PPC, PPP, Gnome Networking and wvdial

[Justin Kelly]

Thanks Matt and Colin

dial-up is now working great thanks

notes for other PPC modem/dial-u users:
 - install wvdial from universe
 - run wvdialconf
 - add ppc_generic to /etc/module
 - 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

Justin



On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:28:27 -0700, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at canonical.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 12:45:50AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 09:18:49AM +1000, Justin Kelly wrote:
> > > Thanks again for the reply
> > >
> > > I installed wvdial and ran pppconfig as suggested, but came up against
> > > the following 'brick wall', wvdial complains that the kernel doesn't
> > > support PPP or cant be loaded, refer log below.
> >
> > Does running 'sudo modprobe ppp' by hand help?
> 
> "ppp_generic" is usually what's needed.
> 
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>  - mdz
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