New user to linux plz help

[Gash]

hello all

i have a problem.

i have just installed linux mandrake. but i cannot connect to the net using it.. im using windows xp just now incase ur wondering lol

anyway here is the message i get when i try and connect

ERROR KPPP

CAN NOT LOAD THE ACCOUNTING RULESET "/ENGLISH/BRITISHTELECOM_LOCAL.RST"!

HOPE SOME1 CAN HELP
THANK YOU

[andutt]

Can you connect any other computers on your LAN (if you have any??) Can you paste in the output from these commands..as the root user

ifconfig
cat /etc/sysconfig/network
cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*

[Dolda2000]

What kind of connection is it? Modem or PPPoE xDSL (or other)? And even more importantly, what distro are you using?

[andutt]

Mandrake....

[Dolda2000]

Oh, sorry, I missed that. Still, though, what kind of connection is it?

[Gash]

im using a modem to connect

and i can connect using windows xp i have xp and mandrake on my pc multiboot option,

as for the other replys im sorry but i have not go a clue how to work linux

and ty for all the replys

[Dolda2000]

I've never heard of any accounting rulesets at all. When in the dialing process does this happen, exactly?

[Gash]

i have put in my username etc. when i click on connect i get the dial tone then after a few mins i get that message

oh and wot is a distro??????????

[Dolda2000]

I don't use either KDE or PPP, so I can't check this myself, but if you look around in the program and all its settings and stuff, can you find anything related to accounting?

[Gash]

give me 5 mins then i have to log off xp and have a look brb