I just found out about this, and wanted to get something out there for the poor saps still on dial-up.
Jaunty does not include wvdial. I knew us dial-up users were way down at the far end of the bread line, but this is getting downright insulting.
The only things I can think of right now are to:
1) Take your PC someplace with broadband, and download gnome-ppp, which appears to include wvdial.
or:
2) Configure pppconfig properly to make a connection. It's confusing for first-time users so follow the steps very carefully and make sure you have the correct username, password, and phone number. Your DNS is probably "Dynamic" and if you set it to "Static" you'll never get online. If you can set up pppconfig properly, you just open a terminal and type to get online, and to get offline. gives you some info as it tries to connect.
3) If you can get online with pppconfig, download gnome-ppp.
Code:
sudo apt-get install gnome-ppp
gnome-ppp will give you a nicer interface (the utility will be found at Applications>Internet>GNOME PPP) it also installs wvdial so you can set up wvdialconf.
Any other ideas to get people started, please pitch in.
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