Kppp fig files for K18.04.3 for dialup

[Valorie Zimmerman]

On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 2:32 PM ray burke <rayburke30 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Valorie,
> So I should put in terminal-
> "rayburke at rayburke:~$ $HOME/rayburke/.kde"
>

Nope. Please check this stuff out in Dolphin so you can see what you are
working with. The "path/to/file" here is either ~/.kde or
/home/rayburke/.kde if you want to type it all out. "~/" is short for
/home/username.

> is this the rite way to do things as confused about typing in the rite way,
> attached is what I got when followed your precious instructions?
>
> Ray
>

Once you have inspected the files using Dolphin and Kate, then you will
know what file you want to change in nano. I find nano hard to use, so want
to know *exactly* what the correct path and filename is before opening it
up.

Valorie

On 10/10/2019, Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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