On 17-Jun-04 John Seago wrote:
I retried this morning, gave it the name 'debian.org' when asked, used tasksel(?) to select Desktop, office and not much else that I can remember, used 'advanced' for the Xserver, and then as the dog had to go to the Vets and me to the Doctor later, Alison took me to the Post Office to collect my pension and when I came home there was a screen which I 'OK'd' and lo and behold everything works!
Excellent!
What I didn't do was anything to do with my internet connection so the problems must be caused by my giving wrong answers to those. I know the number, user name, and password for my connection to my ISP so it must be the ISO code for UK/GB and the county number. Now I know its my fault I have another go at installing and write down the questions I can't answer or seem to be getting wrong and see if I can find the right answers, I will report my success of failure.
Having got this far, you seem to have a basically working setup. So I'd suggest: Don't Re-install!
Instead, (though I'm not familiar with debian) there must be a mechanism for setting up your ISP connection from within the working system.
Red Hat, for instance, has a "Main Menu" button on the task bar at the bottom of the screen (which has a red hat icon on it!), clicking on which throws up a menu with an item "System Tools" on it, which drops down to another menu which has "Internet Configuration Wizard" on it. Clicking on this brings up a window where you have the choice of setting up Ethernet connection, Modem connection, etc. So choosing the "Modem connection" would lead into configuring the dialup.
No doubt Debian has it organised a bit differently, so other people who know about this should give you detailed advice. But it's the best way to go, rather than re-installing, on the assumption that you system is now basically OK.
Best wishes, and good luck! Ted.
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