[ubuntu-in] Installment Problems.

[Onkar Shinde]

On 9/30/06, Ashfaq Shaikh <ashfaq.s76 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Friends,
>
> As  I  told  you in my last post, the difficulties I faced in
> installation of ubuntu from the live CD, I have come over that problem
> and finaly got the thing installed!
>
> Yes the problem was my RAM it requires anything plus 256, I borrowed a
> Ram of 256 from a freind, and the installation was smooth. So for all
> facing similar problems this is the solution.
>
> Now, having installed, as I told I am a Newbe, I would request you all
> to help me with the main and basic but all important thing which is
> Internet connection! I have a smartlink k56 modem installed in my
> hardware, but this is not detected by Ubuntu, further how to get hie
> driver for this, I do have a driver for windows with me, but will
> Ubuntu recognize it? So how to go about this, further, I use bluetooth
> for connecting through GPRS, so how to get that thing workable, until
> this is done successfully I will not be able to move any further! So
> freinds I request you all to please help me out.
>
> At present I am having windows 98 working on one of my partitions, the
> one which I am using to connect to you, working fine with bluetooth.
> My Bluetooth Dongle is Fujitech First Class 100metre range. The Driver
> is wids 4 something for windows.
>
> Now I had downloaded the Desktop Guide pdf but reading it in window
> and then swithching back to ubuntu and going for the action of
> performing, makes me forget the action, Do we have a Guide in Hardcopy
> or some book manual available in India, can someone guide me to get
> it?
>
> Please help me guide on my querries and do the needful so that I get
> connected to internet and start using full Ubuntu as my default os.
>
> Ashfaq Shaikh.

Hi Ashfaq,

There is a good howto for GPRS at http://ubuntu-in.org/wiki/GPRS_Howto

Once you are done with that I can guide you with other things.




Onkar