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 ? <div>On 3/9/08, Omi <<a href="mailto:me@omiazad.net">me@omiazad.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">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   <pre cols="72">-- Omi <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://omi.net.bd/" target="_blank">http://omi.net.bd</a> Bangla Computing Projects: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://ekushey.org/" target="_blank">http://ekushey.org</a> OSS News in Bangla: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://mukto.org/" target="_blank">http://mukto.org</a></pre> <div> Abdur Rahim Khandker wrote: <blockquote type="cite"> <div>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 ?</div> <div> </div> <div>Thank you.  </div> <div>On 3/8/08, Jamil Ahmed <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:itsjamil@gmail.com" target="_blank">itsjamil@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Abdur Rahim Khandker <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:karahim@gmail.com" target="_blank">karahim@gmail.com</a>> 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] <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=41" target="_blank">http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=41</a> [1] <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.ubuntux.org/how-to-install-dialup-ppp-client-gnome-ppp" target="_blank">http://www.ubuntux.org/how-to-install-dialup-ppp-client-gnome-ppp</a> >  ubuntu-bd mailing list >  <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >  <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd</a> > > -- ubuntu-bd mailing list <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd</a> </blockquote></div> </blockquote> </div><pre cols="72">-- -- Omi <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://omi.net.bd/" target="_blank">http://omi.net.bd</a> Bangla Computing Projects: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://ekushey.org/" target="_blank">http://ekushey.org</a> OSS News in Bangla: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://mukto.org/" target="_blank">http://mukto.org</a></pre></div> -- ubuntu-bd mailing list <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd</a> </blockquote></div>