Kppp fig files for K18.04.3 for dialup

[Bmarsh]

They used to be stored in. /etc/ppp


 



From: ray burke <rayburke30 at gmail.com>
 Subject: Re: Kppp fig files for K18.04.3 for dialup
 Date: 10/9/19 11:56 PM
 To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
 


Valorie, 
 
Thanks, when I next boot up in K18.04.3 I will attempt to find ~/.kde 
--, but in K14.04 not there? 
 
Ray 
 
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 
> -- 
> http://about.me/valoriez - pronouns: she/her 
> 
 
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