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 System>Administration>Network > 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 > >
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