On Sep 25, 2012 1:43 AM, "Ricardo Cruz" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I am not using nm-applet to connect to the Internet. I am using wvdial instead. (It is how tech support from my Internet provider set it up.) > > Anyhow, applications like empathy and pidgin refuse to connect to the servers, because they think I don't have an Internet connection active. (I am using Ubuntu.) > > How can I fool nm-applet in order to fake an Internet connection -- because I really am connected to the Internet, just not using nm-applet in the process.
Just stop network manager: sudo network-manager stop in a terminal. But which modem do you have, and what is the content of the wvdial config file? You should be able to use Network manager/modem manager. -- Marius
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