On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 14:34, Mike Burger wrote: > On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Austin Isler wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Mike Burger wrote: > > > > |On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Joseph Gumbosky wrote: > > | > > |> Hi, > > |> > > |>Last night, I installed Fedora CORE 2 over my Xandros2 partition. > > (I was > > |>dual booting Xandros and XP.) The installation went flawlessly. It > > |>recognized the Xandros partition as Linux and gave me the option of > > |>overwriting only that part of the disk. I can now boot into Fedora > > or XP. > > |>No problems. Nice job! > > |> > > |>Now, I'm a bit spoiled with Xandros. But, Fedora seems quite usable to > > |>me...with just one issue. > > |> > > |>I cannot access the internet. I use Verizon's DSL service connected > > through > > |>the Ethernet port. When I use the connection wizard, it detects > > |>"eth0(RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+)." Then I get a message, "Cannot activate > > |>network device VerizonDSL!" > > |> > > |>However, when I log out and shut down, part of the dialog on the > > screen is > > |>as follows: > > |> > > |>Shutting down VerizonDSL........OK > > |> > > |>Shutting down VerizonDSL........FAILED > > |> > > |>I know that Verizon does not support Linux. Is there some way of > > getting > > |>access to the net with Fedora? > > | > > | > > |You'll need a PPPoE client. Check out Roaring Penguin. > > > > Verizon DSL does not require a login. So the roaring penguin software > > is useless. > > Since when? My brother's Verizon DSL connection requires PPPoE > authentication, as do the 9 or 10 other connections I helped set up, > before I moved out of Verizon-land. > > > If you have a router, make sure your pc points to the routers IP as > > the Primary DNS and then enter into the DNS search path: dsl-verizon.net > > The router might also need the authentication information. > > However, let's find out for sure. Joseph...did you receive a user name > and password that you were supposed to use with your DSL connection? > -- > Mike Burger > http://www.bubbanfriends.org > > Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org > > To be notified of updates to the web site, visit > http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a > message to: > > site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with a message of: > > subscribe Actually, I followed Allen Winter's instructions. I did the entire thing in Console (as su). (If you want, I can send these instructions back to you over the net..) It took me three tries, but I eventually gor it to work. I used my regular sign-in name and password. These worked just fine. The onlt problem I had was with Sending (but not receiving) email in Evolution. I needed my Verizon ID (not my sign-in name) to send email. I called Verizon tech support to find out what it was. The only exceptional thing I found was in sending email. Everything else was run of the mill. The settings are: POP & SMTP and the addresses are incoming.verizon.net & outgoing.verizon.net -Joe G. >
