PPC, PPP, Gnome Networking and wvdial

[Wayne Oliver]

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 22:03:37 -0500, Carlos Escutia Chávez
<carlosescutia at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  - 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)
> 
> won't it be easier to add gnome-ppp to main or universe?
> 
> I don't see a lot of non-techie people messing with wvdial and
> /etc/modules. It has to be easier.

I'll second that.

I think gnome-ppp is a must for main

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Wayne Oliver