modem PROBLEMS!!!!! please help me

[professormike48 0]

I need some help please,

 

I am new to linux ( mandrake 9.1 )....I have a intel ham modem...

looked it up within windows on aol.com.....my problem is...

 

a few questions

 

How do you change to root at boot up?

how do you change permission to a file so user can use it?

how do I install this program I got off the net for my modem ( intel-v92ham-453.tgz )....it worked some but had a few files it did not find?

 

 

I am stupid I guess...or windoz has me spoiled!

 

any help would be great

 

thanks for your time

 

Mike going nuts here in louisville :-(

[Dapper Dan 0]

You can become root by typing in a terminal:

 

su [enter]

 

You'll notice the $ sighn is now a # sign. This means you are Super User.

 

You can now "untar" that file. Go to the directory where it was downloaded to. If it is in your home directory, you are already there. If not, you have to "cd" or change directories. Lets say for example the file is in your "tar" file, which is in your "documents" file, which is in your home directory. You would go:

 

cd /home/myhomedirectoriesname/documents/tar

 

Once in the same directory as the tarball you downloaded you do this:

 

gunzip intel-v92ham-453.tgz [enter]

 

Then:

 

tar xvf intel-v92ham-453.tar [enter]

 

Now you have to cd to the directory where all these files were untared. Go:

 

cd intel-v92ham-453

 

Once inside this directory, you need to see what is in there. Go:

 

ls [enter]

 

You should now see the contents of this directory. Somewhere in there will be a README or help fie. Open it by using "vi". Let's say the name of the file IS README. Go:

 

vi README [enter]

 

There will be directions there on how to install. If you get this far and are confused by what it tells you to do, check back and I'll see if I can help further. Good Luck!