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Old 06-27-2005, 10:35 PM   #1
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Unhappy modem question....

ill come out with it right now.....i have AOL (shut up).....only because we cant get dsl because the phone company wont get off their asses and give us some dsl...

is it possible to sign on to AOL with the modem i have on my linux machine and if so how?

do i need a program?
 
Old 06-27-2005, 10:42 PM   #2
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I don't believe that AOL can be accessed through linux, unfortunately.
 
Old 06-27-2005, 11:07 PM   #3
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There are a couple of programs available to dial into AOL accounts.. One is called 'Peng' I believe. There are others.

Do a search

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Old 06-27-2005, 11:15 PM   #4
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thanks, mang....i found peng and i am going to try it out...
 
Old 06-27-2005, 11:48 PM   #5
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ok..

i got peng...

unzipped it...

how do i install it??
 
Old 06-28-2005, 12:01 AM   #6
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CAN ANYONE HELP?????
 
Old 06-28-2005, 12:04 AM   #7
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I hven't used peng, but it should come with a readme or install file where you can see the instructions.
 
Old 06-28-2005, 12:13 AM   #8
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double post....sorry...good one is below...
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Old 06-28-2005, 12:14 AM   #9
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it specificly said in the document that came with it:


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In order to compile and install Peng on your system, type the following in the base directory of the Peng distrobution:

% ./recompile

Since Peng uses

autoconf

you should have no trouble compiling it.

how do i compile and install??
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Old 06-28-2005, 12:32 AM   #10
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IM TRYING TO BE PATIENT BUT I REALLY HATE WINDOWS AND I CANt SPEND ANYMORE TIME ON IT....I NEED SOME HELP HERE!!!
 
Old 06-28-2005, 12:41 AM   #11
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You should relax... You've been working with computers 14 years and never installed Linux, what could do some more minutes to you?
Did you try typing ./recompile in the directory where you extracted the files?

By the way, a quick search for: linux peng install
Showed this: http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialAOL.html
It may be usefull
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Old 06-28-2005, 12:52 AM   #12
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i should prolly change that....been working with computer since win95 came out....not sure why 14 years is there....

thanks....ill try what you said...

what i had done is extracted on my windows machine, burned it to a cd and went to my linux machine with it...
 
  


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