Re: dialup modem connection

2007-07-17 Thread Mark Grieveson
> Install pon > Then install pppconfig and run that as root > Then if you are already as user added to dip it will all just work. > I am still on dialup and about to move onto satellite broadband > because there is no other broadband option. One of the joys of living > in the bush. > Be well, >

Re: dialup modem connection

2007-07-17 Thread John Hasler
Install pppconfig, run it as root, and follow instructions. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dialup modem connection

2007-07-16 Thread M-L
On Tuesday 17 July 2007 15:40, Mark Grieveson shared this with us all: >--} I decided to give up high speed internet, because it's a waste of money >--} and time. So, now I have dial-up. The last time I had dial-up was >--} when I used Corel Linux, and I had no problem setting that up. Now, >--}

Re: dialup modem connection

2007-07-16 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 01:40:30AM -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote: > I tried kppp, and did get it to connect, but only when run as root. I > read kppp's help, and it said a bunch of stuff about "noauth" and > "dip"; so, my regular user is a member of both dialout and dip, and > I uncommented "noauth"

dialup modem connection

2007-07-16 Thread Mark Grieveson
I decided to give up high speed internet, because it's a waste of money and time. So, now I have dial-up. The last time I had dial-up was when I used Corel Linux, and I had no problem setting that up. Now, however, I can't seem to get wvdial, or its frontend, gnome-ppp, to work (aren't things su