Comments on Debian 'frozen' release, wvdial
Folks,
I downloaded the boot disks and base2_0.tgz to install the new glibc
debian release on my Compaq laptop.
I am an experienced linux installer.
All went very smoothly.
Except .. that after the base install I wished to continue as an ftp
install. This required the usual guru-level PPP setup, not acceptable,
in my opinion, for a fresh install.
The man pages (no man command in base packages, it should be aliased
to zcat or some little shell script) conflict in the placement of the
chat scripts.
I suggest that the base installation include a PPP setup utility,
that the installer be asked if they wish to use FTP as the next
install method, and, if so, that PPP be set up.
After starting up PPP, I downloaded other packages, no problem.
I fetched wvdial, thinking that it might be the solution to my
problem above. It was indeed, simple to set up.
However, it had problems. It took no account of the "auth" line
in /etc/ppp/options, and thus failed to log in. It also did not
set up a nameserver, meaning that I had to add one to /etc/resolv.conf.
Again, guru-level PPP setup necessary.
I therefore suggest that the wvdial setup check for the auth
line in /etc/ppp/options, and use "noauth" with ppp if it is
present, and, if /etc/resolv.conf is not present, add a default
one, perhaps from the list of debian nameservers,
BUOY.COM 205.230.163.100
WWW2.BUOY.COM 205.230.163.102
NS2.CISTRON.NL 195.64.68.28
MIRIAM.FULLER.EDU 206.1.27.4
LALUG.ORG 198.186.216.134
NS1.WAW.COM 194.51.88.250
I further suggest that wvdial (or another easy PPP setup utility)
be added to the base installation, and that it be invoked before
dselect.
Cheers, Andy!
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