<snip> > I am damn pleased I got jetstream and/or leave it to ipcop's setup - > modems have always been a pain (for me) under linux, easy once you have > it going, hard otherwise. I printed out and read screeds and screeds on > it over 5 years ago.
Okay, setting up the other modem at a friend's house was absurdly easy. I had installed Debian 3.0 r0 a while back. Since then they had not been connected to the internet. I turned up with a modem, plugged it in and did the following: 1) apt-get kppp (had the full Debian CD set) 2) add user to 'dip' and 'dialout' groups 3) made link for /dev/modem to /dev/ttyS0 4) removed "auth" from /etc/ppp/options 5) logged into KDE as user and ran kppp (K | Internet | Internet dialer) 6) Entered phone number for ISP, username and password That's it! I noted the permissions of kppp and pppd before I did anything, they were both -rwsr-xr-- root dip, so that is a good reference. (I might de-install and re-install kppp to see if the default permissions are the same on r4) All in all it was absurdly easy, but only because I had spent so long fiddling on another system. > with debian pon/poff has been the traditional way. wvdial is also a very > very good program. its a shame kppp doesn't have the ability to run > arbitrary commands to log in. the gnome "modem lights" panel applet does > have that ability. I do not know what else in gnome it relies on, or if > it is separately installable, or if it "fits in" to kde in any way. > YMMV, no warranty, return to base in timbuctu for servicing/repair/no > liability accepted/the home brew was liberated! So "free as in beer" is a viable proposition? Andy
