>> She has a Linux laptop fully functional with Kbuntu 9.04. It is >> connected via Ethernet to a cable modem. The cable modem is >> working and the computer receives a cable IP . >> >> She has a Netvision account and the connect script was tested with >> a cable modem at my place and it worked. The script also worked >> when every command is cut, paste and executed in a root shell. >> But, running the script with sudo yield nothing.
Gal, Maybe a much simpler solution for your friend will be to call the provider and tell them she is not interested in dialing them and wants a direct DHCP connection. No scripts, dialers, setup (well, DHCP), or anything like that, at no extra cost? I don't think I have ever used a dialer with broadband (i.e., from the moment I moved from dial-up to ADSL and then to cable), and if my memory betrays me and I did in the beginning, certainly not in many, many years. Frankly, I didn't even think dialers existed any more as a mainstream feature... IIRC, when I tried to re-hook with Netvision a couple of years ago they were in the process of merging with Barak, and told me that since they were merging the infrastructures if I wanted direct DHCP I had to get a Barak account. Now the two are the same company, right? > and Netvision are thieves who want our money, not our business. They > deserve neither. That may be true, and certainly they (well, Barak) want our business because of the money we pay, can't fault that, can we?... FWIW, Netvision have always (since 1996 for me) provided decent Linux support (not that I used it heavily), including dial scripts that I was offered but never used, etc. The trick is to call them and tell them on the phone that you have Linux, and you want to talk to someone knowledgeable. This always worked for me in the past, i.e., I was called back by someone reasonably proficient. Though I am still a Barak customer I don't call tech support much (well, DHCP just works), so I don't know if that changed after the merger. -- Oleg Goldshmidt | p...@goldshmidt.org _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il