[hblug] Making a dialup connection
Rose McGillicuddy
rmcgill at orcon.net.nz
Thu Feb 1 15:30:26 NZDT 2007
John Rye wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:17:25 +1300
> chris morris <racepics at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>
>> I had a look at /etc/wvdial.conf and manually put the
>> phone-number/login/password into it.
>> There is no section in there for /dev/modem or /dev/anything else.
>>
>> Same errors occur so gave up - will install something else.
>
> Please run 'sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf' and post the screen
> output here.
>
> Installing 'somethingelse' is likely to cause even more confusion :-)
>
I am going to try xubuntu to see if it suits my sister - if dial up is
an issue maybe I should leave it alone? Or do you think it's solvable John?
Rosemary
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