Re: dialup modem connection
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,
>--} however, I can't seem to get wvdial, or its frontend, gnome-ppp, to
>--} work (aren't things supposed to get easier as time goes by?).
>--}
>--} 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" in the kppp-options file (as instructed). I
>--} still can only connect via the root user.
>--}
>--} Trying to run kppp as regular user:
>--}
>--} mark@debian:~$ kppp
>--} bash: /usr/bin/kppp: Permission denied
>--}
>--} -rwsr-xr--, file owner root, file group dip.
>--}
>--} Trying to run wvdial:
>--}
>--} --> Don't know what to do! Starting pppd and hoping for the best.
>--} --> Unable to run /usr/sbin/pppd.
>--} --> Check permissions, or specify a "PPPD Path" option in wvdial.conf.
>--}
>--} It correctly pointed to /usr/sbin/pppd, which had the same permissions
>--} as the kppp file above, that being:
>--}
>--} -rwsr-xr--, file owner root, file group dip.
>--}
>--} Should file group dip be given write access?
>--}
>--} All suggestions appreciated,
>--}
>--} Mark
>--}
>--} PS, switching back to dialup, just to hear that good ol' modem sound
>--} again, is worth it.
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,
Charlie
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