Hi,
I'm using Simply mepis 6.0.1, which I installed a month ago. The installation found the internal 56k modem. My ISP is offering a good rate on an upgrade to DSL and they will provide a modem. How hard is this going to be to install without reinstalling the Linux system or losing any data?

I just switched from a cable modem to dsl and got a new isp in deal. The phone guy installed some software on my W2K machine and left. I plugged my Mepis box into the router and instantly had http and ftp access. I configured kmail with the info from the isp's web site and can recieve mail no problem, but sending has been interesting. Mostly it doesn't work and the error message is Connection to Host SMTP is Broken. The ISP requires authenticaion. I can't querry the server (doesn't connect) for what kind of authentication it requires but I used settings recommended by thier tech support. Oddly every once in a while the out going messages slip out and the ones I've sent to myself as a test are recieved. This seems to occur when I've tried to send a message and it didn't go. Then I turn the server requires authentication off and click accept (config window stays open). Then I try to send the message again and while its cranking away I go back to the config window, turn the server authentication back on and click ok. A while later the message is delivered. But the next time I try to send a message I have to do it all over again.

Hi all,
I try to explain my problem briefly. I've installed SimplyMepis 6 on my computer, ethernet connection to adsl and no problem at all.
Then install on my girlfriend's pc, and here is the problem: Aethra Starmodem - Chipset ADI. Google helps me: try Eagle-usb driver. Then I try it: I can successfully install even without internet connection, but later I cannot manage the modem. From now I cannot remember which was exactly the problem, but it didn't work.

I just installed MEPIS Linux and the internet connection works well.

I just installed SM6 RC1 and the fstab issue has been wonderfully resolved, though my system still refuses to enable dma, so disk operations are slower than they should be and using my burner (even with the read-ahead set using hdparm -c1 -d1 -a8 -u1 -k /dev/dvd) still results in all other applications being slowed to a crawl until the burn is completed.