Hi Gerard, MODEM – Someone from my other yahoo group helped me find the drivers for my modem and I downloaded them on a thumb drive from another machine.
UPDATE MANAGER - does not work unless I am connected to the internet. Tried it. CONNECTION MANAGER – is not set up for dial-up. Major bug that a lot of people complained about. I checked the Ubuntu form on that. Here is what I got from the form: Update for Ubuntu 10.04 Although wvdial and dependencies are included into CD of 10.04 are NOT installed by default! Bug#400573 You do not need to download them, just use the .iso or LiveCD or LiveUSB following the procedure below: 1. right click ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso and 'open with archive mounter' (or mount LiveCD/LiveUSB) 2. right click on icon created (from 1) to 'browse folder' 3. create a folder on Desktop (ex. named 'wvdial') 4. copy into that folder all 4 .deb files that exist into .iso/LiveCD/LiveUSB ... /pool/main/w/wvdial and /pool/main/w/wvstreams 5. use System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager and then from menu File > Add downloaded packages > double click Desktop and then the folder you created at point #3, click open, follow instructions to install My version is 10.04.1. Do not know if that makes a difference. Could not open the CD the way they described. Could not find the .deb files. Wi Fi HOT SPOTS - The nearest one to me is 12 miles away in a valley. If all else fails, I can carry my desktop to my local library (they are wireless), but that is an overkill. From: g.linuxducks Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 6:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: New to group with QUESTION FEW MORE QUESTIONS..... you wrote <<<1) I installed the modem software. >>> How with no connection ? *Have you ever run Update Manager yet ?* You will not be able to install software and other features until the first use of *Update Manager *is run with full security and recommended updates as well as neccessary packages and fixes to bring the system up to date. When you first install a computer system, it has basic connectivity and you always have to run all the updates / upgrades / patches / fixes to get it up to speed and operational as expected - all features now working. No different in Linux. BASIC CONNECTIVITY.... again basic connection to the internet and you MUST run Update Manager and install all to get the system running full featured. There are like debian packages thingies (like Windows Installer) and the Ubuntu Software Center thingies and Synaptics Packages Manager has to be installed to use that for additional packages for softwares that has all kinds of extras and so on. you wrote <<< a) Could not configure a Dial-Up connection using Networking Option – Networking does not exist. >>> What does that mean ? Ubuntu and Linux comes with a connection manager pre-installed to gain instant internet access upon any install. This is at the top tray bar about right center. Right click it for options to set up a connection for like Wired, Broadband, Wi Fi Wireless etc. In Ubuntu right click it (should be up and down little arrows icon) and then click EDIT CONNECTIONS. To begin, I believe this is the starting place for enacting dial up connection. You click New Connection at Wired which is also where ethernet connects with the name of that connection as " Auto eth0 ". When you click new wireless connection you must name it " wlan0" . For Dial Up you must name it ? ? ? I don't know never did it yet. We need someone to tell us the name of the Dial Up connection in the Connection Manager to enable dial up and set up the settings there. I do not believe Linux wil work for dial up no matter what you do until this new connection is named properly and there. I am sure of that because every Linux I ever installed came out of the box with ethernet dsl named and set to go. This is true as well with Debian for "net installs" and you must have the wireless connection named "wlan0" to enable it or you can not do that wirelessly which Debian has for a net install of Linux wirelessly from as many as 30 wi fi hotspots around you. So it goes, Linux is not going to work for a dial up connection until you name the new connection to enable dial up whcih is going to something like Auto ppp maybe - I don't know - just a wild stab in the dark. I will search this down but it will save us both a lot of trouble if an existing member using dial up can tell us. Whatever you were saying about "Networking" not working - this is the Connection Manager and where you start on Linux. It is a very simple powerful Connection Manager that gives instant access to the Internet upon install using dsl out of the box. On Wi-Fi it is automatic as soon as you name the new connection and I set in my Home Network name a nd security key and have never had a problem on three different type computers. The Netbook sniffs out all active connections anywhere I go wirelessly. I have never had to add anything to the default Connection Manger in Linux though there are several available. I think this is your only problem - the dial up new connection name. There is nothing in the pre-installed Linux Connection Manager missing or not working at all. 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