<div>On 6/11/07, karebai <<a href="mailto:karebai@gmail.com">karebai@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">You read correcting Andre, frustration. We decided on Feisty Fawn so ver 7.04. We wanted to try linux, so purchased a disc from ubuntu au site ... had error messages about the i/o on fd0 ... searched for answers, nothing seemed to work .... subscribed to this list ... sent in about 4-5 emails ... nothing came through (presumed it must be my email address so resubscribed using gmail ) ... yay ... I finally got through ... As we didn't want to upset our main machines, we chose to install on spare laptop Dell C600 20 gig h/d PIII 128 ram 750mhz It refused to go past the i/o error ... so took h/d out .. put it in other C600 that runs 512 ram, 1 ghz ... it got the i/o error twice ... then it installed ... transfered h/d back to test laptop ... OK ... works fine, but a little slow (we know and accept that it is slow, after all we are testing it out first) OK ... resolution bug ... finally solved that by searching forums etc and edited xorg.conf file ... horizontal sync and vertical refresh needed to be added ... Lets try internet and see how that performs ... laptop has a 3com PCI modem ... after spending hours searching, we discover its not supported and near 1000 others are looking for answers for the 3com ... (other c600 also has 3com modem so can't swap that out). We found a generic linmodem driver that we are trying to try ... unpacked the file ... inside is around 40 files, no install instructions, the read me file says nothing ... file is called ... linmodem-0.2.5.gz . Another file we found that is supposed to support the 3com 3c59x-2.2.19.c.gz ... this says its in "C source code" ... and won't run ... We have tried through the terminal ... linmodem one asks for destination folder ... we got no idea ... and haven't found anything online that helps ... c source one ... we get no where ... We have tried to solve problems ourselves, but after reading so many pages with so much information we seem to go round and round in circles either totally confused (Most seems to be written in techno for those who understand linux) or not finding anything at all ... frustration abounds !!!! ... On a lighter note ... being windows users .... where is the "Connect to Internet" button ????   ;)   lol <div> <div>On 6/11/07, Andre Mangan <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:andremangan@gmail.com" target="_blank"> andremangan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> <div> <div> <div>On 11/06/07, karebai <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:karebai@gmail.com" target="_blank"> karebai@gmail.com</a> > wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Hiya, Hopefully this will get through, nothing else has. We've finally decided to take the plunge and give linux a try. After having a look what was around we decided on Ubuntu. Nothing but trouble installing. After scouring forums, websites, and whatever else we could find that wasn't written for experts, we managed finally to get it up and running. Now for internet. Nope, our modem isn't supported. Back to the forums ... great ... known problem with 3com modems ... us along with near 1000 others ... OK ... we found a generic modem ... 40 odd files.. and surprise ... no instructions on how to install ... Can anybody help ... in plain aussie english, cos we are both reeling from the plethora of information that seems to take us nowhere .... Karen & Paul </blockquote></div> </div>Welcome to Ubuntu, Karen and Paul, I read frustration in your message but am at a loss to identify your problem other than modem issues.  Could you be more specific please.  Which edition of Ubuntu have you chosen and what is the equipment that it is running on.  What files do you want to install. What, broadly, is your geographical location. There is plenty of help available. Cheers, Andre -- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:andremangan@gmail.com" target="_blank"> andremangan@gmail.com</a> </div>-- ubuntu-au mailing list <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com </a> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au</a> </blockquote></div> </blockquote></div>