[ Ubuntu-BD ] Dialer from Gnome

[Abdur Rahim Khandker]

I edited the /etc/wvdial.conf file as per Omi's instruction. Closing the
file does not allow me to use the terminal again. So I saved and quit the
window. Typing wvdial gives the information that the modem is intialized but
then put three lines stating that the configuration file does not specify a
valid phone number, nor a valid username nor a valid password. I tried by
deleting the default <> signs around these info and also by including them
in quotes, always with the same result. I opened the /etc/wvdial.conf file
and found that the information are there alright. So where lies the problem
?

On 3/9/08, Omi <me at omiazad.net> wrote:
>
> Relax
> Keep your modem connected and on.
> Go to terminal and run the command "sudo wvdialconf"
> It will detect some things automatically.
>
> Then again type "sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf" on the shell and a text
> editor will open. You have to modify the file according to the following
> instruction (NOTE: Change only Phone, Password and Username field, do not
> modify any of the other values, your computer will have some other settings
> value then this one):
>
> [Dialer Defaults]
> Init1 = ATZ
> Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
> Modem Type = USB Modem
> Baud = 460800
> New PPPD = yes
> Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
> ISDN = 0
> Phone = your_ISP_dialup_number
> Password = your_password
> Username = your_username
>
> Now save the file and close the window. Type "wvdial" on shell and you
> will be connected.
>
> After you get connected, do not close the terminal and follow that site's
> instruction to get a GUI dialer.
>
> Hope it helps
>
>
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>
> Abdur Rahim Khandker wrote:
>
> The web pages seems to assume that I already have an Internet connection.
> I however need to create the the dialer in order to be able to connect to
> Internet. So is there any workaround ?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> On 3/8/08, Jamil Ahmed <itsjamil at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Abdur Rahim Khandker <karahim at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I installed Ubuntu 7.04 from a live CD on a partion (Windows XP in
> > another
> > > partion) on my home PC (Pentium 4 CPU 2.26GHz   1.00 MB RAM). How can
> > I
> > > create a Dialer to connect to Agni Systems Ltd. for connecting to
> > Internet
> > > via a modem (US Robotics 52 kbps) ? Someone told me that it can't be
> > done
> > > from Gnome  I must use KDE. If that's so, how can I shift to KDE and
> > what 's
> > > the proceedure from there ?
> >
> > You can use, GNOME PPP [0] for this purpose. Check this link [1] for
> > installation howto.
> >
> > [0] http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=41
> > [1] http://www.ubuntux.org/how-to-install-dialup-ppp-client-gnome-ppp
> >
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