OK I have been using Mandrake for a couple of years (versions 7,9.0 and 10.1) but a new computer purchase has forced me away as Mandrake 10.1 won't load the drivers for my SATA hard drive.
FC3 installed fine and appears to working ok, with a few exceptions.

1. I can not get FC3 to talk to my dialup Modem (ext Netcomm Roadster 56K). KPPP will not talk to modem. If I setup thru the Internet connection wizard and use Network Config to activate the connection then the Modem fires up and connects to the ISP but FIrefox or Evolution but report "not able to connect". I forgot to ping ISP or try known IP address but DNS was setup to the ISP?

2. KPPP requires ROOT login, why? How do I set it up for a normal user?

3. Is there a gui for installing/removing rpms apart from the FC3 rpms supplied on the discs. In Mandrake you can tell it where the files are directory/cd/ftp/http etc and it will run from there. If you add files you can simply update the source. What is the FC3 equivilent?

TIA
merry xmas to all

Solved the Root usage of kppp, deleted kppp in /usr/bin, chmod u+s on kppp in sbin and then added kppp to /usr/bin. At least now I can access kppp without needed to put in root password.
Still can access modem from kppp, wvdial can access the modem, and I assume connect to net (haven't tried that yet as phone line is on this laptop)

Yahoo got the modem working, found an old post in fedora forums.org??? Simply had to setup modem in Sytem Settings - Network and then setup the modem and the ISP details.

Now just need to know how to install RPM's apart from using the command line, I know it works but I'm lazy and besides if any version of Linux is going to get mainstream then it will have to be GUI driven!

Bearwood. It is not really good practice to go changing permissions of service deamons and moving them about, you should however just change config settings and add yourself to the relevent groups rather than hacking about, you could give yourself potential security problems otherwise.

Just a Caution.

2. Instead of changing the permission, why not use sudo because that's why it's for... Just add whatever command(s) you want a user to execute in /etc/sudoers. Don't forget to use "visudo" to do that thougth!!!

3. How hard is it to install a rpm file
rpm -ivh filename.rpm

y2k

Y2K, I will take your suggestion onboard and investigate the sudo but bear in mind that finding this information is not always that easy. I am using Linux as a Windows replacement but at times it is very tempting to return to Windows because the various versions of Linux are not very intuative.
As for RPM's if you read the question I know how to do the command line install but I was looking for the Gui interface. It appears FC3 doesn't have one unlike Mandrake. I guess I will return to Mandrake once they sort out the SATA install problems for VIA chipsets.

If "yum update" or "yum install <program name>" is just to hard to learn, then you should use synaptic which is a GUI then... You can use yum to install it first and then use synaptic to update/upgrade or install new programs from then on.

y2k

For installing RPMs found on the FC3 distro disks, try

/usr/sbin/system-config-packages

Or

rpm -ivh <packagename.rpm>

y2k