Help the Idiot

[eriefisher]

Re: Help the Idiot

One of those text files should be a "read me". It should tell how how to install the files. If you find it post it here and some one will help you along.

You should see something like: ./filename or sh

You will have to install from konsole.

[tonyblair]

Re: Help the Idiot

If its any help.....

Mine just worked "out of the box" but I did need to tell it to find my wireless LAN.  I pressed the K thing in the bottom left, selected "Internet", then selected "wireless assistant" then it was just a case of filling in a few boxes and bingo.

Best I can do.

Tonyblair

[adder]

Re: Help the Idiot

First sudo aptitude pppoeconf
this makes sure you have the necessary packages
Then sudo pppoeconf
follow the setup instuctions

Never used it myself but it might be a start

If you are trying to INSTALL pppoeconf using aptitude you must:
sudo aptitude install pppoeconf
then you can configure it:
sudo aptitude pppoeconf

[Freshmeadow]

Re: Help the Idiot

It sounds like you may have a Linux zipped file on the CD. A common Linux zip format is called tar.gz. It stands for tape archive gzip. Look on Google or in this form for a primer on how to unzip a tar file. In the tar file you will probably fond a readme or a doc file with the setup and install instructions.
Basically I can tell you how to unzip a tar file. In the Konsole terminal program type the following:
tar -zxvf thenameofyourfile.tar.gz. Substitute the name of your file where I put thenameofyourfile. It will end in tar.gz if it is a tar file.
After the tar file is unpacked you will see a list of files. One should be as I said, readme or doc.