Re: Dial-up Redux
Xemnova, I haven't had the chance yet to try 10.04, and haven't done much with gnome-ppp, but you may be able to find some helpful info via the following Google search pages:
--Scanning this page suggests that the problem you're having with gnome-ppp not working is a known bug, and if you poke around a bit in the various links you might be able to find a workaround to use until they get it fixed. If you can't get it working, there's a good chance you can use wvdial to get it to work, although you might have to sacrifice the graphical user interface (GUI).
--This page gives a few links related to your particular modem (Conexant), but I'm not sure if anything there will be helpful.
Not sure where you're at as far as experience with using a Linux system, but this page has a basic how-to on using wvdial with 10.04. If it works, great, but like I said, it's basic, and I know I've had to do a bit more tweaking with the modem I have to get it to work. If you're familiar with running scripts or want to take the time to learn how (it's probably easier than writing the script ), you might want to check out this page where there's a script available that provides a user interface for configuring the wvdial settings. I haven't tried either of these solutions myself, but they might be worth checking out if you're interested.
Other combinations of searches via Google or within these forums will possibly give you some helpful information. Also, when dealing with a modem that no one else seemed to be using, I found it helpful to do some more general searches using something like 'wvdial' and 'usb modem' or something like that. Doing that will probably help you find out some ways to figure out how you will need to configure wvdial to get things to work. Just from what I've seen so far on these Google pages, my advice would be to try to get your connection to work with wvdial first, and then once that's working, focus on the problem with gnome-ppp.
Hope this helps by giving you some ideas of where to start in solving your problem. There's also people on these forums who have more experience and knowledge than I do who might be able to help you, but your best chance at getting them to respond is to do as much research and troubleshooting as you can yourself, and then do a post with relevant details about what you've tried, error messages you've gotten, etc.
Cheers!
Last edited by DustStuff; May 3rd, 2010 at 03:15 AM.
Reason: Added some links.
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