Network Settings gui tool not working "Configuration could not be loaded"

[Justin Kelly]

hi neil

i had a similar issue, the main thing is that you know have wvdial
installed and dont rely on the GNOME network settings thing.

below is how the ppp issue is resolved


notes for other modem/dial-up users:
- install wvdial from universe
- run wvdialconf
- add ppc_generic to /etc/module (might not be needed in your case)
- run pppconfig
- have a look at the GNOME networking manager(wvdial front-end) and
mess around with the options, ie. stop ppp0 and eth0 from starting on
boot up etc.
- dont connect through GNOME networking manager
- run sudo wvdial to connect
- you may have to manually set your DNS server entries - wont work
for me unless I did this ?? (you can use the GNOME network manager for
this)
- have fun

Cheers




On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 21:53:24 +0100, Neil Woolford
<neil at neilwoolford.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks to previous help on the list I now have wvdial installed.
> 
> I then went to the Network Settings gui tool to set up a ppp connection.
> 
> It all went well until I got an "Unexpected exit" type error message as I
> closed the tool.  It doesn't appear to have written a complete and valid
> wvdial.conf and, worse still, when I try to reopen the Network Settings
> tool I get an error "Configuration could not be loaded"  "There was an
> error running the backend script".  So I can't start over again.
> 
> Presumably I need to repair or remove some kind of damaged
> configuration/script file;  but what and where?  Are there any error
> message logs that I should look in for hints?
> 
> Neil
> 
> 
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