[ubuntu-za] Re: ubuntu-za Digest, Vol 9, Issue 1
Philip Copeman
philip at pinksoft.co.za
Mon May 8 06:38:28 BST 2006
Is the anyone on this list interested in an Accounting Package for
Ubuntu? We have now moved TurboCASH to the Firebird Database and
are runnignit with Wine Tools on the clients. WE need help turin it into
a simple installatiosn process on Ubuntu.
ubuntu-za-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
>Send ubuntu-za mailing list submissions to
> ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com
>
>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za
>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> ubuntu-za-request at lists.ubuntu.com
>
>You can reach the person managing the list at
> ubuntu-za-owner at lists.ubuntu.com
>
>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
>than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-za digest..."
>
>
>Today's Topics:
>
> 1. Re: USB Modem Driver (Phillip Pare)
> 2. Re: USB Modem Driver (Peter Soulsby)
> 3. Re: USB Modem Driver (Phillip Pare)
> 4. installing ubuntu on a usb 120gig samsung hard drive
> (Dimitri Mallis)
> 5. Re: installing ubuntu on a usb 120gig samsung hard drive
> (Jan Groenewald)
> 6. Re: installing ubuntu on a usb 120gig samsung hard drive
> (jean gruneberg)
> 7. Re: installing ubuntu on a usb 120gig samsung hard drive
> (Dimitri Mallis)
> 8. problem with synaptic package manager (Dimitri Mallis)
> 9. Re: problem with synaptic package manager (Robert Schumann)
>
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Message: 1
>Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:45:28 +0200
>From: Phillip Pare <ptpare at lantic.net>
>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] USB Modem Driver
>To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>Message-ID: <44240608.7000001 at lantic.net>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
>Peter Soulsby wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi all
>>
>>I am having trouble setting up my modem on Ubuntu 5.10. It's a
>>Duxbury 56k USB modem. Ubuntu doesn't pick it up and, being new
>>to the Linux community, I am not entirely sure what to do next.
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>Pete
>>
>>
>
>Hi
>
>This is some correspondence that I had on the issue. In a nutshell, the
>suggestion given to me was to use
>wvdial.
>
>Regards
>
>Phillip
>
>Phillip Pare wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi All
>>
>>Does anybody know if it is possible to disable dial tone detection when
>>using internet dialup in ubuntu? In the networking app that comes with
>>ubuntu one can specify the modem volume and other settings but I can't
>>find the usual option regarding dial tone as found in kppp and gppp.
>>
>>Regards
>>Aldo Barletta
>>Dear Alan
>>
>>Dear Aldo
>>
>>I picked up this message of yours after having been referred to the
>>Clug group by Alan McKinnon
>>
>>May I take the liberty of asking you for some advice in view of your
>>own battles with dialup in Ubuntu. This is my question as sent to Alan
>>
>>".. I am a prepaid Telkom customer and so I have to
>>enter a single digit account number and a four digit password to make a
>>call. This account number password combination has to be entered about
>>seven seconds after having dialled the number and in response to a voice
>>prompt. I have not yet got it right to connect from home using Ubuntu.
>>For the GPRS I gather I have to download some programs from the
>>repositories. I could download them at work and the load them on the
>>home machine but the problem then is to point synaptic in the right
>>direction so as to get the programs installed.
>>
>>Could you perhaps point me to some succinct documentation that could
>>help me with these problems. I have tried looking at the wiki and asking
>>on IRC but I am still battling.
>>I was told that pppconfig should be able to do the job but I have not
>>been able to find the necessary instructions to configure pppconfig
>>correctly."
>>
>>Thanking you for help.
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Phillip Pare
>>
>>
>>
>>
>Hi Phillip
>
>I resorted to using a command-line program called wvdial to connect to
>internet. The internet connection software that comes with Ubuntu did
>not have any possibility of configuration (as far as I could tell). As
>a bonus, one of the options that I found in wvdial ( start pppd
>immediately ) caused my dial-up internet connections to work better. I
>connect to internet via dial-up to Telkom Internet and I was often
>getting my connection dropped upon logging in. This added option has now
>made connecting effortless. I highly recommend using wvdial. Once
>configured you simply type "sudo wvdial" to connect.
>
>On the gprs side, I have managed to get gprs working, but that was on a
>previous system that used Mandrake. I have not yet setup gprs on my
>Ubuntu system. If you are interested I will send you the scripts I used
>and I am sure you will be able to figure out how to adapt this to Ubuntu.
>
>Regards
>Aldo Barletta
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 2
>Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:25:16 +0200
>From: "Peter Soulsby" <psoulsby at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] USB Modem Driver
>To: "Ubuntu South African Local Community"
> <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>Message-ID:
> <9565dff80603261125x736857e3q135b52269e735422 at mail.gmail.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Hi
>
>I sent a message last week regarding modem problems. Still struggling with
>it, but have narrowed down the problem a bit.
>
>It's an HSF winmodem with a Conexant chipset. It's made by duxbury
>and connected via a USB port. From what I've found out, in order for Linux
>to see a winmodem, you need to alter the software on the modem itself. See
>Ubuntu is picking up the device just fine in Device Manager, but it does not
>realise that it's a modem.
>
>After a heck of a lot of surfing I've come to a dead end on where to go
>next. LinuxAnt sells drivers for this exact problem, but charge $20 for the
>software. Now if I'm going to spend that for drivers I may as well go out
>and buy a modem that's compatible with Linux.
>
>Assuming I don't use the drivers from LinuxAnt, there doesn't seem to be
>much more info on this problem, apart from the odd forum chat.
>
>Any ideas? Or would it be wise to go get a modem compatible with Linux?
>
>Regards
>
>Pete
>-------------- next part --------------
>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>URL: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/private/ubuntu-za/attachments/20060326/196a487d/attachment-0001.htm
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 3
>Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 09:42:48 +0200
>From: Phillip Pare <ptpare at lantic.net>
>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] USB Modem Driver
>To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>Message-ID: <44279778.1010600 at lantic.net>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
>Peter Soulsby wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi
>>
>>I sent a message last week regarding modem problems. Still struggling
>>with it, but have narrowed down the problem a bit.
>>
>>It's an HSF winmodem with a Conexant chipset. It's made by duxbury
>>and connected via a USB port. From what I've found out, in order for
>>Linux to see a winmodem, you need to alter the software on the modem
>>itself. See Ubuntu is picking up the device just fine in Device
>>Manager, but it does not realise that it's a modem.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>Have you tried
>
>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DialupModemHowto?action=show&redirect=WinModemConexantHSF
>
>Regards
>
>Phillip
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 4
>Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 23:10:44 +0200
>From: "Dimitri Mallis" <dimitri.mallis at gmail.com>
>Subject: [ubuntu-za] installing ubuntu on a usb 120gig samsung hard
> drive
>To: ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com
>Message-ID:
> <be1776f30605061410r3c9681b4tfeff31f7fbbe7204 at mail.gmail.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>hi list
>
>has any one tried to install ubuntu onto a external usb hard drive. i went
>thru the entire install process fine, then when it boots everything seams
>well. it shows the bit map ubuntu image and cross bar loading stuff... then
>a message pops up
>
>/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
>
>this sounds quite simple. it would seam that all i need to do is turn job
>control on, but im not sure how to do that
>
>i would apreciate any help
>-------------- next part --------------
>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>URL: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/private/ubuntu-za/attachments/20060506/00ea34ed/attachment-0001.htm
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 5
>Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 10:27:52 +0200
>From: jan at aims.ac.za (Jan Groenewald)
>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] installing ubuntu on a usb 120gig samsung
> hard drive
>To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>Message-ID: <20060507082752.GC23726 at aims.ac.za>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>
>Hi
>
>On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 11:10:44PM +0200, Dimitri Mallis wrote:
>
>
>> hi list
>> has any one tried to install ubuntu onto a external usb hard drive. i went
>> thru the entire install process fine, then when it boots everything seams
>> well. it shows the bit map ubuntu image and cross bar loading stuff...
>> then a message pops up
>> /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
>> this sounds quite simple. it would seam that all i need to do is turn job
>> control on, but im not sure how to do that
>> i would apreciate any help
>>
>>
>
>Can you boot in single mode? Try booting the recovery option in the
>bootloader.
>
>cheers,
>Jan
>
>
>
>
--
Philip Copeman
Project Leader
TurboCASH Open Source Accounting Software
www.turbocash.net <http://www.turbocash.net>
TurboCASH 3.74 CD
<http://turbocashtraining.co.za/os/product_info.php?ref=1&products_id=44&affiliate_banner_id=27>
-------------- next part --------------
Skipped content of type multipart/related
More information about the ubuntu-za
mailing list