Dial up tools

[Scott James Remnant]

On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 16:53 +0100, Ross Burton wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 16:50 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> > >Selecting Computer menu -> Networking -> Add -> Modem (PPP) immediately
> > >gives an error about wvdial not being installed. It is correct too. I'm
> > >left with pppconfig according to IRC, which is "too hard" because of
> > >aforementioned lack of knowledge of how my modem works or should work.
> > >  
> > >
> > Is wvdial the right option here? Should we put it in Desktop?
> 
> I'd say the right solution is for gnome-system-tools to grok the Debian
> ppp configuration and not wimp out by using wvdial.  This shouldn't be
> *too* difficult as g-s-t is designed to be pluggable.
> 
A GTK+/PyGTK UI to pppconf would be a nice hoary goal.

Scott
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