[SWLUG] Ubuntu Modem & Dial-up

[Gareth Bowker]

M Lemon wrote:
> I tried Ubuntu 4.10 recently and was very impressed with the interface and 
> general operations. 
> 
> But . . . I simply could not find where to configure (a) the modem and (b) the 
> dial-up settings. It had no Kinternet like SuSE.
> 
> I have SuSE 9.2 on another PC and have yet to find another linux configuration 
> tool like YaST. It is absolutely stunning, and possibly has no equal anywhere.
> 
> Can anyone help with the Ubuntu problem?

Take a look at :
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/DialupModemHowto

Not the prettiest of solutions, but they're adding gnome-ppp to hoary
from what I can tell. On warty, you can get gnome-ppp from universe
(search the wiki for "universe" if you don't know how to add this).

Cheers,

Gareth