[Klug-general] Laptop questions

[nic dan]

Hi Peter
Re: Puppylinux modem problems, go to puppy linux forum

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/

and post it there, or pm user rerwin, who is the 3G modem expert, and has written many tools/scripts/patches just for this problem

Good Luck

Aitch 
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> From: peter at sheppey.free-online.co.uk
> To: kent at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 11:04:21 +0100
> Subject: [Klug-general] Laptop questions
> 
> Can anyone recommend a new or secondhand laptop suitable for the latest
> versions of Ubuntu/Kubuntu.
> 
> It'll be mainly used used for word-processing and Internet. It'll
> connected at various times by ethernet, wlan and 3 mobile broadband.
> 
> A largish screen, say >=15" would be nice.
> 
> My present laptop is an Acer Travelmate 230 running Puppy Linux. After
> it's been running for a time the hard drive just chunters away and the
> laptop slows so that it can take half an hour to shutdown. I think it
> may be overheating but I'm not sure. Again, any suggestions would be
> appreciated.
> 
> Finally I'm trying to set up mobile broadband in Puppy Linux using its
> PGPRS Modem Setup Wizard. It detects three devices /dev/ttyUSB0,
> /dev/usb/ttyUSB0 and /dev/ttyS0. I assume one is the phone modem, one
> is the memory device on the mobile modem and the other is the modem
> itself. How do I work out which is which?
> 
> It asks for the APN which I give as 3internet and the phone number. The
> default is *99***1#. Is this the right number? 
> 
> The best solution would be to chuck it all away and start again but
> unfortunately it's also the most expensive solution and I need to patch
> the Acer up while I save for a new one. 
> 
> Many Thanks,
> Peter.
> 
> 
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