Dialup Error

[Thomas W. Cranston]

Oliver Leitner wrote:

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> Thomas W. Cranston wrote:
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> | Hi
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> | How can I get a list of error messages.
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> | I get the following message when trying to activate my dialup
> | connection:
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> | "Failed to activate (my isp provider name) with error 8"
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> Dear Thomas
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> take a look into your messages file, /var/log/....
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> Greetings
> Oliver Leitner
> Technical Staff
> http://www.shells.at
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Thanks

I am a Linux newbie.

Can you give me a list of basic linux commands.

I find the dialup on a lot of distros frustrating.

I have been able to successfully configure dialup using Darn Small Linux 
on the same machine that I installed  Fedora on.

Thanks