On 01/05/10 10:09, chris wrote:
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 21:21 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 9:15 AM, chris<[email protected]> wrote:
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:43 +0900, Andrew Errington wrote:
On Sat, 01 May 2010 05:33:45 chris wrote:
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:57 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote:
On 29/04/10 17:47, Rik Tindall wrote:
Ubuntu is the default distro used, and release 10.04 LTS is just a
number of hours away, so we may get to check this out next Weds:
I've been "checking it out" (the RC version) first on a VM and now on my
main PC - I like it.
Rob
So do I, but I have not found anyway of getting dialup to work on it.
Any ideas greatly received
regards Chris T
Use KDE and KPPP.
Tried that, but no luck. Also I have been using the gnome desktop.
The problem seems to in the be configuration somewhere.
I actually can dial out using ppp, and connect to my isp, but get no
further.
At that point my knowledge is insufficient.
Works very well on wireless using the local libarary's Aotea network
All help gratefully received
regards Chris T
usual networking diagnostics before and after it connects. ping,
route, traceroute, resolv.conf etc.
Thanks will try those and see how far I get
regards Chris T
Yes, the dial-up has been broken 'out of the box' since about release 8.04.
It can be fixed though. Is this an external modem? (tip - always easier.)
Instructions:
~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-ppp
(you can use gnome-ppp to dial out simply, once the modem is connecting
consistently: it's found under Applications - Internet once installed)
gnome-ppp provides a dialog box front-end for wvdial. The problem is
one of ppp file-writing permissions.
Have you tried running the wvdial command as the root user? - this
allows access to the pppd program files, for the connection to hold.
ref = http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1436496 e.g.
There is a good instruction page online somewhere, with a specific set
of file tweaks that fix ppp to work properly for other users (join group
'dip' etc...)
Am busy googling "Ubuntu dial-up ppp" to find it for you, but better if
I duck back to my 8.04 bookmarks for it and repost. ...
Good luck, Rik
