Thanks for your comments. They are a little difficult for me to understand. I'll have to re-read them. Is there an effort to re-write gnome-ppp or dgc_1.11......deb? John
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Steffen H. <shule...@yahoo.com> wrote: > 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. > > -- > gnome-ppp fails under 9.10, works under 9.04 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/469881 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- gnome-ppp fails under 9.10, works under 9.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/469881 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs