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  • From: James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Ted problems
  • Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:09:25 -0600 (CST)

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Day Brown wrote:

> > So, how come you're not using it now?
> because when I tried to get to xwin I got error messages trying to
> extract an archive. Perhaps it was a problem with case. DOS/Win users
> are not used to making sure that they type tgz filename rather than tgz
> FILENAME.
>
Try using the tab key (autocompletion). That way, you'll know about those
mistakes right away ("Hey, why won't autocomplete fill in the rest a that
name for me?! Oh yeah: it's not the right case").

> Nor, do I know if there is a ppp driver with BL that will logon with
> MS-CHAP, which all three of the local rural ISP use. I have tried BSD,
> Caldera, Corel, debian 2.2r3, Gentoos, Mandrake 7, Pink Tie (RH 8),
> Slackware 7.1, Storm, Suse 6.4, & and some other distro CDs which give
> me error messages and dont install at all any more. Only Corel & Pink
> Tie will actually connect, and then only with KPPP. The 'Internet
> connection wizard' which sets up the 'connect' icon dont work.
>
I don't know nuthin 'bout MS-CHAP. Sorry.

James




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