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
Single is probably too simple. But you can look at the links for
runlevel 2 (debian's default runlevel) and only run the ones that you
need. When running the script directly you need to say "start". ex:
/etc/init.d/pcmcia start
However just going into that runlevel and moving the symlink that
starts X would be enough to get you a much better configured command
line than Single mode. Move it to your home, or (my fave) make a dir
there named 'disabled' - as it starts with a d, no harm - and move the
crummy link in there. When you have made X happy again it will be easy
to put back... or might get created anew by updating the matching package...
wget is a command line utility that uses HTTP, but if establishing your
connection involves answering a web page script (as I've seen in some
hotels) that won't help.
If it might, then telnetting anybody's port 80 ought to be enough to
give you a window of opportunity to start 'apt-get update' rolling.
Best of Luck
* Heather Stern * star@ many places...
> > > 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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