Re: alt-get update via ADSL from command line?
Thanks for the suggestions. In netween all of the other seasonal
craziness I have tried to find something I can use to no avail.
When I had access to X I would just turn Mozilla on and then
return to the command-line to run apt-get.
Once I load Linux-Debian with the "single" modifier I don't
find "lynx" anywhere and I cannot run apt-get unless I am
able to run something that provides minimal recognition of
the link between my laptop, the pcmcia nic, and the external
ADSL box.
Is there no command-line app provided with Linux 2.4.14 or
Debian Unstable?
Thanks! Doc
> > On Sun, 2001-12-16 at 17:21, Doc wrote:
> > > Gee, Linux has a way to make me feel real dumb ...
> > >
> > > I am stuck at the command line due to an X conflict. I need to
> > > run apt-get update and apt-get upgrade for Debian Unstable to
> > > see if that resolves things on my OmniBook 4100. (Or should
> > > I grab a newer version of Linux instead?)
> > >
> > > Can someone suggest what generic Linux utility included with
> > > 2.4.14 and/or Debian Unstable will cause my laptop to
> > > recognize the Verizon-Westell ADSL modem?
> > >
> > > (I am running through a 3Com 589c pcmcia nic, if that is
> > > relevant.)
> > >
> > > This all worked fine when I had access to X and could run
> > > Mozilla -- it managed the interface and then I worked from
> > > the command line.
> > >
> > > Thanks! doc
> > >
> > Doc,
> >
> > If I understand you, your ADSL provider makes you login through a Web
> > interface. If that's the case, you might try the command-line web
> > browsers "links" or "lynx." apt-get install should get you either one. I
> > think "links" is a little more flexible.
> >
> > Tony
>
> links has the advantage of looking a little more like a normal layout, it
> makes some attempt towards tabling and frames.
>
> I'm personally fond of lynx-ssl though, and I set up metamail to use zgv
> for images in text mode. It doesn't make lynx intermix graphics, but with
> the options set right, I can select the graphic and see what it looks
like,
> which might be handy if they have a screen shot or something.
>
> I dunno if links has any means to hook up with metamail.
>
> Some of my friends are very pleased with w3m though.
>
> All 3 of them *can* support SSL, but I don't remember if they're all
> available that way from the debian system.
>
> * Heather Stern * star@ many places...
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