now i installed it using the red hat new hardware wizard in linux, and now it has changed /etc/XF86Config to only have that serial mouse in it. (i think the whole 3 buttons are supported but have not thought of anything that uses the middle button to check it with yet), so now my glidepad doesn't work in linux. not really much sweat, i'm sure i can edit XF86Config to make the glidepad work again, but it will in turn, exclude the serial mouse!!!
in short, anybody got any idea how to get them both to work? i found out about gpm, but am hazy about how to use it to create the effect i want every time linux boots...
Now i am a trier, so i'll keep trying but if anybody happens to have gone down this road already, pls don't hesitate to share yr thoughts pls!
thanks muchly..........