[Wolves] Kubuntu Humble Pie

Kevanf1 kevanf1 at gmail.com
Thu May 12 10:13:42 BST 2005


On 5/12/05, Peter Cannon <peter at cannon-linux.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thursday 12 May 2005 09:42, Kevanf1 wrote:
> 
> > It may just be the usual changing /dev/modem to point to /dev/tts0
> > It's got to the stage where I do that without thinking now :-) But,
> > that's using an external modem of course. I'm willing to bet you have
> > an internal modem....
> 
> Na, its a Hayes external, I tried all the choices from the drop down menu but
> no luck.
> 
> I also noticed there is no option to add a type of Network Connection what I
> mean is under Network Configuration you can usually add stuff like say a
> modem, RHEL4's KPPP has the same problem you have so what I did was add a
> modem connection in Network Configuration put the user name and password in
> and use Network Device Control to fire up and shutdown the modem, works a
> treat! but as I cant seem to do this dirty trick under Kubuntu I'm stuck at
> the moment.
> 
> > I'm apparently not alone in not being able to get a connection through
> > the modem. It's been reported on the Kubuntu forum. I'll try
> > lowering the speed later on then there is another fix (which I cannot
> > recall at the moment) to try if that fails.
> 
> In KPPP have you got something like Scripts? say (I think)
> Expect ogin xxxxx (your login)
> Expect passwd xxxx (your password)
> 
> I think thats where the problem lies I had the same issue with RH8/9 RHEL4
> thats where I learnt my dirty trick from.
> 
> --
> 
> Regards,
> Peter Cannon.
> peter at cannon-linux.co.uk
> Fedora Core 3 & Suse Pro 9.2
> 
> "There is every excuse for not knowing
> there is no excuse for not asking"
> 
> 
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> 
I'll do some digging... :-))

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