On Monday 08 September 2003 08:31 pm, Richard Court wrote: > Hi All, > > I've searched the archives for this issue without success so here are my > queries. I have an older 3 Com/US Robotics 56K ISA internal Faxmodem (model > 5687-hardware controlled) that I would like to configure for use with > Mandrake 9.1. Here is what I've attempted to date: > > Mandrake Control Center's (MCC) Hardware Detection did not detect my legacy > modem. Mandrake Control Center's Network Configuration yielded a ppp0 > error. MCC's Network Config tool is a complicated way to dial-up an > internet connection--is there an easier way to dial-up the internet? Is > this tool a no-go with legacy modems? > > Traditionally I've used kppp without problem. kppp's modem query function > will detect my modem and set it up for use. However, I've done a file find > and a MCC software search for kppp and it does not appear to be available > with Mandrake 9.1. Is kppp or some other dialer available with this distro? > Where do I find it? > > If I do get a dialer working will users be able to use the dialer without > having to have root permissions? Or do I have to do the sudoers-user script > thing? > > Thanks in advance, > > Richard Richard, look at "kdenetwork-kppp" the whole kde thing seems to be a tad different in 9.1. Find it in MCC with a search on kppp and it is there. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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