[ltp] Dial Up, Dsl, & Wifi Connection

SOTL linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:20:33 -0500


On Tuesday 14 December 2004 01:49 pm, Cougar wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Ejnar Zacho Rath wrote:
> > On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:11:43 -0500, SOTL <sotl155360@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > Hi All
> > >
> > > I understand that there is something called YaST->System->Profile
> > > Manager which is suppose to allow one to accomplish what I need.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of a procedure or "How To" that describes how to
> > > configure the system using the Profile Manager and what packages need
> > > to be installed?
> >
> > You need the package called scpm.  It includes documentation as far as
> > I remember.  The SuSE manuals have it described as well - if you have
> > access to them.
>
> You can use YaST to cofigure first profiles and see how they works. Later
> you can easily switch to command line which is actually very easy to use.
> Nice thing is that SuSE boot loader (grub) lets you easily select profile
> before kernel boot (and it gives your last active profile as default). I
> haven't played with 9.2 yet but 9.1
>
> ---
> Cougar / http://wiki.version6.net/T42

Any way to configure the system or a profile such that Linux acts like that 
!@#$% called Microsoft does. That is where you connect to any one of the 
three DSL, WiFi, or modem without switching profiles.

Frank