Linux-Setup Digest #872, Volume #19 Sat, 21 Oct 00 03:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: ftp missing!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux firewall and win98 games (craig)
Install eDesktop 2.4 on Windows ME ("Gordon Berta")
unresolved symbols(s) error after compiling the kernel (student)
Install eDesktop 2.4 on Windows ME ("Gordon Berta")
Help installing eterm (Richard Everhart)
How do I install a new video driver? ("Lamar Thomas")
Re: Newbie question: broken ppp ("bluster")
Re: DNS problems w/ Linux in an NT network (J Sloan)
Re: "Branded" machines and linux ("bluster")
Re: DNS problems w/ Linux in an NT network (J Sloan)
Linux problem on WINDOWS-ME? (Mark Stankus)
Re: Newbie question: broken ppp (Edwin Humphries)
success with USB mouse ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [lilo] please critique this lilo.conf (observer)
Re: success with USB mouse ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Net install ("Brandon Freitag")
Old Compaq linux system? ("me")
Extended Characters (Horrorshow)
Re: monitor. resolution (Horrorshow)
Re: Newbie question: broken ppp ("bluster")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ftp missing!!
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 02:08:57 GMT
rpm -q ftp shows : ftp-0.10-12
Still it doesn,t work.
I tried uninstalling and re-installing the ftp-0.10-22.i386.rpm located
in Redhat/RPMS/ directory in the cd. No hope yet.
When give a find : find / -name "*ftpd" -print
it finds files like /usr/lib/linuxconf/help.eng/wuftpd etc.
But I don't find any executables in /usr/sbin or /usr/bin.
I find in.tftpd in /usr/sbin - not something like in.ftpd.
Could you pls. help further ?
Thanks
Sudip
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > In article <8so9ef$4bq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Hi,
> >
> > > I am surprisingly finding that ftp service is missing from the
> > > installation of my Redhat Linux 6.0 (i386).
> > >
> > > Although the entries are there in /etc/services and
/etc/inetd.conf
> > > the command that is specified in inetd.conf (i.e. in.ftpd) is
missing
> > > from the system. I tried an upgrade from the installation cdrom
for
> > > that service - it says in a log in /temp/upgrade.log that it has
> > > upgraded ftp but still I don't find it in the system. Naturally I
> > > cannot connect to the linux machine through ftp client from other
> > > machines.
> > > By the way ping,telnet etc. work fine.
> > >
> > > Can anybody help?
> > ...
> >
> > What does "rpm -q ftp" show? If nothing, load ftp-0.16-x from the
CD.
>
> Better yet, install ftp-server-xxx-xx.rpm from the CD.
>
> --
> Robert Kiesling
> Linux FAQ Maintainer
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.mainmatter.com/linux-faq/toc.html
http://www.mainmatter.com/
>
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From: craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Linux firewall and win98 games
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 19:23:58 -0700
Have any of you successfully set up a Linux firewall so that Win98 games
behind it can run through it. Specifically Microsoft gaming Zone.
Redhat 6.2. .
Can you let me know what sequence of commands you used or send me the
rc.local, rc.firewall and rc.portfw
Thanks
craig h
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From: "Gordon Berta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Install eDesktop 2.4 on Windows ME
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 02:23:57 GMT
How does one do this without data loss of windows programs and files.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: student <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: unresolved symbols(s) error after compiling the kernel
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 00:44:49 +0800
I have compiled the kernel with modules support, when I boot up with the
new image, it displayed a list of error like that :
/lib/modules/2.2.14-3.0/misc/bttv.o: unresolved symbol(s)
/lib/modules/2.2.14-3.0/misc/awe_wave.o: unresolved symbol(s)
/lib/modules/2.2.14-3.0/misc/atixlmouse.o: unresolved symbol(s)
.....................
....................
How to solve this problem ???
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From: "Gordon Berta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Install eDesktop 2.4 on Windows ME
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 02:37:38 GMT
Really any one out there no how to do this without loosing windows files or
operating system.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Richard Everhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help installing eterm
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 02:55:32 GMT
I've tried installing Eterm-0.9-4.i386.rpm but I keep getting the
message that libutempter.so.0 can't be found. I did a rpm -q --file
libutempter.so.0 but no luck - it couldn't tell me what package this
file comes from. Any clues? Thanks.
Rich
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From: "Lamar Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: How do I install a new video driver?
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 03:10:40 GMT
I just downloaded a new Linux video driver for my NVidia TNT2 M64 video card
but I don't know how to install it. Can anyone help? I am running RH 6.2
and the GNome interface. The name of the file that I downloaded is:
NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-5.rh62.i386.rpm. I am new to Linux and thanks for any
help.
Regards,
Lamar
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From: "bluster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie question: broken ppp
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 00:11:04 -0400
Edwin Humphries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> G'day,
>
> I'm trying to set up a small office server, using Red Hat 6.2. We did have
> ppp running, but it broke whilst trying to get fetchmail to work properly;
> I'm not sure if it wasn't due to a segmentation fault/core dump courtesy
of
> linuxconf.
>
> What happens now is that when started (using ifup ppp0) it goes into a
loop:
> you hear the hard disk thrashing a bit, you see several modem lights
flicker
> a bit, you hear the hard disk thrashing a bit, you see ...
>
> I've uninstalled ppp and the associated wvdial and reinstalled, I've tried
> to edit the script and configuration files I know about, but it's still
the
> same.
>
> Does anyone have any clues?
>
Have you turned on ppp debugging and checked the
entries in the /var/log/messages file?
That should tell you where to start looking anyway.
Bluster
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From: J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: DNS problems w/ Linux in an NT network
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 04:13:56 GMT
Jan Johansson wrote:
> >DNS is a passive service, by default. It listens, and only listens
> >to people who _explicitly_ talk to it. Unless someone has configured
> >their system to request services from the Linux box, running named on
> >it will have absolutely no effect on the network (In fact, you can
> >run named as a caching nameserver on a linux box and it will reduce
> >the load on the main nameserver (but only for the single linux box)).
> >
> >You're thinking of the microsoft crap which broadcasts service
> >availability. Unix doesn't work that way (well, except for rusersd
> >and rwhod which aren't enabled anyway by default for that very
> >reason).
> >
> >Named listens, it doesn't talk.
>
> Doesnt matter, the service shouldnt be running unless authorized by
> the management.
A caching nameserver that allows access only from localhost
would be perfectly acceptable in any network, and a good way
to both reduce network traffic and speed up name resolution for
the workstation user.
You would definitely not want to be working for the pointy haired
boss that had a problem with that!
jjs
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From: "bluster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "Branded" machines and linux
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 00:16:46 -0400
marvin greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm thinking about getting an HP, IBM or Compaq desktop to put linux on,
> because these boxes tend to be quieter (for a music server in the living
> room.) Does anyone have any experience putting linux onto these? Any
> issues with their (typically) strange propietary bioses or onboard video,
etc.?
>
> Anyone with real concrete experience?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Marvin
> P.S. I have a RH distro now, but wouldn't have a problem building a kernel
> special.
>
I just installed linux on a compaq, smoothest install ever!
iirc compaq has a devel program w/redhat, drivers for most all
their hardware on their www site.
Bluster
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From: J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: DNS problems w/ Linux in an NT network
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 04:33:27 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am having problems using my Linux box in an NT network.
> System administrator complains that my machines tries to
> act as DNS server so I am forbidden to use it :-(
He would have no way of knowing whether or not
your system was running dns unless he explicitly
queried it, and why would he do that, too much time
on his hands?
It is much more likely that he has no idea what
he is talking about, and feels threatened by what he
neither controls nor understands, so all he can think
to do is to try to suppress it.
> Does anyone know how to avoid this? And have Linux
> live peacefully together with NT (I know it is a nonsense;-)
> or at least make me live peacefully together with my sysadmin
> and enjoy using a real operating system?
Run a caching named, and set up acls such that ONLY
localhost can query it - or get medeival and set up firewall
rules such that nobody but localhost can reach port 53
on your linux system.
jjs
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From: Mark Stankus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux problem on WINDOWS-ME?
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 21:59:27 -0700
I am considering installing linux (Linux Mandrake 7.1) dual boot on
a windows-me PC. Are people having problems doing this?
Mark
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edwin Humphries)
Subject: Re: Newbie question: broken ppp
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 07:34:42 GMT
On Sat, 21 Oct 2000 00:11:04 -0400, "bluster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Have you turned on ppp debugging and checked the
>entries in the /var/log/messages file?
>That should tell you where to start looking anyway.
>
>Bluster
As a result of another suggestion, yes, and it was very revealing.
pppd[16611]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/modem at 115200
WvDial: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.41
WvDial: Warning: section [Dialer Modem] does not exist in wvdial.conf.
WvDial: Initializing modem.
WvDial: Sending: ATZ
WvDial: ATZ
WvDial: OK
WvDial: Modem initialized.
WvDial: Configuration does not specify a valid phone number.
WvDial: Configuration does not specify a valid login name.
WvDial: Configuration does not specify a valid password.
pppd[16611]: Connect script failed
(this cycled repeatedly, presumably, as ppp retried the script)
I could identify no configuration file to add this missing information
to; it's already in the ppp configuration files.
I found the supposed Red Hat wvdial configuration utility, rp3, on the
distribution disk; however, it won't install due to an unsatisfied
dependency on libpanel_applet.so.0, which doesn't appear to be on the
hard disk or the CD.
I tried the Mandrake KWvdial, which worked up to a point: it dialed
and connected to the ISP, but didn't know to try "1" instead of "ppp"
as the post-login prompt as to what type of connection to establish;
the server dropped the connection after 3 tries.On Sat, 21 Oct 2000
02:15:55 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Black Dragon)
wrote:
>
>Have you looked at your logs -- /var/log/messages, kernel, etc., for any
>clues?
>
>--
>Black Dragon
>
As a result of your suggestion, yes, and it was very revealing.
pppd[16611]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/modem at 115200
WvDial: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.41
WvDial: Warning: section [Dialer Modem] does not exist in wvdial.conf.
WvDial: Initializing modem.
WvDial: Sending: ATZ
WvDial: ATZ
WvDial: OK
WvDial: Modem initialized.
WvDial: Configuration does not specify a valid phone number.
WvDial: Configuration does not specify a valid login name.
WvDial: Configuration does not specify a valid password.
pppd[16611]: Connect script failed
(this cycled repeatedly, presumably, as ppp retried the script)
I could identify no configuration file to add this missing information
to; it's already in the ppp configuration files.
I found the supposed Red Hat wvdial configuration utility, rp3, on the
distribution disk; however, it won't install due to an unsatisfied
dependency on libpanel_applet.so.0, which doesn't appear to be on the
hard disk or the CD.
I tried the Mandrake KWvdial, which worked up to a point: it dialed
and connected to the ISP, but didn't know to try "1" instead of "ppp"
as the post-login prompt as to what type of connection to establish;
the server dropped the connection after 3 tries.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: success with USB mouse
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 22:35:15 GMT
Of course, a lot of questions are asked in this newsgroup...however, I
always find it very useful when people make posts on how they were
successful at doing something. I recently had success (finally!)
getting my USB mouse working, and hence, the third button. (the wheel
I am still working on).
To get it to work, I used kernel 2.2.15 with no backport applied. I
configured the mouse to load as a module (since can't yet put it right
in the kernel). I added the two lines in startup /etc/rc.d/rc.local
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.2.15/usb/mousedev.o
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.2.15/usb/usbmouse.o
When I start up, the mouse console services seem to mess up, with a
report
oops, gpm.c could not be loaded for /dev/mouse
but when the USB detection occurs, the mouse works fine. I would
appreciate any comments on this setup.
Thanks!
Dan
p.s. I choose 3 button USB mouse in mouseconfig (or however one would
choose their mouse, I use the gui harddrake for Linux Mandrake 7.1)
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From: observer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [lilo] please critique this lilo.conf
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 05:33:00 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> observer wrote:
>
> > "Checking root file system
> > /dev/hdc2 is mounted. Cannot continue, aborting."
> >
> > Then I have to reboot.
> >
> > This happens with or without the "unsafe" keyword.
> >
> >
>
> Check that this partition is not "mounted" in any other system.
> The booting needs full freedom for temporarily mounting "read only",
> checking and only later freeing to "read-write" conditions.
> Read your rh6 /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab and delete any mention of this
> partition.
> Persist and RTFM, I know that it works in my case, but I use Slackware
> and administering this animal is second nature after some time.
> Have fun
> Stanislaw.
>
Ok, Stan, thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
I decided the simplest approach would be to make the lilo.conf files
for the two setups -- redhat61 on /dev/hda4 and redhat7 on /dev/hdc2 --
perfectly symmetric, which I did as follows:
------ redhat61 ------
boot = /dev/hda4
install = /boot/boot.b
map = /boot/map
message = /boot/message
# simulate user key-press
prompt # else user has to press CTRL
# give user time to think
#delay = 1800 # seconds = delay/10
default = redhat61
image = /boot/vmlinuz
label = redhat61
append = "reboot=warm"
initrd = /boot/initrd
root = /dev/hda4
read-only
vga = ask
other = /dev/hdc2
label = redhat7
other = /dev/hda1
label = windowsme
table = /dev/hda
------ end redhat61 ------
------ redhat7 ------
boot = /dev/hdc2
install = /boot/boot.b
map = /boot/map
message = /boot/message
# simulate user key-press
prompt # else user has to press CTRL
# give user time to think
#delay = 1800 # seconds = delay/10
default = redhat7
image = /boot/vmlinuz
label = redhat7
append = "nousb reboot=warm" # back-UPS Pro 500 usb problem!
initrd = /boot/initrd
root = /dev/hdc2
read-only
vga = ask
other = /dev/hda4
label = redhat61
other = /dev/hda1
label = windowsme
table = /dev/hda
------ end redhat7 ------
If my understanding of lilo is correct, the symmetry of these two
lilo.conf files leads me to believe that the resulting boot interfaces
should work a correspondingly symmetric fashion, which -- given that
/dev/hda4 is the active partition on /dev/hda -- they appear to do, so
to that extent at least my understanding seems to be confirmed.
I will try it this way for awhile and keep a watchful eye on it.
Thanks again!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: success with USB mouse
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 22:59:53 GMT
YES YES YES YES YES, okay, I get a little excited, but you know, that
is what we live for!!! (I am sure I will be pissed again tomorrow,
but it keeps me going). Okay, I got the wheel to work on my
mouse...this is how I did it...
In the pointers section, i would add the standard
Protocol "IMPS/2"
Device "dev/mouse"
Buttons 5
ZAxisMapping 4 5
but each time I did this, my mouse would go wacky. So, I got the usb
mouse to work with the previous message in the thread. Then I added
the ZAxisMapping and changed Protocol from regular PS/2 to IMPS/2 and
my mouse no longer went wacky. I believe this is because the
conflicts with gpm siezed because the mouse was delivering data
through a different port. Again, any comments are welcome!
Dan Allen
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From: "Brandon Freitag" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Net install
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 01:08:01 -0500
I've got a Pentium with a Netgear 10/100 card, but no CDROM. I have 3 other
Pentiums (all with CDROMs though) with the same network card that work fine
with Linux. This particular computer currently has Win 95 (not for too
long) and the network card is working.
I'm trying to do a FTP install since I don't have a CDROM (RH 7.0), but
everytime I try to setup the NIC, it errors out because it can't load the
driver module (I'm trying tulip, but have tried several others). I even try
to manually configure the i/o address, it still doesn't work. I suppose I
could be entering the address wrong (Win 95 indicates an IO range of 1000 to
10FF -- what should I be entering at the prompt?) Although I could go the
hard drive install route, I'd prefer not to. Any suggestions on how to get
around this?
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From: "me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Old Compaq linux system?
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 01:14:20 -0500
Does anyone know of any problems I might have installing linux on a 486
Compaq? I tried to install a small version of linux, made for a smaller
(older) computer, and it said it could not mount my hard drive. Could this
be due to the fact that I didn't reformat and left Windows on it? Or is it
more likely a problem with proprietary hard drive drivers? it is a Compaq
Deskpro XE 433s with 8 MB of RAM and a 210 (about) MB hard drive. It has a
floppy, but no CD-ROM, so that's not an option. If anyone can help, I would
greatly appreciate it.
Josh
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From: Horrorshow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Extended Characters
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 06:29:59 GMT
Hello...
How the blazes do you type in "upper ASCII" characters either at the
console or in X? I mean e's with umlauts, paragraph signs and all that
other stuff above char 127? The equivalent of doing right-ALT+0001 to
0255 on a Windows box?
I've read the man pages to the various keys commands, no go...
I have my terminal and X set to use ISO 8859-1 if that's any help.
TIA
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From: Horrorshow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: monitor. resolution
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 06:33:59 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> my monitor screen is stuck in 640X480 and i can not change it back from
> display properties i have tried hardware acceleration setting i have
> reinstalled drivers from my windows millennium c.d and it still it will
> not change to 800x600 or any other setting. can any one help me.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
This is a Linux NG, but I'll help you out. Change your monitor in Device
Manager from Default Monitor to Plug and Play monitor or whatever it
actually is.
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From: "bluster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie question: broken ppp
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 02:48:53 -0400
Edwin Humphries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :
> On Sat, 21 Oct 2000 00:11:04 -0400, "bluster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >Have you turned on ppp debugging and checked the
> >entries in the /var/log/messages file?
> >That should tell you where to start looking anyway.
> >
> >Bluster
>
> As a result of another suggestion, yes, and it was very revealing.
>
> pppd[16611]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
> ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/modem at 115200
> WvDial: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.41
> WvDial: Warning: section [Dialer Modem] does not exist in wvdial.conf.
>
> WvDial: Initializing modem.
> WvDial: Sending: ATZ
> WvDial: ATZ
> WvDial: OK
> WvDial: Modem initialized.
> WvDial: Configuration does not specify a valid phone number.
> WvDial: Configuration does not specify a valid login name.
> WvDial: Configuration does not specify a valid password.
> pppd[16611]: Connect script failed
>
> (this cycled repeatedly, presumably, as ppp retried the script)
Looks like the wvdial configuration file is the problem.
>
> I could identify no configuration file to add this missing information
> to; it's already in the ppp configuration files.
I use chat with a script created using linuxconf myself, but
wvdial uses a config file named /etc/wvdial.conf to store
the ISP account and dialing info. The file should look
something like this:
===== begin /etc/wvdial.conf =========
[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyS2
Baud = 57600
Init = ATZ
Init2 = AT S11=50
Phone = 555-4242
Username = myusername
Password = my-password
[Dialer phone2]
Phone = 555-4243
[Dialer shh]
Init3 = ATM0
[Dialer pulse]
Dial Command = ATDP
===== end /etc/wvdial.conf =========
You can use the wvdialconf program to generate modem
device configuration settings for your modem, it will
write them to the wvdial.conf file. You will still
need to edit wvdial.conf to add your ISP account info.
Hope this helps,
Bluster
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