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This might help someone; it takes forever for us noobs to find this stuff, and few seem willing or knowledgeable to help with dialup.
WvDial for Lucid - 10.04 Ubuntu:
Included on live cd, ,not...
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apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
These don't belong.
Do something like
Code:
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Closer inspection showed that apparent deplicates were not.
And in terminal:
root@jk-desktop:/home/jk# apt-get install mtools
E: Type 'apt-get' is not known on line 52 in source list...
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deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080702.1)]/ hardy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy restricted main #Added by software-properties
# See...
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root@jk-desktop:/home/jk# apt-get install mtools
E: Type 'sudo' is not known on line 52 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
So I went to line 52 of...
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/home/jk/Desktop/Screenshot.png
Um, that won't do you any good - but that link isnt' at the bottom of my forum pages here.
When I look under 'subscribed threads' they are both listed as...
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What an idiot. :o It would have been so easy, by comparison, to just try another drive or two. You probably figured I didn't have another or I wouldn't have persisted in beating my head against the...
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I'm online with broken ubuntu 8.04; have kubuntu 10.04 on another drive i swap; I got a driver that works with 10.04 kernel for my peddle-up win-modem (http://sites.google.com/site/ubuntumodems/...
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Got that one: Do fresh install of newer vs. upgrade current.
JohnT your link regarding asking well is helpful and I needed that.
Will poke around Mint, Thank you.
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Thank you for your interest -
Why it wants me to log in frequently, I haven't a clue.
Regarding 'Remember me' box I wouldn't want that 'remembering' to last past my connection - I want to have...
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Larry and Camelrider,
Thank you for your x and expertise.
I will assume that 1. CdDrive is shot; or
2. Same is incompatible w/uby, or
3. OS is broken there, too.
Input? ...
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Makes sense. Already have but would have to do the 'get a modem to work torture' for it.
Will do, evenually, though. If present os dies b4 I can upgrade I'll forum w/Mom's pre-pentium Dell W98......
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Started computers too old. When need fix or upgrade have to relearn over and over.
And over. Doesn't stick. Have books that are virtually no help: Ubuntu Unleashed 2008; Ubuntu kungfu. They are...
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Thank you 4 your reply.
Have tried that. Have checked bios order (and cd player is listed - if its listed its 'seen' and 'the computer' 'knows' where it is, right? Why can't it 'see' the cd?).
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jk@jk-desktop:~$ sudo mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/mountpoint
[sudo] password for jk:
mount: No medium found
jk@jk-desktop:~$ sudo mkdir /mnt/mycd
[sudo] password for jk:
jk@jk-desktop:~$ sudo moiunt...
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Y do I have to re-log in every few minutes?
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jk@jk-desktop:~$ sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/mountpoint
[sudo] password for jk:
mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist
jk@jk-desktop:~$ sudo mount /dev/cdrom0 /mnt/mountpoint
mount:...
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sudo less /etc/fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults ...
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Thanks 4 your reply -
... sudo less /etc/fstab[/B] there should be a line near the bottom that looks something like this
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto ...
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Thank you very much for your reply, I think I'll be able to do something with that (in other words I think I understand parts...).
If get it going would like to boot into 10.04 cd & install it...
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jk@jk-desktop:~$ sudo ls /dev
[sudo] password for jk:
536ep0 ptyb7 ptyq6 ptyv5 ram12 tty48 ttyda ttys5 ttyx4
adsp ptyb8 ptyq7 ptyv6 ram13 tty49 ttydb ttys6 ttyx5
agpgart ...
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My earlier answer to this never appeared, so trying again:
uby 8.04 running old kernel - 19 something I think - broken OS, apt won't get : ]
Took my Drive and put it in a 2 gig p4 - thats faster...
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sudo eject /dev/hdc
yielded can't find or open.
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Found this on web & tried:
sudo mount /media/cdrom0/ -o unhide
yielded mount : no medium found.
I can't understand uby documentation re. mount - seems to be no pattern for naming cd drives...
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