Re: [ Ubuntu-BD ] Dialer from Gnome
Go to SystemAdministrationNetwork You'll Probably see an option for Modem, Go to it's property and Configure the modem, user name and password. Then restart the network by sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart in the terminal On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Abdur Rahim Khandker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I edited the /etc/wvdial.conf file as per Omi's instruction. Closing the file does not allow me to use the terminal again. So I saved and quit the window. Typing wvdial gives the information that the modem is intialized but then put three lines stating that the configuration file does not specify a valid phone number, nor a valid username nor a valid password. I tried by deleting the default signs around these info and also by including them in quotes, always with the same result. I opened the /etc/wvdial.conf file and found that the information are there alright. So where lies the problem ? On 3/9/08, Omi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Relax Keep your modem connected and on. Go to terminal and run the command sudo wvdialconf It will detect some things automatically. Then again type sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf on the shell and a text editor will open. You have to modify the file according to the following instruction (NOTE: Change only Phone, Password and Username field, do not modify any of the other values, your computer will have some other settings value then this one): [Dialer Defaults] Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 C1 D2 +FCLASS=0 Modem Type = USB Modem Baud = 460800 New PPPD = yes Modem = /dev/ttyACM0 ISDN = 0 Phone = your_ISP_dialup_number Password = your_password Username = your_username Now save the file and close the window. Type wvdial on shell and you will be connected. After you get connected, do not close the terminal and follow that site's instruction to get a GUI dialer. Hope it helps -- Omihttp://omi.net.bd Bangla Computing Projects: http://ekushey.org OSS News in Bangla: http://mukto.org Abdur Rahim Khandker wrote: The web pages seems to assume that I already have an Internet connection. I however need to create the the dialer in order to be able to connect to Internet. So is there any workaround ? Thank you. On 3/8/08, Jamil Ahmed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Abdur Rahim Khandker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed Ubuntu 7.04 from a live CD on a partion (Windows XP in another partion) on my home PC (Pentium 4 CPU 2.26GHz 1.00 MB RAM). How can I create a Dialer to connect to Agni Systems Ltd. for connecting to Internet via a modem (US Robotics 52 kbps) ? Someone told me that it can't be done from Gnome I must use KDE. If that's so, how can I shift to KDE and what 's the proceedure from there ? You can use, GNOME PPP [0] for this purpose. Check this link [1] for installation howto. [0] http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=41 [1] http://www.ubuntux.org/how-to-install-dialup-ppp-client-gnome-ppp ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd -- -- Omihttp://omi.net.bd Bangla Computing Projects: http://ekushey.org OSS News in Bangla: http://mukto.org -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
Re: [ Ubuntu-BD ] Dialer from Gnome
I followed the instructions from Tarin. But now I get the message An error has occured. Clicking the Detail arrow shows the text connect: connection refused. What should I do now? On 3/10/08, Tarin Mahmood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Go to SystemAdministrationNetwork You'll Probably see an option for Modem, Go to it's property and Configure the modem, user name and password. Then restart the network by sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart in the terminal On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Abdur Rahim Khandker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I edited the /etc/wvdial.conf file as per Omi's instruction. Closing the file does not allow me to use the terminal again. So I saved and quit the window. Typing wvdial gives the information that the modem is intialized but then put three lines stating that the configuration file does not specify a valid phone number, nor a valid username nor a valid password. I tried by deleting the default signs around these info and also by including them in quotes, always with the same result. I opened the /etc/wvdial.conf file and found that the information are there alright. So where lies the problem ? On 3/9/08, Omi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Relax Keep your modem connected and on. Go to terminal and run the command sudo wvdialconf It will detect some things automatically. Then again type sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf on the shell and a text editor will open. You have to modify the file according to the following instruction (NOTE: Change only Phone, Password and Username field, do not modify any of the other values, your computer will have some other settings value then this one): [Dialer Defaults] Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 C1 D2 +FCLASS=0 Modem Type = USB Modem Baud = 460800 New PPPD = yes Modem = /dev/ttyACM0 ISDN = 0 Phone = your_ISP_dialup_number Password = your_password Username = your_username Now save the file and close the window. Type wvdial on shell and you will be connected. After you get connected, do not close the terminal and follow that site's instruction to get a GUI dialer. Hope it helps -- Omihttp://omi.net.bd Bangla Computing Projects: http://ekushey.org OSS News in Bangla: http://mukto.org Abdur Rahim Khandker wrote: The web pages seems to assume that I already have an Internet connection. I however need to create the the dialer in order to be able to connect to Internet. So is there any workaround ? Thank you. On 3/8/08, Jamil Ahmed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Abdur Rahim Khandker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed Ubuntu 7.04 from a live CD on a partion (Windows XP in another partion) on my home PC (Pentium 4 CPU 2.26GHz 1.00 MB RAM). How can I create a Dialer to connect to Agni Systems Ltd. for connecting to Internet via a modem (US Robotics 52 kbps) ? Someone told me that it can't be done from Gnome I must use KDE. If that's so, how can I shift to KDE and what 's the proceedure from there ? You can use, GNOME PPP [0] for this purpose. Check this link [1] for installation howto. [0] http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=41 [1] http://www.ubuntux.org/how-to-install-dialup-ppp-client-gnome-ppp ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd -- -- Omihttp://omi.net.bd Bangla Computing Projects: http://ekushey.org OSS News in Bangla: http://mukto.org -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
Re: [ Ubuntu-BD ] Dialer from Gnome
The web pages seems to assume that I already have an Internet connection. I however need to create the the dialer in order to be able to connect to Internet. So is there any workaround ? Thank you. On 3/8/08, Jamil Ahmed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Abdur Rahim Khandker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed Ubuntu 7.04 from a live CD on a partion (Windows XP in another partion) on my home PC (Pentium 4 CPU 2.26GHz 1.00 MB RAM). How can I create a Dialer to connect to Agni Systems Ltd. for connecting to Internet via a modem (US Robotics 52 kbps) ? Someone told me that it can't be done from Gnome I must use KDE. If that's so, how can I shift to KDE and what 's the proceedure from there ? You can use, GNOME PPP [0] for this purpose. Check this link [1] for installation howto. [0] http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=41 [1] http://www.ubuntux.org/how-to-install-dialup-ppp-client-gnome-ppp ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
Re: [ Ubuntu-BD ] Dialer from Gnome
On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Abdur Rahim Khandker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed Ubuntu 7.04 from a live CD on a partion (Windows XP in another partion) on my home PC (Pentium 4 CPU 2.26GHz 1.00 MB RAM). How can I create a Dialer to connect to Agni Systems Ltd. for connecting to Internet via a modem (US Robotics 52 kbps) ? Someone told me that it can't be done from Gnome I must use KDE. If that's so, how can I shift to KDE and what 's the proceedure from there ? You can use, GNOME PPP [0] for this purpose. Check this link [1] for installation howto. [0] http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=41 [1] http://www.ubuntux.org/how-to-install-dialup-ppp-client-gnome-ppp ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd