RESOLVED - was [Re: NEWBIE sanity check re gnome-ppp PLEASE]

2012-04-27 Thread Richard Owlett
Richard Owlett wrote: [snip] DEBIAN 6.0.3 with GNOME desktop 2. initial attempt to use gnome-ppp failed [snip synopsis of original troubleshooting It was a permissions issue. I was not a member of 'dialout' group. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: NEWBIE sanity check re gnome-ppp PLEASE

2012-04-25 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:38:10 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Camaleón wrote: (...) You better be sure about what you install as your OS, sir, or you can encounter bad suprises... Have you verified the md5sum of the media to know it comes from a trusted source? chuckle My phrasing was poor -

Re: NEWBIE sanity check re gnome-ppp PLEASE

2012-04-25 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 08:38:10PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:46:22 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: OK already -- I've written both UNread manuals and MISread test procedures ;/ What am I using - I'm not sure: 1. the *HAND written* label on CD I

Re: NEWBIE sanity check re gnome-ppp PLEASE

2012-04-25 Thread Indulekha
Richard Owlett rowl...@pcnetinc.com wrote: At first I tried tried running it from sub-menu (Applications-Internet-GNOME ppp). Failure message was Can not open modem. The logfile expanded it saying Cannot open /dev/ttyS3: Permission denied. FIRST, find out what kind of modem you have,

Re: NEWBIE sanity check re gnome-ppp PLEASE

2012-04-25 Thread Go Linux
--- On Wed, 4/25/12, Indulekha indule...@theunworthy.com wrote: Then install pppconfig and create your connection with 'sudo pppconfig' run in the terminal, then start the connection with ppp-on-boot or manually using pon. That's the simple, easy, reliable way to do it, and it doesn't

Re: NEWBIE sanity check re gnome-ppp PLEASE

2012-04-24 Thread Richard Owlett
Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:46:22 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: OK already -- I've written both UNread manuals and MISread test procedures ;/ What am I using - I'm not sure: 1. the *HAND written* label on CD I used to load identified it as DEBIAN 6.0.3 with GNOME desktop

Re: NEWBIE sanity check re gnome-ppp PLEASE

2012-04-23 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:46:22 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: OK already -- I've written both UNread manuals and MISread test procedures ;/ What am I using - I'm not sure: 1. the *HAND written* label on CD I used to load identified it as DEBIAN 6.0.3 with GNOME desktop You better be

NEWBIE sanity check re gnome-ppp PLEASE

2012-04-22 Thread Richard Owlett
OK already -- I've written both UNread manuals and MISread test procedures ;/ What am I using - I'm not sure: 1. the *HAND written* label on CD I used to load identified it as DEBIAN 6.0.3 with GNOME desktop 2. initial attempt to use gnome-ppp failed 3. I then did man