AOL on Mandrake?


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I run AOL Broadband here on my Windows desktop. Just yesterday, I installed Mandrake Linux on the same computer. I have a problem, though I have cable, I still have to login to AOL to be connected to the internet. If there is some form of AOL Broadband on Linux, please let me know!

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I remeber pointing to soem guides on this before... Not sure if was here on Neowin before... I found them by googling, and I think the better hits were on sourceforge or freshmeat (I don't recall).

Let me trounce through some of the other forums I visit and see if I can re-find my post...

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The "permissions" and question about being "root" thing is because some actions require writing to areas that are protected.

In Linux, you should run as a normal (unpriveledged) user, and open a shell to do the 'dirty' work as root. This is a designed-in security mechanism. Your OS will be running with almost everything at an appropriately low level, and only the task (installing or what-not) will run with "root" priveleges to do anything.

The command is su or su username to switch to a specific user. If no user is specified, then 'root' is assumed. You will then be prompted for the appropriate password, and - from that point on, until you exit, you will be that user in the shell.

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OK, i've installed PengAol. I'm on Terminal as root when I try to access "/etc/Pangaol/PengAol.conf" I get an error saying I don't have permission. On the link, it said to edit that file, but I don't even know how to edit it, or even access it.

by the way, thanks ya'll for the help =D

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OK, i've installed PengAol.  I'm on Terminal as root when I try to access "/etc/Pangaol/PengAol.conf" I get an error saying I don't have permission.  On the link, it said to edit that file, but I don't even know how to edit it, or even access it.

by the way, thanks ya'll for the help =D

The way I would recommend editing it is to open up a shell/konsole/terminal/commandprompt...

Type su and hit [ENTER].

When it prompts for a password, enter your root password.

Then type kedit /etc/Pangaol/PengAol.conf. (if kedit is installed. If not, use whatever simple editing program you have, not OpenOffice. something simple)

Make your edits, then save.

back at the command prompt, type exit and hit [ENTER]. Then do the exit [ENTER] thing one more time.

All done.

[EDIT: Is AOL really worth all this?] :whistle: lol

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OK, i'll try that.

AOL being worth it, I assume. I can't actually be connected to the internet without having supplied my username and password to AOL ?_?

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Poo. Yeah, everything works, up until when I want to connect. It says it can't find the right drivers. Stupid stupid stupid. Is tehre a way to connect to the internet without AOL, without actually subscribing to another ISP?

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Poo. Yeah, everything works, up until when I want to connect. It says it can't find the right drivers. Stupid stupid stupid. Is tehre a way to connect to the internet without AOL, without actually subscribing to another ISP?

Don't think so, first AOL doesn't use the normal protocol to connect to the Internet, and the previously posted suggestions are basically for Dial Up only, I think you have better luck switching to a provider that lets you connect via a "normal" protocol like PPPoE.

The only OSes AOL support for now are Windows 95, NT4, 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP (Windows 2003 and 64bit editions of Windows is not supported)

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The only OSes AOL support for now are Windows 95, NT4, 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP (Windows 2003 and 64bit editions of Windows is not supported)

FYI, Mac OS X is also supported, not that it does the original poster any good.

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