Kppp fig files for K18.04.3 for dialup

[ray burke]

Valorie in K14.04 dialup 11/10/2019,

After my last email about finding out how to bring up Kppprc thru dolphin,
I connected K18.04.4 and booted up then I did the
/home/rayburke30/.kde/share/config/
in dolphin and with that selected/kppprc/ of which I saved in
documents see attached-
"kppp config dolphin and Kppprc kate in K18.04.3"

so again the thing I see the isp name being DoDo \s + 3 lastm lines in
the Kppprc?

Ray

On 11/10/2019, Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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