I've posted quite a number of tips that might help with this over
at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/modemmanager/+bug/482971.
I've managed to get pppd going (and confirmed operation via ping via
both DNS and direct IP addresses) ... but for me, I'm still watching my
pppd fight with my ISP over what should be a static IP address. My set
up only works with Ubuntu 9.10 via a dynamic (pppd negotiated) IP
address (... and that won't do for me). To recap:
1. modem-manager package must be completely removed (and system
rebooted). Modem manager squats on devices that it fails to recognize on ADSL
modems (e.g. regular USB Modems).
2. Neither GNOME-PPP nor wvdial will work (but 'pon' and 'poff' and
direct 'pppd' invocations *do* work). With gnome-ppp and/or wvdial, I get
errors about 'Serial Link is not 8 bit clean' (see
http://ppp.samba.org/ppp/FAQ.html).
3. /usr/sbin/pppd is group 'dip' ... so be sure to make your user account
a member of group 'dip'
4. Make sure that neither gnome-ppp/wvdial nor network manager have put
something like auto ppp0 into /etc/network/interfaces file. If so, comment
that out (by hand).
5. Make /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and /etc/ppp/chap-secrets at least readable
by group 'dip'
6. If using the excellent 'wvdialconf' command, grab the local
.wvdial.conf file and hand integrated it into /etc/wvdial.conf. For the most
part, one can just overwrite the /etc/wvdial.conf file that comes with Ubuntu
9.10 (by default).
Good luck, Steffen.
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gnome-ppp fails under 9.10, works under 9.04
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/469881
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