I got the same result trying to connect gnome-ppp as user, a suggestion on the web said start as root ( a dangerous thing, i am told), so I did.
It works. Now, how to make it work as user? j...@john-laptop:~$ sudo gnome-ppp [sudo] password for john: WVCONF: /root/.wvdial.conf GNOME PPP: Connecting... GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Ignoring malformed input line: ";Do NOT edit this file by hand!" GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Cannot get information for serial port. GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Initializing modem. GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Sending: ATZ GNOME PPP: STDERR: ATZ GNOME PPP: STDERR: OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 GNOME PPP: STDERR: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 GNOME PPP: STDERR: OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Modem initialized. GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Sending: ATM1L3DT*70,,4901941 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Waiting for carrier. GNOME PPP: STDERR: ATM1L3DT*70,,4901941 GNOME PPP: STDERR: CONNECT 57600 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately. GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Starting pppd at Sat May 2 09:49:51 2009 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Pid of pppd: 3685 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Using interface ppp0 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> local IP address 69.19.185.61 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> remote IP address 69.19.217.75 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> primary DNS address 66.81.1.250 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> secondary DNS address 66.81.1.252 John -- [intrepid ubuntu] gnome-ppp lacks permissions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289239 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs -- universe-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/universe-bugs
