Kppp fig files for K18.04.3 for dialup

[Valorie Zimmerman]

On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 9:29 PM ray burke <rayburke30 at gmail.com> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: ray burke <rayburke30 at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:53:38 +1100
> Subject: Re: Kppp fig files for K18.04.3 for dialup
> To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>
> Valorie,
>
> Don't quite understand where to look and how for the Kppp configs,
> because Kppp is old I tried it in K14.04 but no Kppp files. when I
> boot up again in K18.04.03 will try and locate BUT CONFUSED about
> should I look thru home/root/etc/ ?? or Nano?
>

Even I still have a .kde folder in my home, which is /home/valorie/.kde -
putting in your own home/username/.kde should let you see it in Dolphin.

To easily see hidden files in Dolphin, you either use Alt+. or just the
View menu > hidden files. So-called "dot" files, the ones that start with .
like .kde are hidden since most of the time they just clutter up your view.
But they aren't secret; just hidden from regular view. You can even make a
hidden file by writing something, say in Kate, and saving it with a name
begining with .

Just opening these files is always OK, because they are in your home, and
are *your* files. If you want to work with config files though, it's a good
idea to make a copy first, so you can move it back if you mess up.

You'll not see "/root/" because root is /. So /etc/ means root/etc/.


> Thanks, when I next boot up in K18.04.3 I will attempt to find ~/.kde
> --, but in K14.04 not there?
>
> Ray
>

Yes, it's there -- just hidden.

Valorie

On 10/10/2019, Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Ray,
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 10:53 PM ray burke <rayburke30 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi can anyone help with the below-
> >>
> >>  have recently Installed K18.04.3 on a new 160gb sata drive and
> >> cloned all my info from my K14.04, as a test I want to make sure that
> >> I can use dialup with the new system, but having
> >> problems with Kppp. I have inserted the parameters thru the start
> >> window in Kppp when I click on the Kppp icon, and it dials the modem
> >> but gets to where it says connection in the log window ,then dies.
> >> Have been advised to change the "#noauth",remove the #" in
> >> /etc/ppp/peers/kppp"
> >> but cant find a file ,as can only edit thru "sudo nano" as "Kate"
> >> can't execute.
> >> So does anyone know where the config files
> >> for Kppp are stored for me to adjust, hope some one can help?
> >>
> >> Ray
> >>
> >
> > Its been many years since I dialed up for connectivity, but
> >
> > you should be able to SEE /etc/ and the files in there in Dolphin and
> Kate;
> > you just won't be able to edit. Once you find it, you should be able to
> > copy the etc/path/to/file in to nano in the konsole.
> >
> > Since Kppp is old, it's possible that the configs are still in ~/.kde --
> > again, you can look in Dolphin and Kate to see what's there. All newer
> > applications put configs in ~/.config and a few in ~/.local . All files
> in
> > your $HOME are editable by you, and do not (and should never) be used
> with
> > sudo.
> >
> > If you cloned your old info, you should be able to see your old config
> file
> > somewhere in ~/.kde . Config files are just text, so you can just copy
> the
> > old over and it will generally work.
> >
> > Just a warning - Kppp is not maintained anymore, because nobody ported it
> > to KDE Frameworks. Of course the code is still available in various
> places,
> > and it's not yet been removed from the Ubuntu archive, but it eventually
> > will be, because KDElibs are no longer supported (so-called KDE4).
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > Valorie
>
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