Dear Mr. Onkar, As per your advise I had checked the howto for gprs, incidently the isp and all other things also match, but tell me one thing;  a) does ubuntu not recognizing my smartlink modem would make any difference for getting connected? b) The howto does not mention theabove but it does mention the driver for bluetooth where do I get that, or it is already in the package? Please Guide? Sorry for turning up late, Thankyou, Ashfaq Shaikh. <div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On 9/30/06, Ashfaq Shaikh <<a href="mailto:ashfaq.s76@gmail.com"> ashfaq.s76@gmail.com</a>> 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 <a href="http://ubuntu-in.org/wiki/GPRS_Howto">http://ubuntu-in.org/wiki/GPRS_Howto</a> Once you are done with that I can guide you with other things. Onkar ------------------------------ </blockquote></div>