So far I have found that* gnome-ppp & wvdial* are the only options for users having legacy modems and mobile phones.
As for me I use *Nokia 6020* and the popup connection wizard from Intrepid Ibex never worked for me. So also the *pppconfig* method has no go with this. I am sharing here the experience I had while trying to connect to net through *gnome-ppp* I have the fresh Ubuntu 9.04 CD from canonical. Which doesn't have the wvdial or the gnome-ppp so my saviour was the Kubuntu 8.10 DVD from the Presidency University's "Intrepid Ibex Live". I have set the DVD as repository source. Then installed it from synaptic by searching wvdial and gnome-ppp. You can also install using : $ sudo aptitude install gnome-ppp wvdial works fine if you just use with sudo. But gnome-ppp has the problem. I didn't wanna run gnome-ppp by sudo or gksu and only doing that doesn't solve much. $ sudo chmod -R 0777 /etc/ppp $ chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd You might also have to allow permission to peers, which I didn't need to(maybe for I have previously set for pppconfig) $ sudo chmod 777 /etc/ppp/peers/ Connecting with gnome-ppp is a simple 1 minute task to configure. Only set the Init3 string. And detect the modem. Then close it and give username & password as x or whatever you like. Then dial the number *99# or ***99# or ***99*1# (either one will work). For details I'll ask new users to visit : http://omi.net and search gnome-ppp there. One great thing about gnome-ppp I like is it shows the connection details which also measures the datarate it currently working at. Thanks everyone. -- Ubuntu Bangladesh | http://ubuntu.linux.org.bd [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
